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2009 MOVING MOUNTAINS SYMPOSIUM on FOOD

Friday, May 22, 2009 • 8:30am-3pm

Telluride Conference Center (AKA “High Camp” in the Mountain Village)

The way we eat, both on an individual level and globally, is changing rapidly. With obesity and global food prices on the rise, people around the world are trying to make the right food choices for their waistline and their bottom line. At the same time, healthful culinary awareness is growing through localvore and slow food movements, giving people antidotes to heavily processed and excessively transported foods.

"Our last two Moving Mountains Symposia have focused on energy and water, respectively. With all of the current confusion about what to eat - what's really organic, what genetically modified foods are all about, why milk costs so much more all of a sudden - food seemed like a natural fit this year. Like energy and water, food represents an issue of extremely critical and fundamental importance to everyone on Earth. And it's an issue that's deeply mired in misunderstanding, misinformation and mismanagement." -Festival Director David Holbrooke

The Symposium is an all-day topical immersion that includes short presentations, panel discussions and audience Q&A. Includes a sumptuous outdoor lunch.