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Seminar on Traditional Foods
and Healthy Communities
The Center for Rural Culture, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located
in
Goochland County, Virginia, in conjunction with Ellwood Thompson's Local
Market, is hosting a seminar on Traditional Foods & Healthy Communities
with keynote speaker Sally Fallon - author of Nourishing Traditions
and President, The Weston A. Price Foundation, on Saturday, January
10th, 2009.
This daylong seminar will raise awareness and educate communities about
their
health, their food supply and sustainable farming practices for environmental
preservation. There will be other experts who will speak, as well as
Sally Fallon,
on the important links between health and communities. A delicious lunch
featuring locally sourced traditional foods will be provided by Ellwood
Thompson's Local Market.
The seminar will take place at the Montpelier Center for Arts and Education,
17205 Mountain Road at the western edge of Hanover on Route 33 in Hanover
County (just west of Richmond) from 9:00am-6:00pm. The seminar will
include the following lectures/lecturers:
"The Power of Food: a Virginia Dietitian's Perspective" (Lynda
Fanning, MA, MPH, RD - Clinical Nutrition Manager, University of Virginia
Health System)
"The Basics of Healthy Diets" (Sally Fallon)
"The Politics and Economics of Food" (Sally Fallon)
"Planning for a Healthy Environment" (Stewart Schwartz, Executive
Director -
Partnership for Smarter Growth)
"How Sustainable Farming can Promote Public Health" (Sally
K. Norton, MPH -
Scientific / Program Administrator, Department of Social and Behavioral
Health,
School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University)
"How to Change Your Diet for the Better" (Sally Fallon)
Panel Discussion
Cost for the January 10th seminar is $65 in advance or $75 at the door.
Pre-register on the Center for Rural Culture's website (www.centerforruralculture.org).
Center for Rural Culture and Weston A. Price
members' cost is only $50 (and also students), but those folks must
register by
mail. Call 804-314-9141 for a brochure.
The Center for Rural Culture will host two other book-signing and lecture
events
with Sally Fallon on the same weekend. Participants can meet and talk
with Sally
Fallon and bring or purchase their own copy of Sally's Nourishing Traditions
book to be signed.
Friday, January 9th 5:30-9:00pm Book signing and Meet & Greet starts
at 5:30pm. Lecture - "The Oiling of America/The Cholesterol Myths"
begins at 7:00pm. Delicious food and alcohol/non-alcohol beverages will
be available for purchase before, during and after event! Cost: $10
suggested donation at the door or pre-register on the Center for Rural
Culture's website (www.centerforruralculture.org).
Location: The
Camel Restaurant & Bar, 1621 W Broad St. Richmond, VA 23220 (804)
353-4901.
Sunday, January 11th 11:00am-1:00pm Book signing and Meet & Greet
starts at 11:00am. Lecture -"Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: Having
trouble getting started with a traditional diet?" starts at 11:30am.
Sally will offer suggestions for no-fuss, economical meals based on
traditional foods. Cost: Free, although seating is
limited, so pre-registration is suggested. Go to the Center's website
to
pre-register. Location: Ellwood's Community Coffee, 10 S. Thompson St.
Richmond, VA 23221 (804) 359-7525.
The mission of the Center for Rural Culture is to educate, promote and
inspire
members of our community to sustain a culture that supports agriculture
and the
local economy, protects natural and historic resources, and maintains
our rural
character and traditions. The Center founded and manages the Goochland
Farmers Market and offers many educational programs and opportunities
to learn about sustainable agriculture, conservation practices, local
foods and local foods
systems, smart growth, traditional rural arts, music and rural history.
The movement for a more sustainable local food system is in full swing
in Central
Virginia, and the opportunity to learn more about traditional foods
and their
relationship to the health of communities is an important and timely
topic. Who
should come? - Everyone...students, doctors, mothers, farmers, healthcare
providers, teachers, or anyone who is interested in radically strengthening
the very foundations of their health and their community.
For additional information, contact Lisa Dearden (804) 314-9141 or
admin@CenterForRuralCulture.org.
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