MAINE FOOD SYSTEM

 MAINE FOOD SYSTEM:

past, present, and future

 Maine farmers, gardeners & agricultural organizers discuss:

• Maine Food Policy Council … 80/20 by 2020? … 50/50 by 2050?
• farm & farmland protection, food security, community food assessments
• Maine Food Map Project of the Eat Local Foods Coalition (ELFC)
• Bringing Food Home by Merry Hall, forthcoming book about Maine food
• & much more about the rich fertile soil of Maine’s Food System!

 Community Television Network

516 Congress Street, Portland

APRIL 23

DOORS OPEN:               5:00pm

AUDIENCE SEATED:       5:30pm (please arrive early)

TAPING STARTS:    6:00pm (’til 7pm)

• Join us for a live-to-tape in-studio discussion (broadcast throughout MAY)
• Bring your questions & share your views       (CH 4: TUE @ 2pm  &  SUN @ 12noon)

 Confirmed GUESTS include:         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Bob St. Peter, Food for Maine’s Future
• Russell Libby, Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assn & ELFC
• Lisa Fernandes, Portland Permaculture Group
• Merry Hall,   author of Bringing Food Home
• John Harker, Maine Department of Agriculture
•                                 Agricultural Creative Economy Report
• Richard Rudolph, Rippling Waters Organic Farm & Saco River/Lakes Region Food Policy Council

 Invited GUESTS include:

• Karen Baldacci, Maine’s First Lady
• Roger Doiron, Kitchen Gardeners International
• Emily Graham, Portland Food Co-op
• Alix Hopkins, author of Groundswell: Stories of Saving Places, Finding Community
• Del Ketcham, author of a book on Food Security

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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