What I liked about this conference was that it featured small local food businesses selling things from maple syrup to honey to cheeses. Lots of these were organic or homemade.
Away from these vendors was my favorite part, a section where Community Kitchen Pittsburgh hosted "Project Lunch Tray". This project works with students from the Pittsburgh public schools to create a school lunch entry to propose to their schools. Not only are these young students taking part of their own health, they are learning about what makes it a healthy lunch. These lunches that the students create have to meet USDA guidelines and must be affordable for distribution to all students. Of course, it has to taste great too. Not an easy task! This was a competition among 8 schools, so I got to see these kids present their meals to judges and share their experiences. What a great project to inspire young students!