Selkirk-Pend Oreille
Food Summit
Season by Season: Growing Our Community Food System
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
9 am - 5 pm
Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center
10881 N Boyer Road Sandpoint, ID 83864
Registration: $35 | $15 Students/Living Lightly
The Selkirk-Pend Oreille Food Summit is a one-day event focused on growing connections between farmers, ranchers, and foragers and residents, restaurants, and retailers. Listen to 5-minute "Ignite!" presentations highlighting the amazing work being done in the region, enjoy a locally catered lunch, engage in skill building workshops, experience an organic heirloom apple and apple cider tasting, and take advantage of an abundance of opportunities for networking. From farmers, ranchers, foragers, and gardeners to chefs, restauranteurs, foodies, and community members, this summit has something for everyone. Come to learn and share. Leave with new connections and ideas for supporting local farms and eating year-round in the Selkirk-Pend Oreille region!
Agenda
8:30 am Food Summit Check-In
9:00 am Welcome & Opening
Colette DePhelps, University of Idaho Northern District Extension
Kyle Nagy, University of Idaho Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center
9:10 am Artistic Opening
9:30 am Ignite! Session #1: Local Food Ways
Eileen Napier, Ramstead Ranch, Ione, WA
Jordan Dyck, Homestead Produce, Bonners Ferry, ID
Terces Engelhart, Mountain Cloud Creamery, Clark Fork, ID
Taylor Bradish, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Idaho Chapter, Sandpoint, ID
Deborah Luther, Deep Creek Farm Stand, Bonners Ferry, ID
10:00 am Ignite! Session #2: From Farm to Plate
Josh Dorrell, Drift Lakeside, Hope, ID
Leigh Withers, Winter Ridge Foods, Sandpoint, ID
Ellen Weissman, Bonner Community Food Bank, Sandpoint & Priest River, ID
10:30 am Ignite! Session #3: Skill Building Resources
Anna Hebard, East Bonner County Library District, Sandpoint & Clark Fork, ID
Diane Green, Greentree Naturals, Sandpoint, ID
Jennifer Jensen, UI Master Gardeners & Small Farm Programs, Sandpoint, ID
Amy Robertson, UI Master Food Safety Advisors, Bonners Ferry, ID
Colette DePhelps, Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Business Center
11:00 am Networking Break
11:30 am Mapping the Selkirk-Pend Oreille Food System Interactive Activity
Colette DePhelps, University of Idaho Northern District Extension, Moscow, ID
12:30 pm Lunch, catered by Beet & Basil in Ponderay, ID
1:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
Workshop 1: Planning the Harvest Starts with Planning the Garden
Jennifer Jensen, University of Idaho Bonner County Extension, Sandpoint, ID
Diane Green, Greentree Naturals, Sandpoint, ID
Workshop 2: Preserving the Harvest
Amy Robertson, University of Idaho Boundary County Extension
Derek & Raquel Kaelin-Lock, Black Bear Herbary, Sandpoint, ID
Workshop 3: Raising Your Own Meat
Eileen Napier, Ramstead Ranch, Ione, WA
Jeamette Lock, Pack River Farm, Sandpoint, ID
3:50 pm Local Food Leader Award
4:00 pm Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center Apples & Apple Cider Tasting
Kyle Nagy & Kent Youngdahl, University of Idaho Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center, Sandpoint, ID
5:00 pm ADJOURN
This event is hosted by:
Thank you to our Event Sponsors!
Project #2019-68006-29325
Selkirk-Pend Oreille Food Summit Planning Committee
Amy Robertson, University of Idaho Extension - Boundary County
Colette DePhelps, University of Idaho Extension - Northern District
Diane Green, Greentree Naturals
Jeamette Lock, Pack River Farm
Jennifer Jensen, University of Idaho Extension - Bonner County
Kent Youngdahl, University of Idaho Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center
Kyle Nagy, University of Idaho Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center
Kate Wood, University of Idaho Extension - Northern District
Do you have questions about the event or want to know how to get involved?
Contact: Colette DePhelps
cdephelps@uidaho.edu | 208-885-4003
The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educational organization. We offer our programs to persons regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, sexual orientations or disability. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information or reasonable accommodations need to contact Kyle Nagy (knagy@uidaho.edu) two weeks prior to the event.