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[Steve Hoog <livingpotentials@yahoo.com>]

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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@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@yahoo.com or visit www.sustainlv.org .

    

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