Local Food Event at AA Public Library -- w/ panelist, yours truely!

[Victoria]

Kris from Old Pine Farm and frequent poster on this group is also on
the panel. Come support us and if we haven't met you, introduce
yourself. Funny thing, this event will be the first time Kris and I
actually meet.


Thursday, May 22nd, 7:00 - 8:30pm

Panel Discussion: "Finding Local Food and Bringing It Home for Dinner:
Supporting Our Farms"
Ann Arbor Main Library Multi-purpose Room (downstairs), 343 S. Fifth
Ave. Ann Arbor, MI
Unlike our grandparents, most of us today have little conception of
the expertise and the effort that goes into growing food that is
sustainable and humane. And many people are relying on prepared food
rather than cooking. But there's another trend as well. For health,
economic, and ethical reasons, many of us are deciding not to buy meat
from factory farms and to stop participating in the industrialized
food system.

Once we've made this decision, where does the food come from and what
do we do with it once we get it? One of the best answers is to
participate in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). When you buy a
share with a CSA farm, a box of the freshest seasonal produce or meat
is waiting for you every week or every month.

This panel features exemplary local farmers - Deb Lentz and Richard
Andres from Tantré Farm and Kris Hirth from Old Pine Farm - who will
talk about how they run their CSA farms, what they've learned about
growing food, and what they see for the future of food. The panel
discussion will also highlight the creative ways that people in our
community are buying, cooking and enjoying food that is produced close
to home. Mary Wessell Walker will talk about her business, the
Community Farm Kitchen, and Victoria Bennett will talk about how she
and her husband changed their approach to food when they discovered
their young son was allergic to both dairy and soy.

[Cindy Huguley]

Victoria, how did this go, and how was the turnout?

Thanks,

Cindy

[Joel Dalton]

This is next week, right?
Joel

[Cindy Huguley]

You are right Joel- I need to get off this airplane. Thanks- C