Fair Food Author Oran Hesterman to Speak in Elkins Park, September 12; Fair Food Book Discussion Group Sept. 6
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 9:23AM 
Creekside Coop is proud to co-sponsor a special public presentation by Oran Hesterman, PhD, on national tour celebrating of the launch of his ground-breaking new book, Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All.
Come meet the author and hear him discuss some of his practical suggestions for how you can participate in collective action to precipitate big changes in our food system, from your kitchen to your community to your government.
Monday, September 12, 7-9 PM
Congregation Kol Ami, 8201 High School Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments will be provided, RSVP requested , (215) 635-3110
About the Author
Dr. Oran B. Hesterman, is president and CEO of Fair Food Network, a national nonprofit working at the intersection of food systems, sustainability and social equity to guarantee access to healthy, fresh and sustainably grown food, especially in underserved communities. For fifteen years he co-led the Integrated Farming Systems and Food and Society Programs for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, during which time the Foundation seeded the local food systems movement with over $200 million. A native of Berkeley, California, and a former professor of agronomy at Michigan State University in East Lansing, he currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event
Co-Sponsored by Hazon CSA Elkins Park, Creekside Coop and TransitionCheltenham Food Action Group
Fair Food Book Discussion Group
The newly released Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustai nable Food System for All is an enlightening and inspiring guide to changing not only what we eat, but how food is grown, packaged, delivered, and sold.
Creekside Coop is organizing in a book discussion in conjunction with Hazon CSA Elkins Park and the TransitionCheltenham Food Action Group to give members of the three organizations an opportunity to read and discuss the book in advance of the author’s visit to our community on September 12. You are invited to join others in our community in coming together to engage, share and learn with each other about our current broken food system, and practical ways to begin to reform it.
September 6 7-9 PM at Kol Ami in Elkins Park
Pot Luck vegetarian / dairy dinner 6-7 PM
RSVP to HazonCSA@kolamielkinspark.org by September 2 if you wish to receive discussion group outline and questions in advance.
