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Bringing It All Back Home

An Educational Series on Locally Grown Food and Home Town Economics

People around the U.S. are rediscovering the benefits of buying local
food. It is fresher than anything in the supermarket and that means
it tastes better and is more nutritious. Another plus is that local
food is also good for your community economy-buying directly from
family farmers helps them stay in business. Why? Because they get to
keep more of your food dollar! This means buying locally keeps your
dollars circulating within the community rather than leaving town.
Come to the Shepherdstown War Memorial Building at 7 P.M. (except as
noted) on the third Wednesday of each month to hear stimulating
presentations by national leaders in local food and local economics.

All Events are FREE to the public. RSVP requested for food and
seating at most events.



JOEL SALATIN -Relationship Marketing - Wednesday , January 21, 6:30 PM

Do you know who your farmer is? That's a question you'll start asking
yourself after you hear Shenandoah Valley neighbor Joel Salatin speak
on the future of food and farming. Joel has been featured in American
Heritage and Smithsonian magazines. His presentations about
ecological farming on his family's 550-acre Virginia farm have
received standing ovations nationwide. Joel is the author of 4 books
on quality farming and is considered to be America's best known
working farmer. If that's not enough, attendees at this program will
receive a meal of Joel's pastured pork sausage and pastured hen eggs!
See you there!

SALLY FALLON -Traditional Food and Nutrition - Wednesday February 18, 7:00 PM

Ever wonder why great grandpa could suck all the fat off his steaks,
slather his toast with butter and eat eggs by the carton and never
worry about his cholesterol? It wasn't just your imagination and
Sally Fallon can explain accurately why the good foods of just a few
generations ago are harmful to us now. Of course, It doesn't have to
be that way. Sally Fallon has changed the face of American farming.
She will tell us why truly healthful foods come from local farms and
how citizens interested in high quality foods make both themselves
and their communities more healthy!

JERRY BRUNETTI -Surviving the American Health System- March 17, 7:00 PM

Ready to ignore your doctor's advice and start taking care of your
body and responsibility for your own health? That's what Jerry did
about 3 years ago when his doctor told him that he only had 6 months
left to live unless he started chemo immediately. Following the
naturopathic dictum to maximize nutritional intake and minimize toxic
intake, Jerry has outlived his doctor's prediction by years, is more
fit and vital than before he contracted cancer and, you guessed it,
he owes it all to nutritionally dense, locally grown, vegetable, meat
and dairy products. His experiences in healing and his insights into
what wellness really is, can help you, regardless of what ails you!



MICHAEL SHUMAN -Going Local: The High Values of Local Economies -
April 21, 7:00 PM

Ponder this statistic: only 9 cents of a food dollar is returned to
the farmer! The rest is lost outside the community to distribution,
marketing and inputs. Mr. Shuman says that " a community ought to
pursue selfreliance as far as it's cost-effective, because it
minimizes its vulnerability to events outside its control, maximizes
the local economic multiplier, pumps up the municipal tax base, and
imparts greater skills and excitement on behalf of the citizenry. "
Mr. Shuman is a periodic commentator on NPR's "All Things
Considered." Author of 6 books, his most recent is Going Local.



THOMAS LINZEY -Regaining Local Control of Things That Matter - May 19, 7:00 PM

Viewshed and Foodshed are two words that represent quality of life to
small communities. More and more Shepherdstown seems to be losing a
lot of both to forces outside its control. Thomas Linzey is
co-founder of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, a
nonprofit law firm that provides free and affordable legal services
to community groups and local governments. Much of the work of the
Legal Defense Fund is focused on the issue of the "corporatization"
of agriculture and legal issues surrounding attempts to directly
market farm products to consumers.

  This series is organized by the Fresh and Local CSA, serving
Jefferson Co, WV, Northern Virginia and NE Washington DC. More
information at www.freshandlocalcsa.com

RSVP and find more information on speakers at
info@gardeningforthefuture.com or Allan Balliett @ (304) 876-3382
www.GardeningForTheFuture.com (in rogress 1/11, done soon)