Small Planet Fund Party and Auction
Join Anna Lappe and Frances Moore Lappe to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and honor Lucas Benitez of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/45173
Questions
carrie@eventsthatmatter.net
www.smallplanetfund.org
Conventional Farming & Environmental Protection by Amy Kaleita
Kaleita, who has a Ph.D. in agricultural engineering, teaches courses in soil and water conservation management and engineering at Iowa State University in Ames. She has received several awards for excellence in teaching both at Iowa State and at the University of Illinois where she earned her doctorate in 2003. Kaleita has published articles in both the academic and popular press and is an environmental studies fellow at the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco. She is particularly interested in the role of globalization in engineering and technology education.
This event is free and open to the public.
Ecological Farming Conference
Bus tours on January 21.
Opening Plenary at 8 P.M on January 21 by Food First Fellow, Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
For registration and complete details, go to http://www.eco-farm.org/
Tenth Annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference
The Tenth Annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference will be Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Grayling High School, Grayling MI.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Fred Kirschermann, former Director for the Leopold Center speaking on "SMALL FARMS: Vestige of the Past or Hope for the Future?".
For more information go to www.msue.msu.edu/antrim, contact msue05@msu.edu or call 231-533-8818.
4th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference
Going the Distance and Shortening It from Farm to Cafeteria.
Sponsored by:
The National Farm to School Network
The Community Food Security Coalition
The Community Food Security Coalition
and
The Center for Food & Justice, UEPI, Occidental College
Green Festival--Seattle
A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America.
www.greenfestivals.org
Ph: 877-727-2179 ext 300
Denver Green Festival
A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America.
www.greenfestivals.org
Ph; 877-727-2179 x 300
Chicago Green Festival
A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America.
www.greenfestivals.org
Ph: 877-727-2179 ext 300
Co-op America's Green Business Conference precedes the festival on May 13-14. www.coopamerica.biz or call 877-727-2179.
