Edible Institute 2022

Edible Institute 2022 will be held October 1-2 at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

Thought-leaders, journalists, food industry experts, and innovators in the sustainable food movement will join the public to share information.

Edible Communities, in collaboration with Food Tank, celebrates 20 years of telling the story of local food as stakeholders gather to explore the ideas, challenges, and changes that will shape food communities in the next decade and beyond. 

The keynote speaker for Edible Institute 2020 will be Dr. Temple Grandin, a scientist whose ground-breaking work in animal behavior has helped shape standards of excellence for the humane treatment of animals around the world.

Edible Institute 2022 Discussion topics include:

Grassfed Foods—Why It Matters

Blue Foods—Changing Menus, Saving the Planet

Sizes Matter—How to Scale and Still Change the Food System

Transparency and Traceability

Food Packaging

Food Labeling

All attendees are encouraged to try a Taste of Denver produced by Edible Denver, featuring sample bites and drinks from local food and drink artisans and producers.

For more information and tickets for Edible Institute 2022, visit www.ediblecommunities.com.

2021 Rhode Island Food System Summit

2021 Rhode Island Food System Summit
Online Virtual Event
1/1/2021 - 9 AM

On January 1st, 2021, the University of Rhode Island (URI) will host the fifth annual Rhode Island Food System Summit entitled "Taking the Lead: Improving Food Access in a Global Pandemic"—virtually.

An array of government, academic, business, and community partners will discuss how growing food security issues are impacting the state of Rhode Island state and the New England region.

Hosted by the University of Rhode Island, this year’s event will include a keynote address from Viraj Puri, founder and co-owner of Gotham Greens, who will discuss how his company is addressing food security and promoting economic opportunity.

The event will also feature the work of Sarah Amin, assistant professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences and the director of Community Nutrition Education at URI, and her graduate student, Fatima Tobar Santamaria. They will discuss key findings from a statewide effort to understand how the pandemic has impacted food access.

Panel discussions with state and regional leaders will further examine food security issues and how stateholders can address the needs of the community.

For more information and to register, visit: https://web.uri.edu/food-center/foodsummit21/foodsummit21-register/

source: University of Rhode Island

Edible Communities Edible Institute 2020

Sustainable food enthusiasts are invited to join 350+ thought-leaders, journalists, and food industry experts in the sustainable food movement in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The event will include community-based solutions to the most critical challenges to the future of food production, new paths towards better food, and an array of food to sample and enjoy.

Edible Institute follows the annual conference of Edible Editors and Publishers, many of whom also attend the Institute to deepen their knowledge of the modern food movement and its key players.

Edible Institute 2020 Schedule (tentative):

Saturday, January 25, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Sunday, January 26, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

For updated information concerning Edible Institute 2020, interested parties are urged to sign up for the Edible Communities newsletter.


Edible Communities (www.ediblecommunities.com) celebrates local food, season by season, community by community.

With a network of more than 90 independently-owned, locally-focused magazines across the U.S. and Canada, Edible Communities is the largest media organization devoted to telling the stories and sustaining the efforts of the farmers, chefs, food artisans, fishers, vintners, and home cooks.

2016 Prince Edward Island Porktoberfest

Prince Edward Island chefs will compete during Porktoberfest 2016.

The October 1 to 31 campaign will include 20 Island restaurants serving pork burgers, bratwurst, pulled pork, sausages, pork tenderloin, ribs, bellies, schnitzel, chops, and pork loins.

Islanders who try each one-of-a-kind dish can vote online for their favourite, with every vote offering a chance to win prizes.

“Porktoberfest is a fantastic opportunity to showcase our high-quality food products and the Islanders who produce them, along with the great culinary experiences found in our Island restaurants,” said Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Alan McIsaac. “The provincial government is again pleased to partner on this initiative, which reminds the world why Prince Edward Island is Canada’s Food Island.”

During Porktoberfest 2016, select local markets will offer weekly promotions to encourage Islanders to serve PEI pork at home. Markets have selected one pork product as their featured weekly special with such cuts as picnic hams, sirloin chops, capicolla, and “shrinkless” bacon.

The PEI Porktoberfest website (www.peiporktoberfest.ca) features cooking tips, recipes, and nutritional information to encourage PEI residents enjoy cooking with local pork.

source: Province of Prince Edward Island

West Virginia Nature Wonder Weekend 2016

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The 49th annual Nature Wonder Weekend, North America's premier and longest-running wild foods event, will be held Sept. 16–18, 2016, at North Bend State Park in West Virginia.

Featured speakers include wild foods cooking author Leda Meredith and hearth cook and food historians Martha and Richard Hartley.

"This year's program will highlight foraging as well as wild food preparation and preservation, past and present," said Deputy Director Emily Fleming of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.

Nature Wonder Weekend begins Friday evening and concludes mid-morning on Sunday. The event includes speakers, presentations, nature walks, and collection and preparation of wild foods.

Activities include a park tour, wild food identification instruction, the Hazel Wood National Wild Food Cooking Contest and the Bill Faust Wild Cake Contest. The Wild Drink Contest winner is awarded the honorary Maxine Scarbro Friendship Cup.

The weekend offers overnight packages as well as day-only attendance options. For more information, visit www.northbendsp.com.     

source: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources