Renewing America's Food Traditions
Endangered Diversity in Our Hands and Mouths
Gary Nabhan

Co-sponsored by the E. F. Schumacher Society and the Orion Society

Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 7:00pm
Berkshire South Regional Community Center, Great Barrington, MA

Gary Nabhan, Ph.D., is a writer, lecturer, and world-renown conservation scientist. He is the outgoing Director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University, where he catalyzed the Canyon Country Fresh regional food initiative on the Colorado Plateau.  He has worked with more than a dozen indigenous communities on cross-cultural initiatives to revive indigenous foods to prevent diabetes, to restore ancient agricultural landscapes and to honor traditional knowledge.