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DESCRIPTION: \n \nRenewing America’s Food Traditions: \nGary Paul Nabhan in 
 conversation with Ashley Rood\nFollowed by a tasting of heritage foods from 
 the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market\nWednesday, April 29 from 6 to 8:30 
 pm\nHosted by the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable 
 Agriculture\n\nGary Paul Nabhan may be best known by farmers’ market fans 
 for the pioneering Southwestern locavore experiment he described in Coming 
 Home to Eat. He founded the Renewing America’s Food Traditions alliance 
 (RAFT) and edited the book by the same name. Renewing America’s Food 
 Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent’s Most Endangered Foods is 
 a journey across our continent’s 13 distinct food nations that details 
 over 90 endangered plant and animal foods and brings them to life with 
 cultural histories, folk traditions, and historic recipes. In this 
 conversation with sustainable agriculture advocate and contributing writer 
 Ashley Rood, Nabhan will offer tidbits and tales of renewal from the book, 
 discuss biodiversity in California, and remind us how our food choices can 
 support a region’s distinct culinary identity.\nThe presentation will 
 take place in the Port Commission Hearing Room, second floor of the Ferry 
 Building in San Francisco. \nBooks will be for sale by Book 
 Passage.\nTickets: $10 (plus $1.24 service fee) from 
 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/60855\n\n\n"Renewing America's Food 
 Traditions gives us a great food adventure to embark on—really no less 
 than discovering ourselves through foods that we didn't even know were, in 
 some way, ours. And what an amazing adventure this is!" Deborah Madison, 
 from the foreword\nGary Paul Nabhan is a world-renowned ethnobiologist, 
 food and farming advocate, conservationist, and writer whose work has been 
 translated into five languages. The author of Why Some Like It Hot, Coming 
 Home to Eat, Where Our Food Comes From and many other books and articles, 
 he has been honored with a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship and The John 
 Burroughs Medal for nature writing. Founder and facilitator of the Renewing 
 America’s Food Traditions collaborative, he is currently a Research 
 Social Scientist at the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona. 
 \n\n\n\nCUESA is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation 
 organization that has, since 1999, managed the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. 
 CUESA is dedicated to promoting a sustainable food system through the 
 operation of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and its educational 
 programs.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/13/18588424.php
SUMMARY:Gary Nabhan on endangered foods
LOCATION:Port Commission Hearing Room, second floor of the Ferry Building in San 
 Francisco (Embarcadero at Market St.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/13/18588424.php
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