—The Flagstaff 3.5% Project —
in partnership with Terra birds & Flagstaff Foodlink
Presents
TRANSFORMING FOOD
A Reading-Action Program
Global climate change will make all people, everywhere, food insecure.
Now is the time for us to figure out how to create a local food system able to stand up to the challenging conditions of global climate change.
Reading-Action Groups start the week of November 13th. We’ve invited nationally-renown guest experts and local food system leaders to help us gain perspective on the challenges of food security and how we can work locally to make a difference. You can join an in-person or virtual conversation or just sign up for the two zoom gatherings with our guest speakers.
What We’re Reading
George Monbiot’s book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, is important, fascinating, and controversial. A Sunday Times (London) bestseller and awardee of the 2022 Orwell Prize for Journalism, it will be the catalyst for our conversations.
“This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food – one that will literally transform the face of the Earth, to make food affordable for all while restoring the living world. Such a vision sounds near impossible, but Monbiot reveals the food pioneers whose extraordinary nnovations could bring it within reach. Never shying from controversy, Regenesis weaves the poetry of soil into the politics of farming to shake the ground on which we all grow. This is Monbiot’s masterpiece: an urgent and exhilarating journey into remaking what and how we eat.”
—Kate Raworth, author of Donut Economics
For a sneak preview of the book, you can watch this Ted Talk with George Monbiot.
Zoom Presentations
Check out our first Zoom presentation of this Reading Action Group, Transforming Food. The presenters are John Ikerd and John Taylor.
Check out our second Zoom presentation of this Reading Action Group, Transforming Food. The presenters are r. Charlie Shultz and Peter Friederici.
The Program Schedule
Beginning the week of November 13th, we meet five times to talk together and listen to guest presentations. Each group will have at least one facilitator to help organize meetings and discussions.
Week 1: November 13 Reading-Action groups meet
Week 2: November 28 6:oo p.m. (AZ Time) Zoom guest presentations
John Ikerd, “Food as a Public Utility” and John Taylor, Terra BIRDS, “Creating a Local Food System”
Week 3: December 4 Reading-Action groups meet
Week 4: December 13 6:00 p.m. (AZ Time) Zoom guest presentations
Charlie Shultz, Santa Fe Community College, “High Altitude, Drought-challenged Food Growing”
Week 5: December 18 Reading-Action groups meet
