[UrbanCropCircle] 'Public Produce' author Nordahl appearance schedule

[Ingela Wanerstrand]

For Immediate Release
 
Island Press, Town Hall Seattle, and IslandWood are delighted to bring  
author and activist Darrin Nordahl to our area this week. He is excited  
to share ideas with Northwesterners so I hope you are able to join us  
at one of the events listed below and join in the discussion.
 
Darrin Nordahl author of Public Produce: The New Urban Agriculture  
(Island Press) will present how his vision of municipal agriculture may  
be practiced locally at IslandWood April 28 at 7:00 p.m. and in the  
Soundings from Island Press Environmental Lecture Series at Town Hall  
Seattle, April 29 at 7:30 p.m.  From Davenport, Iowa, he has appeared  
on National Public Radio, writes for the Huffington Post, and is a  
regular public speaker on food, farming and city planning.  Nordahl is  
available for interviews and copies of his book will be available for  
purchase at the readings listed below and through www.islandpress.org
 
The author and advocate wants America to overhaul its food system, from  
what we grow, how we grow it and where we grow it. Food affects our  
health, energy system and even national security.
 
And for Nordahl this is also a matter of community. He writes:
 
"What we are just beginning to witness in this country is a  
paradigmatic shift in public food policy. It is not being initiated by  
central government, but by a local one. This unique brand of urban  
agriculture - what can more descriptively be termed "municipal  
agriculture"  - is promising to restore individual and community  
health, to the benefit of our cities, and to the benefit of our  
nation."
 
Scheduled appearances include:
Wednesday April 28
9:00 a.m. KUOW NPR Weekday Program with Steve Scher -  94.9 FM
7:00 p.m. The Great Hall at IslandWood on Bainbridge Island - no charge  
- no rsvp needed
                4450 Blakely Ave NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
 
Thursday April 29
11:00 a.m. KIRO radio Dave Ross Program 97.3 FM   -  710 AM
1:00 p.m. Press event at Gilman community garden with:
                  King County Councilman Larry Phillips
                  Charlie Hoselton from Friends of Gilman Urban Gardens
                  On garden site at 3th Ave W & Gilman Drive W
                  2253 Gilman Drive West, Seattle, WA  98119 for  
mapquest purposes
7:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle presentation and book signing
                  downstairs entrance - $5 donation at the door or  
reserve ticket online
     8th & Seneca, Seattle, WA   
       http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm? 
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