WE WANT YOU!

• Are you involved with an innovative food project on campus or in your community?
• Are you passionate about youth leadership?
• Would you like to nominate someone that fits the criteria?

Meal Exchange is on the lookout for dynamic student leaders from across Canada to share their stories of success, learning and even stumbling blocks encountered with creative food projects. We want to give you the opportunity to share your experiences with like-minded youth leaders from across the country and maybe even inspire or empower them to take up similar projects in their own communities and campuses.

Whether you plan to nominate yourself or someone you know, in order to be eligible to present a food project at this year’s summit, please fill out the following form: NSFS 2012 – Open Call Form  Deadline for submission is Friday June 8th, 2012 at 4:30pm EST

Submission Timeline:
Meal Exchange will work with all accepted students to ensure presentations are created in-line with the overall summit themes, objectives, and learning outcomes.

• Friday, June 8^th, 2012 – Deadline for open call applications
• Friday, June 15^th, 2012 – Notification of acceptance
• Friday, July 13^th, 2012 – Preliminary workshop drafts due

Hey all!

Here are a few bites to curb your craving for the National Student Food Summit – This year, we are focusing on furthering  food system knowledge within the 6 principles related to the National Student Food Charter.

• FRIDAY, AUGUST 17TH will be based around ‘Social Justice’, ‘Transparency and Participation’ & ‘Health’ - how can we ensure that food is inclusive, affordable,  traceable and truly healthy?
• SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH we will dig into ways to ‘Support Local Economies’ while ensuring minimal ‘Environmental Impact’.
• SUNDAY, AUGUST 19TH we will concentrate on ‘Celebrating Food’ and it’s treasured role within each of our cultures and lives.

We’ll finish the festivities by illustrating the integrated relationship between each of these themes via the National Student Food Charter, and brainstorming ways to transform our ideas into realities. We can’t wait to see you ALL  this August -bring your friends!

We’re doing it again!

On August 17,18,19th mark your calendars for the return of the National Student Food Summit to be held at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With this year’s theme being, ”Future of Food on Campus” students working on issues related to food are invited to attend this 3-day summit for an opportunity to interact with like-minded peers and leaders from a variety of sectors and backgrounds. (health, poverty, environment, food industry, NGO’s and more!) The focus this year remains on the campus, so we will also be showcasing some of the brilliant work from students across the country that are striving to push the food movement forward.

This is a student summit you don’t want to miss!  Save the date – August 17,18,19th 2012.