Thank you for your interest in the 2023 Mississippi Farm to Cafeteria Conference! The annual conference brings farm to school practitioners and future practitioners together from across the state and region to share, learn, and help grow the farm to school movement. Food service directors, farmers, school administration, teachers, students and community advocates are encouraged to attend. 

Thank you to our generous sponsors of the 2023 Mississippi Farm to Cafeteria Conference:

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Branch Basics

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Pearl River Graphics Printing

We are still accepting sponsorships for this event. If your business is interested in donating a sponsorship to offset the costs of the conference, please visit this link.

We are excited gather in person this year in Jackson at the Mississippi E-Center at Jackson State University. We look forward to seeing you on March 9th, 2023!

Date: March 9, 2023

We are thrilled to announce this year’s keynote speaker, Erika Allen. Erika Allen (she/her) is the Co-Founder & CEO – Operations for Urban Growers Collective and the President of Green ERA Educational NFP and Co-Owner of Green Era Sustainability Partners. She is passionate about social justice and working with multicultural groups in the elimination of racism, related oppressions, and the root causes of poverty by integrating creative and therapeutic techniques alongside food security and community development.

See the full schedule and session descriptions, here!

Hotel Information

If you are in need of lodging accommodations for the conference, there is a room block at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Jackson for the Mississippi Farm to Cafeteria Conference. To book your rooms, call (601) 353-5464 and notify the hotel that you are with the conference.

Registration and Scholarship Information

Early Bird Registration starts February 1st and runs through February 20th at a discounted rate of $35. General Registration opens February 20th at the rate of $50 per person. While registration is available in-person at the conference, we encourage you to register online in advance.

We are offering a limited number of scholarships to waive the registration for students and other attendees. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please email sydney@mississippifarmtoschool.org before registering.