DC Digital Capital Week began yesterday. The ten-day event is a series of workshops, demonstrations, networking events, public art pieces, talks and parties on all things technical. It aims to amplify D.C.’s creative, entrepreneurial, tech, govt/non-profit sectors, linking groups, inspiring projects and collaborations and identifying local and global opportunities for change.
And there’s a food specific event called, “The Food Revolution: One Byte at a Time.” Panelists will include “individuals from organizations “who have sucessfully used social media to dissmeninate their pro-food/sustainable agriculture/nutrition advocates’ message…” According to the site, each speaker will provide examples and case studies. A panel discussion will follow. The panel occurs this Thursday, June 17th at 10:00 a.m. Full details are on the website.
Speakers include:
- Courtney Gray Haupt (@CourtneyGH), Vice President of Public Affairs and Health Policy at Spectrum, will moderate and discuss how she has helped her sustainable ag-focused clients navigate the digital sphere in a smart, strategic way.
- Ed Bruske (@theslowcook) began his writing career as a reporter for the Washington Post but has since started his own blog, The Slow Cook, and tends his “urban farm” about a mile from the White House in DC. Ed is a personal chef for clients with special needs, and teaches “food appreciation” to children enrolled in the after-school program at Georgetown Day School. He is a co-founder of the group DC Urban Gardeners and sits on the advisory board of the DC Farm to School Network. Ed believes in self-reliance, growing food close to home, and political freedom for District residents.
- Helena Bottemiller (@hbottemiller) is a Washington, DC-based reporter covering food policy, politics and regulation for food borne illness lawyer Bill Marler’s Food Safety News. After years of being a self-described food policy wonk, Helena delved into the food safety world for the first time while writing her thesis on the politics of food regulation at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles, where she graduated with a degree in Government.
- Sarah Alexander (@sa4schoolmilk) is a senior food organizer at Food and Water Watch. She works to promote a healthy and independent food system and to improve public knowledge on food issues including factory farms, and country of origin labeling. Sarah led a successful grassroots campaign, Healthy School Milk or Bust Tour, using social media that helped put organic and rGBH-free milk in schools. Sarah previously worked with Green Corps, the White Earth Land Recovery Project, and the American Community Gardening Association.
