Speakers of note whose topic relates to agricultural
Patty Cantrell is a community organizer and a journalist focused on making the business case for local and regional food. As Regional Food Solutions LLC, she works with nonprofit and educational clients to communicate new food and farm business options and public policy directions.
Oran Hesterman,national leader in the local food movement, speaks to a packed State Theatre in Traverse City, Michigan on October 6, 2012. Discover how you can help transform the food economy to strengthen families, farms, and communities.
Stephen Cousins, Superintendent of the Traverse City Area Public Schools, talks about TCAPS' role in the local food system on this out take of "Outside In -- Investigating Community Resilience", a weekly program of the Neahtawanta Center.
Allan Savory explains the paradigm shift involved in understanding Holistic Management.
A Toast to Local Farmers was hosted by Oryana Food Cooperative, Traverse City, MI. Michael Shuman spoke to the gathering about local economies and the value of keeping our dollars local.