Community Agreement
& Code of Conduct

We believe the following practices will help us create an empowering and equitable experience at the Summit and move us toward our common goal of creating a just, and resilient food system. We invite you to join us in the following:

• Show up authentically. Our movement is strengthened when we bring our whole selves to this work.

• Honor and celebrate diversity. Our work benefits from acknowledging, understanding and celebrating our differences including knowledge, experiences, location, age, race, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, economic status, and political beliefs.

• Respect and support others. We move toward a just and equitable food system when we treat others as we wish to be treated, assume others have good intentions, and hold ourselves accountable for the impact of our actions, regardless of intent.

• Be open to learning. By adopting a commitment to curiosity, we can all learn something new, and support one another at different points of understanding.

• Acknowledge privilege. By recognizing our privilege and how it impacts our worldview, we can monitor the space and time we take up and take steps to share that space with others.

• Be present & practice self-care. When we take care of our own needs, we are better able to engage with others.

• Cultivate Joy! As adrienne maree brown writes, “the truest victory would be our healing, our continuation, our longevity, and our joy”.

Code of Conduct

FINE is committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all participants at the Northeast Farm to Institution Summit. We expect everyone associated with our conference (including attendees, presenters, sponsors, and FINE staff) to act responsibly, behave courteously, and respect the rights and dignity of others at all times while in attendance. 

The following actions are prohibited at our virtual event: 

• Harassment or intimidation by words, gestures, or body language

• Verbally abusive behavior, including angry or vulgar language, swearing, name-calling, or shouting

• Sexually explicit conversation or behavior

• Acts of overt or micro aggression

FINE reserves the right to remove or refuse service to anyone deemed to be in violation of this Code of Conduct. At FINE we believe in and practice a restorative justice approach and any conflicts that arise will be addressed within this framework.