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July 24, 2008“Closing the Food Gap” author Mark Winne to discuss food and farming issues at free, public event hosted by the Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Thursday, July 24th at 6pm the Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee will host a book talk and signing with Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at Second Presbyterian Church, 3511 Belmont Blvd, Nashville. The event will be followed by a light reception featuring locally-grown foods. February 8, 2008Food Security Summit seeks to put change on Tennessee’s menu NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Tennessee’s first-ever Food Security Summit will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Feb. 16, 2008, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Nashville. The event’s goal is to begin a community dialogue about connections between food, farming, health, economic development and the environment. It is hosted by the Food Security Partners of Tennessee, a project of the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, and is free and open to the public. Two hundred fifty participants—including farmers, chefs, retailers, health and service providers and gardeners—are expected to attend. |
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