[permaculture] Fwd: 1-24-07 BUILDING a REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM
Steve Hoog
livingpotentials at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 14 17:21:23 EST 2007
p,li,td,div{ font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:000000; } a { color:660000; } a.secondary { color:008B8B; } UNSUBSCRIBE HERE BUILDING a REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM in the LEHIGH VALLEY
On Wednesday, January 24, 2007, a conference entitled Building a Regional Food System: Supporting Farmers, Families, Communities, and the Environment will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley, 424 Center Street, Bethlehem, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
This event will include a keynote by Jerry Brunetti, Chair of the Lower Mount Bethel Township EAC, on why we need a regional food system. It will be followed by a panel discussion that will look at the importance of a local food economy from several different perspectives. Dr. Erik Von Kiel will address the food and health connection; Chuck Suloff of Penn State Cooperative Extension-Lehigh County will deal with the current status of Lehigh Valley farm production; Aimee and John Good of Quiet Creek Farm will talk about choosing to farm in the 21st century; JoAnn Jones of the Sustainable Business Network-Lehigh Valley will focus on buy local campaigns; and Steve Hoog of Lehigh Valley Beyond Oil will discuss concerns about responding to peak oil and global warming.
After the panel, participants will be invited to visit different information stations to learn more about specific issues and sign up for future planning sessions. These follow-up sessions will be held in February in order to generate action proposals to be presented at the Penn State Cooperative Extension's Lehigh Valley Ag Summit on March 14th.
Anyone wishing to be involved in the strengthening of our regional food system is invited to attend: concerned residents, community leaders, farmers and gardeners, environmentalists, local business people, municipal officials, and people who eat!
There will be a light meal of soups and accompaniments to showcase our regional foods at 5:30 p.m. In order to ensure adequate portions, those wishing to join us for this complimentary dinner MUST RESERVE a place by contacting Steve Hoog at 610-410-5975 or livingpotentials at yahoo.com .
This event is a project of Land and Water Lehigh Valley, a network of organizations and individuals concerned about land and water matters. It is sponsored (list in formation) by the Alliance for Sustainable Communities-Lehigh Valley, Balasia Green World Cafe, Center for Sustainable Energy-Lehigh Valley, Green Valley Coalition, Lehigh Valley Beyond Oil, Lehigh Valley Greens, LEPOCO, Lettuce Alone Farm, Living Potentials, Middle Atlantic Renewable Energy Association (MAREA), Mountain View Poultry Farm, Patches of Star Dairy, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), Quiet Creek Farm, Sierra Club-Kittatinny Chapter, Sierra Club-Lehigh Valley Chapter, Sustainable Business Network-Lehigh Valley, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley Green Sanctuary Committee, the Weston A. Price FoundationLehigh Valley, and Wildflower Cafe.
For more information, contact Steve Hoog at 610-410-5975 or livingpotentials at yahoo.com or visit www.sustainlv.org .
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