Events

Annual home cooked conferences

Home Cooked: 2021 Virtual conference

On December 13th from 10 AM -12 PM and 1 PM -3 PM PST, the COOK Alliance hosted Home Cooked 2021.

Recordings of the panels and short film festival from Home Cooked 2021 will be available shortly. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Home Cooked 2021 Program

Program emceed by COOK Alliance Founder & Board Chair Matt Jorgensen and COOK Alliance Executive Director Roya Bagheri

 Cook Panel including MEHKO Chefs Lee Thomas of GrilleeQ in San Leandro, Keion Taylor of EaT 310 in Menifee and Nancy Chang of Purpose and Hope in Oakland

 Legislation Panel moderated by former COOK Alliance Policy Director Liz Allen, including Arizona State Senator Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, Utah State Representative Christine Watkins, Washington advocate Will Van Geldern of Ventures and Georgia advocate Beth Graham of Humanaty

Short Film Festival: 5 short films moderated by COOK Alliance Executive Director Roya Bagheri and filmmaker Luann Barry

Advocacy Panel moderated by COOK Alliance Policy Director Peter Ruddock, including Redlands city councilmember Denise Davis and San Diego County MEHKO Advocates Karen Melvin and Chef Diana Tapiz

Breakout Groups - small group discussions with panelists and each other - Cook, Legislation, and Advocacy rooms, moderated by our panelists. 

Home cooked: 2020 Virtual Conference

On October 20th & 21st 2020, we hosted a virtual home cooked conference in partnership with the University of California’s Sustainable Ag & Education program. Participants discussed updates from the home cooking movement, dialogued with home cooks and movement advocates, and spoke with county officials who were involved in implementing California’s AB626.

Past Events