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On Saturday, November 12th, the Family Farm Defenders [4] (FFD) hosts the "First Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Dinner [5]" at the Goodman Community Center [6] on Madison, Wisconsin's near east side.
The Center for Media and Democracy's Food Rights Network [7] featured John Kinsman as our first Food and Farm Hero [8] earlier this month.
The event will honor the first Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize [9] Winners. Speakers will include UW-Madison Professor Jack Kloppenburg as well as FFD President and founder John Kinsman [10]. The Harvest-themed dinner will include artisanal cheese and crackers, wild rice, roasted vegetables, organic grass-fed beef, dessert, fair trade coffee and/or locally crafted beer and wine.
Tickets purchased before November 1st are $50 per person for FFD members, $75 for non-members and $35 for students and those with limited income. For more information and to purchase tickets, please see the FFD website [5].
Links:
[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/35294/rebekah-wilce
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment/agriculture
[3] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fnews%2F2011%2F10%2F11074%2Flocal-dinner-recognize-food-farm-hero-john-kinsman-and-beginning-farmers&linkname=Local%20Dinner%20to%20Recognize%20Food%20%26%20Farm%20Hero%20John%20Kinsman%20and%20Beginning%20Farmers
[4] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Family_Farm_Defenders
[5] http://familyfarmers.org/?p=479
[6] http://www.goodmancenter.org/
[7] http://www.foodrightsnetwork.org/
[8] http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/11044/food-rights-network-interviews-food-farm-hero-john-kinsman
[9] http://familyfarmers.org/?p=341
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Kinsman_Interview