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As America’s fascination with food grows, the issues that surround our food system have taken on tremendous national importance. Recognizing our unique role in celebrating, nurturing, and preserving America’s diverse culinary heritage and future, the James Beard Foundation has inaugurated two important new programs: the annual James Beard Foundation Food Conference and the James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards.
James Beard Foundation Food Conference
Food is the world’s biggest industry, and the in the U.S. alone, restaurants contribute more than $550 billion to our national economy. By gathering thought leaders and stakeholders in our food system—chefs, farmers, purveyors, nutritionists, entrepreneurs, activists, philanthropists, policy makers, consumers, and others—the Foundation has created a unique forum to encourage dialogue on topics as diverse as sustainability, urban farming, public health, and childhood nutrition.
Our national, invitation-only conference is held over several days each fall. Leading up to the largeer gathering, the Foundation conducts smaller regional meetings or “salons” to explore related themes. These conversations help identify critical, timely topics percolating across the country and help us shape the agenda for the national meeting.
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James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards
As the coveted James Beard Foundation Awards have demonstrated in the realms of chefs and restaurants, food journalism, books, design, and broadcast media, recognizing the talented, passionate, and dedicated people who are making a difference can have an incredible impact on their work and on society at large. Starting in 2011, the James Beard Foundation began directing its spotlight on the individuals, organizations, and corporations working tirelessly to improve our food system.
Administered and selected by a two-state balloting process overseen by an Advisory Board of distinguished experts in diverse fields, the Leadership Awards are recognizing visionaries in the business, government, and education sectors responsible for creating a healthier, safer, and more sustainable food world.
Partially underwritten by a generous grant from the GRACE Communications Foundation, the Leadership Awards will name five to ten honorees annually in the following areas of influence:
• Efforts to improve the nutrition of young people and end childhood obesity, from changes to school lunch programs to school garden initiatives and more
• Initiatives that promote culinary literacy and more informed food choices
• Communications, advocacy, and policy change on behalf of healthier food choices and more sustainable food systems
• Actions that bring urban families and rural farm communities closer together, from expanding farmers’ markets and farm-restaurant connections to community supported agriculture
• Academic research to advance our understanding of health and wellness and sustainable agriculture and fisheries
• Improvements in food safety, from agriculture to food processing, and the humane treatment of animals
• Advancement of fair food trade practices
• Alleviating hunger in the United States by improving access and affordability of good quality foods
• Leadership in the areas of fostering and preserving biodiversity, farming for flavor and bringing added value to the work of small and middle-sized family farms
• Institutional, foundation, and corporate leadership on behalf of food-related social responsibility
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This is the most important issue in america at the moment: a revamp of the eating process and healthful food supply systems. Cheap non-nutritious calorie laden foods are all that are presented to the struggling and poor americans. Healthful, organic eating, is costly and is not an option. How will those on a budget achieve optimal nutrition or any semblance thereto for healthy alternatives with the prohibitive costs? Clear thinking and natural energy comes from clean efficient natural grown sources. how to the poverty stricken move forward if their food supply is as dangerous as their surroundings?