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2022 Rural Grocery Summit

2022 Rural Grocery Summit

June 20-21, 2022, Wichita, KS

View the complete 2022 National Rural Grocery Summit Program here.

Day 1- June 20
Welcome and Opening Keynote Undersecretary for USDA Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small Facing Challenges While Keeping the Passion, RF Buche, CEO and President of GF Buche Co - Keynote slides
Breakout Session #1
Track A: Innovation in Rural Grocery	Track B: Rural Grocery Best Practices	Track C: Building Thriving Communities
Alternative Models of Rural Grocery	Nutrition Incentive Programs for Rural Grocery Panel	Building Partnerships with Rural Grocery
A Non-profit Grocery Store and Community Kitchen Join Forces to Solve the Unsolvable Selha Graham and Tommy Carlucci, Columbia County Recovery Kitchen The School-Run Grocery Store Model Joel Lovesee and Amie Oltman, Unified School District 205 and Bluestem Mercantile Main Street Market: A Hybrid Model Featuring Traditional Shopping and 24-Hour Access for Rural Communities Alex and Caileen Ostenson, Main Street Market	Double Down on Double Up: How Nutritional Incentives Work for Rural Grocers and Their Communities Chelsea Matzen, National Grocers Association Foundation Lauren Schaumburg, Mid-America Regional Council Jimmy Wright, Wright’s Market Daniel Gile, G&W Foods Shawn Bolerjack and Jeff Wingo, Town & Country Super Markets	Are You Making a Food Pantry Donation Today? The Rural Grocer's Connection to Addressing Hunger: A Model from Kiowa, Kansas Debra Kolb, Barber County United and Brittney Cavaliere, Connecticut Foodshare Institute for Hunger Research & Solutions Gas or Groceries? The Intersections of Income, Health, and Community in Low Food-Access Rural Communities Monica Jarvi, University of Minnesota Department of Sociology Building Partnerships with Rural Grocery Store Owners: A Case Study on Improving the WIC Shopping Experience Sara La Lone, North Carolina State University
Lunch and Keynote Kansas Lieutenant Governor David Toland Trustbusting Makes a Comeback, Stacy Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance - Keynote Transcript and Slides
Breakout Session #2
Track A: Innovation in Rural Grocery	Track B: Rural Grocery Best Practices	Track C: Building Thriving Communities
Community Supported Stores	Transition Planning	Healthy Food Financing
The Rural Ideal: Feeding Ourselves First Alice Hill, Step Back in Time Food Market Thinking Outside of the Box to Overcome Obstacles in a Rural Grocery Store Marilyn Logan, The Marmaton Market Inc. Surviving and Thriving in a Small Community: The Mildred Store Regena and Loren Lance, Mildred Store	Determining the Viability of a Grocery Store in Small-Town America Carey Berger and Paul Adams, The BSR group Community Vitality and the Exit Planning Process Rick Feltenberger, Kansas SBDC at Fort Hays State University and ForwardFocus Grocery Store Transition Tools Jason Tuller and Charlotte Narjes, University of Nebraska – Lincoln Extension	Healthy Food Financing Initiatives: A National Perspective Kate Foley, The Food Trust Approaches to Evaluating Rural Grocery Efforts through the Kansas Healthy Food Initiative Sarah Jolley, Wichita State University and Jeff Usher, Kansas Health Foundation Increasing Food Access through Rural Grocery Stores in West Virginia Matthew Thompson, West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition and WV Rural Grocer Network
Breakout Session #3
Track A: Innovation in Rural Grocery	Track B: Rural Grocery Best Practices	Track C: Building Thriving Communities
Overcoming Obstacles Panel	Best Practices	Healthy Eating Interventions
Dealing with Disruption: How Grocers are Tackling Recent Challenges in the Grocery Industry Tye Anthony, Associated Wholesale Grocers Jim Dudlicek, National Grocers Association Jenny Osner, Hired Man's Grocery & Grill Jimmy Wright, Wright's Market	Strengthening Small Town Grocery Strategy and Viability Through Local Participatory Engagement & Multi-Resource University Teams Cynthia Houlden and Shawn Kaskie, University of Nebraska Lincoln Partnering with Fiscal Sponsors for Fundraising Stuart Reid, Food Co-op Initiative and Kevin Edberg, Cooperative Development Services Learning from Each Other: Store Audits Stuart Reid, Food Co-op Initiative	Food in the Field: An Adaptable, Online Program that Meets Busy Rural Families Where They Are by Encouraging Small Shifts Toward Better Health Tara Dunker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Implementing ‘Shop Smart, Eat Smart’ in Rural Virginia: A Creative Partnership for Healthy Food Access Jon Henry, Jon Henry General Store, LLC and Molly Beardslee, VA Family Nutrition Program Community-Led Approach to Increase Consumption of Fresh Produce: The Case of the Somali Community in Saint Cloud, Minnesota Nurfadila Khairunnisa and Serdar Mamedov, University of Minnesota Extension
Evening Reception
Poster Session Lincoln University Culinary Incubator Empowers Socially Disadvantaged in Developing New Food Product, Cindy Borgwordt, Lincoln University Culinary Incubator Incorporating Local Foods in Child Nutrition Programs, Barb Depew, Kansas Department of Education “Cause they’re afraid that they’re going to run out of food:” How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted One Food System in Rural Appalachia, Rachel Gillespie, University of Kentucky A Systematic Review of Food Accessibility Measures and Decision-Support Models, Franseira Maldonado Mundo, and Dr. Laila Cure, Wichita State University Geaux Shop Healthy: A Healthy Retail Program Designed with Louisianans in Mind, Makenzie Miller, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Developing a Mindset for Multi-Ownership, Marilyn Schlake, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Hungry Heartland Documentary Screening Tom Hallaq and Shreepad Joglekar, Kansas State University

Day 2 - June 21
Award Ceremony and Keynote Good Towns, Good Prospects, Dee Davis, Center for Rural Strategies - Keynote transcript published on the Daily Yonder
Breakout Session #4
Track A: Innovation in Rural Grocery	Track B: Rural Grocery Best Practices	Track C: Building Thriving Communities
Distribution	Rural Grocery Success Stories	Rural Grocery Research
Rural Food Supply Chain Infrastructure: The Case for First/Last Mile Warehouses John Kane, Warehouses4Good Purchase Orders Driving Investment and Innovation Michelle Klieger, Helianth Partners Establishing a Network of Local Food Distribution and Improving Food Access in Rural Northern Arizona Andrea McAdow, Rosebird Gardens and Darren Bingham, Northern Arizona University	A New Model for the Sustainable Rural Grocery Store Ellen Barber, Marshall County Partnership 4 Growth and Jan Bergkamp, Riverside Market Grocery Small and Rural Grocery Innovations Case-Study Results Monica Jarvi, University of Minnesota, Extension and Department of Sociology Community-Supported Grocery: The Role Social Capital Played in Rural Grocery Startup Projects Sean Park, Western Illinois University	Perspectives of Online Grocery Shopping Among Rural and Urban Grocery Store Managers Rachel Gillespie, University of Kentucky Shopping Local, Sourcing Local Ren Olive, University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships; Lisa Bates, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach; Courtney Long, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach A Tour of the Typical Kansas Rural Grocery Store: Findings from the 2021 Kansas Rural Grocery Survey Jessica Ramirez, Rural Grocery Initiative, K-State Research and Extension
Breakout Session #5
Track A: Innovation in Rural Grocery	Track B: Rural Grocery Best Practices	Track C: Building Thriving Communities
Grocers and the Local Food System	Rural Grocery Funding Resources Panel	Market Forces Affecting Rural Grocery
Grocering Local Food Kathy Draeger and Ren Olive, University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships Local Produce and Eliminating the Supply Chain Gabe Spurgeon, South Baldwin Farms The Food Waste Opportunity: How Rural Grocers Can Support Local Communities by Cutting Food Waste Shawn Shepherd, ReFED	Funding Programs to Support Rural Grocery Wayne Bell, U.S. Small Business Administration, Wichita District Office Erica Blair, Kansas Healthy Food Initiative David Carter, Kansas State University Engineering Extension and Kansas Energy Program Thomas Papadatos, NetWork Kansas Trisha Purdon, Kansas Office of Rural Prosperity Travis Snider, USDA Rural Development	Economic Disruption and the Rise of the "Grocery" Dollar Store: What Independents Should Know and Do Mari Gallagher, Mari Gallagher Research & Consulting Group Anthony Goodwin, National Co+op Grocers Vertical Integration and Predatory Capture of Dairy Production by Super Co-ops and Super Retailers Alan Lewis, Natural Grocers
Bonus Breakout Reinvestment Fund’s Limited Supermarket Access Analysis, Michelle Schmitt
Lunch and Closing Keynote Rick Peterson, K-State Research & Extension Disrupting the Supply Chain to Serve Rural Places More Effectively, Lori Capouch, Jenna Gullickson, Diana Hahn, Nancy Hodur, Rural Access Distribution (RAD) Cooperative - Keynote Slides

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