Fwd: From the Ground to the Plate - Event Information

[Darcel Eddins]

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From the Ground to the Plate: the First Annual African
American Sponsored Forum on Food in Asheville, NC



"From the Ground to the Plate", the first annual
African American food security forum will be held
Saturday, March 15th from 3-5 pm at the Stephens Lee
Auditorium. This forum is hosted by the Shiloh
Community Association, the Bountiful Cities Project
and the City of Asheville.

The opening speaker will be Mayor Terry Bellamy; other
speakers will include experts with a wide range of
experience in local and regional gardening, as well as
neighborhood associations.

"From the Ground to the Plate" will bring an awareness
and appreciation of how food affects health, economy,
education, socialization, spirituality, and emotional
well-being in majority African American communities.
The focus of the discussion will be about food
availability and quality, growing food, and the
connection between health and diet.  The discussion
will include what it means to grow your own food to
increase your self-sufficiency, and the role community
gardening can play in supporting food security.

The Shiloh Community Association is a non-profit
community group dedicated to maintaining the
neighborhood's historical integrity and revitalizing
the community.  Its mission is to cultivate and
promote home ownership, service, togetherness,
opportunity, respect, and youth involvement.   Since
2004, the Association has maintained a garden at 59
Hampton St., where community members come together
around good healthy food, exercise, and
intergenerational work in the garden.

Bountiful Cities Project is a local non-profit that
has supported community gardening and urban
agriculture in Asheville since 2001. Its mission is to
produce food on urban land and foster a learning
environment for social justice and sustainability.

For more information about "From the Ground to the
Plate" please call Norma at 828-242-0225 or email
shilohcomm...@gmail.com.

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[Darcel Eddins]

susan,
i posted it to all of the list serves.  in the future if you want to post anything all you have to do is post it to the emails in the address of this email.  i don't think that you can post it to the rise up one.  norma called me tongith, she wanted to know if we need a picture of terry and a bio?  she said that we were asking for this from the other speakers so i recommended that to be consistent we should have them all.
darcel