Event

Kick Off Celebration

2011 Urban Farms & Gardens Tour Pre-Tour event

Co-sponsored by The Kansas City Public Library, Park University and the Fred & Shirley Pryor Foundation

Grow for the Future - Michael Ableman

Michael Ableman is an author, farmer, photographer, and food system activist. In his thirty plus years of work in the food system, his consistent message has been a call to engagement in the food system- to engage through our choices about what we eat, to engage through growing our own food, to engage through supporting a vital and sturdy local food system. As the farmer and founder of the country's first Center for Urban Agriculture in the country, he laid out a clear vision for urban farms as essential elements of sane, healthy, and lively communities. Mr. Ableman will share his thoughts on how we can redeem our food system and the integrity of the environment and embrace food as a keystone of human life and community.

A reception featuring local and organic food and beverages preceeds the talk. Following his remarks, we will have books for sale and Mr. Ableman will be available to sign his books.