We checked in and were immediately handed our free, vegetarian dinner consisting of a side salad and Green Garden Wrap: Zucchini, yellow squash, avocado, red tomato, romaine lettuce, mushroom, roasted red pepper, hummus, and olive oil wrapped in a chili tomato tortilla.
The room was lined with booths providing information on women's health issues. Everything from breast exam info to ovarian cancer symptoms were provided. I could write ten pages on all the organizations, but instead here are some links so you can learn more for yourself:
Soil Born Farms was also there cooking up sauteed kale and butternut squash soup. They were delicious, and made with just a couple ingredients
The guest speaker was Dr. Preston Maring, a primary care physician for Kaiser Permanente. His talk was all about getting back to the basics with food and teaching families how to cook simple, nutritious meals. He even started the first hospital sponsored farmers market outside his hospital in Oakland. Visit his blog for in season recipes and more!
This conference was so informational and truly inspired me to do more. It made me realize how much potential I have to do big things for the community around me. It also made me realize how lucky I am to work for a company that strives to help people make healthy choices when buying food. For the past year, I have been struggling with how to further my education and figure out what the "next step" is in my life. This conference reinforced my passion for helping people eat and live healthy. Sometimes I think: "will this blog really impact my readers?" Maybe it will and maybe it won't; but if I can motivate even one person to start making healthy choices in his or her life, I have made a small, yet significant, change in the world.
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