Fullerton Public Library Presentation

Tonight I gave a presentation at the Fullerton Public Library all about my experience farming, a few facts about our current food system in the US, and some practical ideas for how to eat better without necessarily up and moving to the farm.

The audience was small but enthusiastic — people seemed to learn some new things — they were especially shocked by the NY Times graphic illustrating the amount of food waste produced by a family of four in a month.

It’s so interesting what parts of our broken food system tug at people. Most studies seem to show that people care most about their health and about animal welfare. Makes sense I guess — they’re the two most personal and emotional aspects of the food we eat.

Anyway, it felt really really really good to be out there talking about these issues and to have people respond so positively. I wonder how much this kind of talk really inspires people to action?

You can get the PDF of the presentation here and the handout here.