[SustainableTompkins] Francis Moore Lappe, Wed Sept 20

[Allison L H Jack]

Hi everyone,

Thought you might be interested in this just released announcement for an 
upcoming event with Francis Moore Lappe including a local foods dinner at 
Robert Purcell dining hall.

Please circulate widely to lists and tell your friends!

-Allison


>Farm-to-Cornell and Ithaca College Present:
>
>Francis Moore Lappé
>
>Where: G10 Biotech Building
>When:  Wednesday September 20th; 6:00pm
>
>Join us for an evening with the acclaimed author of Diet for a Small 
>Planet; World Hunger: Twelve Myths; Hope’s Edge; and Democracy’s 
>Edge.  Francis Lappé has authored or co-authored 15 books, and her 1971 
>Diet for a Small Planet has sold over 3 million copies. Through her work 
>with the Small Planet Institute, Lappé continues to educate about the 
>human-made causes of world hunger and the power of every day choices to 
>create the world we want. She is a highly-regarded speaker who has 
>received 17 honorary doctorate degrees and was the 1987 recipient of the 
>Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the Alternative Nobel.
>
>Francis Moore Lappé is coming to Cornell University to kick off Cornell 
>Dining’s Fall Harvest Celebration, which includes a 100% local foods 
>dinner Thursday at Robert Purcell Marketplace.
>
>For more information about Francis Moore Lappé visit her website: 
><http://smallplanetinstitute.org/about_us/frances_lappe/>http://smallplanetinstitute.org/about_us/frances_lappe/ 
>
>
>The Fall Harvest Dinner, sponsored by Cornell Dining’s new Farm-to-You 
>Program, will be held at the Robert Purcell Marketplace on North Campus, 
>Thursday September 21st: 5:30 – 8:30 pm.
>
>This event is sponsored by: Ithaca College Office of the Provost; Cornell 
>Dining, Mann Library, Small Farms Program, Department of Development 
>Sociology, Slow Food Cornell, and funded in part by the GPSAFC.  Open to 
>the public.
>
>For more information about this event contact 
><mailto:dls79 at cornell.edu>dls79 at cornell.edu.

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Allison L H Jack
Graduate Student
Department of Plant Pathology
Cornell University
335 Plant Science
Ithaca, NY 14850
607.273.5762
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