About Everybody Eats
Everybody Eats is a one day conference poised to energize food system awareness and reform in Mid-Michigan communities. Everybody Eats recognizes that a more just food system will emerge from many grassroots efforts, and we want these efforts to share their community of practice and network of support.
Everybody Eats 2012 was the first collaboration that brought several local food system conferences together in one event. In 2013, we had over 300 attendees—people from across the food system and the greater Lansing community that shared stories and resources for a building food movement. We saw even more participants in 2014, and continue to expand our resources to suit growing interests in Just and Democratic food.
As its title suggests, the conference is open to anyone and everyone who eats. Keynote presentations and roughly 30 workshops will provide a public forum for:
Everybody Eats 2012 was the first collaboration that brought several local food system conferences together in one event. In 2013, we had over 300 attendees—people from across the food system and the greater Lansing community that shared stories and resources for a building food movement. We saw even more participants in 2014, and continue to expand our resources to suit growing interests in Just and Democratic food.
As its title suggests, the conference is open to anyone and everyone who eats. Keynote presentations and roughly 30 workshops will provide a public forum for:
- Understanding the contemporary food system, its inadequacies and its alternatives
- Discussing how ordinary people can assume control over the way their food is produced and distributed
- Understanding the barriers to food justice and food democracy, especially in the Lansing area
- Increasing youth involvement in the Lansing area food system
- Increasing employment opportunities for Lansing area residents through the food system
- Improving food access for individuals and populations in need, especially within the greater Lansing area
- Recognizing how good food, public health, environmental health and social justice support each other
- Networking with people from across the Lansing area to place food at the heart of community-building and common wealth