Local Dinner to Recognize Food & Farm Hero John Kinsman and Beginning Farmers [1]
Submitted by Rebekah Wilce [2] on
On Saturday, November 12th, the Family Farm Defenders [3] (FFD) hosts the "First Annual John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Dinner [4]" at the Goodman Community Center [5] on Madison, Wisconsin's near east side.
The Center for Media and Democracy's Food Rights Network [6] featured John Kinsman as our first Food and Farm Hero [7] earlier this month.
The event will honor the first Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize [8] Winners. Speakers will include UW-Madison Professor Jack Kloppenburg as well as FFD President and founder John Kinsman [9]. 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 [4].