The goals of the Food Conference are to:

Think – Encourage participants to think more deeply and broadly about their food choices, food systems — including issues of food access and affordability — and the connection of contemporary food issues to Jewish tradition and texts.

Connect – Build a Jewish community and a Jewish food movement by providing a model of a vibrant, joyful Jewish life that connects Jewish tradition, learning and spirituality with sustainable, healthful food practices.

Inspire – Convey a sense of energy, importance and enjoyment to inspire positive change around food issues and Jewish tradition so that participants who are more familiar with contemporary food issues see the Jewish connections, and Jewishly-knowledgeable participants explore contemporary food issues locally and nationally.

Strengthen –Build leadership capacity by supporting volunteers to help create change in their own communities.

Act – Create change agents to speed the velocity of best practices and action in Jewish homes, institutions, and communities, and the world as a whole.

Dig in – Join this powerful Jewish Food Movement that works to create healthy and sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond.