featuring
Will Allen and Frances Moore Lappé
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Saturday, November 13, 2009, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m..
Emmerich Manual High School Auditorium, 2405 Madison Ave.
(enter through door #26)
A free event - no tickets required!
How do we ensure that the way we grow and distribute food meets our needs both for nourishment and sustainability? How do we guarantee equal access to healthy and nutritious food? Enjoy a spontaneous conversation between Will Allen and Frances Moore Lappé on these and other social justice questions. Q&A will follow. Presented by Spirit & Place. Questions? Call 317-278-3623 or email
festival@iupui.edu.
Will Allen is an urban farmer who is transforming the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban populations. In 1995, Allen began developing the farming methods and educational programs that are now the hallmark of Growing Power, a thriving nonprofit he founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Allen’s holistic farming model incorporates both cultivation and innovative food distribution networks in an urban setting. Before returning to his roots as a farmer, Allen had a brief career in professional basketball and a number of years in corporate marketing at Procter and Gamble. He has served as CEO of Growing Power since 1995 and has taught workshops to aspiring urban farmers worldwide. Allen, who is a 2008 MacArthur Fellow, was listed in the annual TIME 100 as one of the world’s most influential people.
Frances Moore Lappé is the author of 18 books, from the three million copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971 to Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage For the World We Really Want in 2010. With daughter Anna Lappé, she leads the Small Planet Institute and Small Planet Fund. She is the recipient of 17 honorary degrees and is cofounder of Food First, the Institute for Food and Development Policy. Gourmet magazine chose Lappé as among “25 People Who Changed Food in America,” and in 2008 she was the James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year. In 1987 Lappé was the 4th American to receive the Right Livelihood Award, often called the Alternative Nobel.
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