Civic Communications Specialist
833 Boonville
Springfield, MO 65802
417-862-9284
burtond@missouri.edu
November 6, 2009
Extension Specialist Facilitating Food Policy Council Meeting in Springfield Nov. 16
A food policy coalition meeting being sponsored by the Well-Fed Neighbor Alliance will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16 in the north room at the Farmers Gastropub, 431 S Jefferson Ave, Suite 160 in the Wilhoit Plaza, Springfield.
Dr. Mary Hendrickson, a University of Missouri Extension specialist and director of the Food Circles Network, will facilitate the meeting. Hendrickson has been involved in facilitating a food policy coalition in Kansas City and is now beginning one in St Louis.
"A Food Circle is concerned with promoting the consumption of safe, regionally grown food that will encourage sustainable agriculture and help to maintain farmers, who will sustain rural areas. While the concept sounds simple, it means that we must radically change the way we participate in the act of growing and consuming food," said Hendrickson.
Persons wanting to attend the meeting need to pre-register by contacting Galen Chadwick at (417) 353-7758, Ruell Chappell at (417) 848-6543 or Mark Hay at (417) 849-7941.
More information about the Food Circles Network can be found online at http://foodcircles.missouri.edu.
Source: David Burton (417) 862-9284
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