Thursday, October 18, 2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Event Link: 2012 Sharing Spaces Kitchen Entrepreneur Workshops
Organized By: Linden Hills Co-op
Chris' Presentations:
Values and Scale in the Local Foods Marketplace - Balancing the reasons we choose to farm with the economic realities of the modern food system can challenge even the most-experienced grower, and while beginning growers wash up on the rocks of scaling-up, questions about size and values creates conflict within the local foods movement. Join farmer, activist, and poet Chris Blanchard for a look at how we can root our growth in good business while not losing sight of the fertile values in which that growth occurs.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Event Link: 2012 Sharing Spaces Kitchen Entrepreneur Workshops
Organized By: Linden Hills Co-op
Chris' Presentations:
Values and Scale in the Local Foods Marketplace - Balancing the reasons we choose to farm with the economic realities of the modern food system can challenge even the most-experienced grower, and while beginning growers wash up on the rocks of scaling-up, questions about size and values creates conflict within the local foods movement. Join farmer, activist, and poet Chris Blanchard for a look at how we can root our growth in good business while not losing sight of the fertile values in which that growth occurs.