September 11 – Downtown Los Angeles – 5th Annual Sustainable L.A. Green Fair & Film Fest – 3:00 Panel with Mark Winne. For more information go to www.lacentersstudios.com.

September 23 – Ramapo College, Ramapo, New Jersey – Havemeyer Edible Garden 100-mile Dinner – book talk and signing. For more information contact Jackie Ehlert at jehlert@ramap.edu.

September 27 – New Haven, Connecticut – New Haven Public Library (133 Elm Street) - Book talk and signing. For more information contact Tagan Engel at tagan.engel@gmail.com

September 29 – Springfield, Massachusetts – Western Massachusetts Hunger Summit – Keynote and panel presentation; book sale and signing. For more information meganp@foodbankwma.org or go to www.foodbankwma.org.

September 30 – Hartford, Connecticut – Hartford Public Library (main branch) – Evening presentation, book talk and signing. For more information contact Martha Page at the Hartford Food System, mpage@hartfordfood.org.

October 14 – University of Florida – Gainesville, Florida – This date is still tentative. Contact Mark Winne for updates.

October 16 – New Orleans – Community Food Security Coalition annual conference – 6:00 PM reception at the Sheraton Hotel - book talk and signing. See www.communityfoodconference.org for more details

October 19 – Salt Lake City, Utah – This date is still tentative. Location TBD. Contact Gina Cornia Utahans Against Hunger for more information.

November 6 – Santa Fe, New Mexico – Keynote at the annual conference of the Association for Humanist Sociology – Noon – The Lodge at Santa Fe. For more information contact Emma Bailey at baileye@wnmu.edu.

November 12 – Birmingham, Alabama – Keynote at the Greater Birmingham Food Summit – For more information contact Elisa Munoz at bhamfoodsecurity@gmail.com

November 16 – Springfield, Illinois – University of Illinois at Springfield – Keynote for Hunger and Homelessness Week – For more information contact Kelly Thompson at kthom03s@uis.edu.

November 17 & 18 – Philadelpia Area – Villanova University – Keynote as part of Hunger and Homelessness Week. For more information contact Margaret Shaia at margaret.shaia@villanova.edu.

December 11 – New Brunswick, New Jersey – Keynote speaker at the New Brunswick, NJ Community Food Forum. For more information contact Martha Cummings at mcummings@advantageh.com.

July 12 & 14 – Miami, Florida – South Florida Food Summit – Keynote Address (7/12) at the Miami Dade College-Wolfson, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami. Food Policy Council workshop (7/14 – 9:00 AM); same location. For more information contact Mario Yanez at Earth Learning: (305) 323-8858; mario@earth-learning.org.

July 24 – Reno, Nevada – Society for Nutrition Education – Workshop (8:30 to 2:00). For more information contact Linda Berlin at linda.berlin@uvm.edu.

August 3 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Minnesota Statewide Health Improvement Program annual conference – opening keynote (9:30 AM). For more information contact Michael Hawton at michael.hawton@state.mn.us.

March 1 – 4 – Missouri: Kansas City (March 2), Columbia(March 3), and St. Louis (March 3 & 4) Missouri - (times and exact locations to be announced). For more information contact Mary Hendrickson @ hendricksonM@missouri.edu.

March 11 – San Francisco – Glide Memorial Church – 6:30 PM – Panel discussion sponsored by Slow Food USA on how to make locally and sustainably produced food available to all income groups. For more information contact Anna Hillgruber Smith Clark at anna@marinorganic.org.

March 16 – Boston – Tufts University – For more information contact Hugh Joseph at 617-997-1861.

March 17 & 18 – Baltimore – John Hopkins University – For more information contact Anne Palmer at ampalmer@jhsph.edu.

April 6 – Charlottesville, VA – University of Virginia – For more information contact Tanya Denckla Cobb at td6n@virginia.edu.

April 10 – Cincinnati, Ohio - Food Congress (times and location to be determined – other Ohio events may occur around that time period). For more information contact Lauren Niemes at lauren@nutritioncouncil.org.

April 11 – Helena, Montana – Growing Community Project Presentation – evening presentation – For more information contact Jim Barngrover at javajim@bresnan.net.

April 12 & 13 – Missoula, Montana – University of Montana – Monday evening community presentation and Tuesday seminars – For more information contact Neva.Hassanein@mso.umt.edu.

April 26 – Tempe, Arizona – University of Arizona – Community presentation for University theatre project titled Whole, Local and Slow (Progressive Dinner) – for more information contact Jeff McMahon at jeff.mcmahon@asu.edu.

May 11 – Cardiff Wales (UK) – University of Cardiff – evening community lecture and presentation – For more information contact Kevin Morgan at morgankj@cardiff.ac.uk.

May 18 & 19 – Anchorage, Alaska – For more information contact Diane Peck at diane.peck@alaska.gov

Stay tuned for updates on appearances:

Reno, Nevada – July – Society for Nutrition Education

Santa Fe, New Mexico – November – Keynote at the Association for Humanist Sociology

November 20 – Massachusetts – Massachusetts Public Health Association 2009 Annual Meeting – Keynote address at 9:30 AM – Westborough Royal Plaza, Westborough, Massachusetts. For information see www.mphaweb.org or contact Valerie Bassett at vbassett@mphaweb.org.

December 4 and 5 – Black Mountain, North Carolina (near Asheville) – Annual conference of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association – half-day food policy workshop on December 4 and panel presentation the evening of December 4 and morning of December 5. For more informaton see www.carolinafarmstewards.org or contact fred@carolinafarmstewards.org.

September 24 – Boston, MA – Natural Products Exposition – speaking at session at 10:00 AM

September 25 – Seattle, WA – Washington State Food and Nutrition Council – Blackriver Conference Center in Renton, WA – Keynote address at 2:30 PM. For more information contact Acacia Larson at acacia@homegrownnutrition.com or at (206) 459-9378.

October 10 – Des Moines, IA – the Community Food Security Coalition Annual Conference. For more information go to www.foodsecurity.org.

October 16 – Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ – For more information contact Amy Michael at amymic@rci.rutgers,edu.

October 19 – Great Barrington, MA – Evening – Contact Ricky Bernstein at penrose@vgernet.net.

Additional appearances not yet confirmed: Celebration of Connecticut Farms, Sept. 13 – Lebanon, Conn.; Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT – date not yet confirmed.

May 15 – Alamosa, Colorado – Presentation and book signing – For more information contact Liza Marin at 719-587-1034 or marronL@vwhs.org.

June 8 – Hartford, Connecticut – Hartford Foundation for Public Giving – Presentation to the Catalyst Fund. For more information contact Mary-Ellen Powell at mepowell@hfpg.org.

June 10 – Montgomery Village (Jay Peak), Vermont – Field to Plate Seminar – Food Dialogs: Moving the Discussion beyond the Pyramid – June 9-13. Presentation to seminar participants on June 10. For more information contact Amanda Archibald at amanda@fieldtoplate.com.

June 18 – Albuquerque, New Mexico – National Association for Rural Mental Health Conference – Keynote presentation at 8:45 AM. For more information contact Helene Silverblatt at hsilverblatt@salud.unm.edu.

June 28 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Unitarian/Universalist Association General Assembly. 11:00 AM. Presentation: “Closing the Food Gap: Sustainable Food for All – Salt Palace 255 B. For more information contact Claudia Kern at claudia.kern@valley.net.

January 23, 2009 – Rochestor, New York – New York – Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York 27th Annual Conference. Mark Winne leads all-day workshop beginning at 9:00 a.m “Food Policy Councils: A Pathway to a Just and Sustainable Food System.” Books will be for sale throughout the conference. For information contact www.nofany.org.

February 9, 2009 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota – A keynote address by Mark Winne. 3:30 to 5:00 Keynote address followed by a reception at 5:30. Must RSVP by January 30 to Lynn Wasvick at (651) 662-6791 or lynn_wasvick@bluecrossmn.com.

February 24 and 25 – Lubbock, Texas – 20th Annual Southern Plains Conference – International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University (4th and Indiana). Keynote presentation by Mark Winne. For more information contact Lydia Villaneuva at (806) 364-4445 or casa1@go-herd.com.

March 21 & 22 – Cleveland, Ohio – Wyndham Cleveland Hotel at Playhouse Square – Keynote, panel discussion, and workshop for the Leadership Summit 2009. For more information see www.LeadershipSummit2009.com.

March 24 – Harrisonburg, VA – Eastern Mennonite University – 8:00 PM at the Common Grounds – Public presentation and book talk. For more information contact Dan Wessner at dan.wessner@emu.edu.

March 28 – Boston, MA – Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition – The Future of Food and Nutrition Graduate Research Conference. Expert panel presentation – 3:00 to 5:00 PM. For more information see www.studentconference.nutrition.tufts.edu.

March 30 – Lewiston, Maine – Bates College – Keynote address by Mark Winne – 7:30 PM – Olin Arts Center. For more information contact Heather Bumps at Bates public relations office: hbumps@bates.edu.

March 31 – Augusta, Maine - Maine Nutrition Council Annual Meeting – Keynote address by Mark Winne - Augusta Civic Center – 3:00 p.m. For more information contact Catherine Hoffmann at catherine@drinkmainemilk.org.

April 1 – Durham, New Hampshire – University of New Hampshire – Keynote address by Mark Winne - 4:00 to 6:00 – MUB Theater II - For more information Elisabeth Farrell at (603) 862-5040; el.farrell@unh.edu.

April 4 – Renton, Washington - Renton History Museum – 3:00 PM – Keynote address by Mark Winne. For more infomation contact Dorota Rahn at (425) 255-2330; drahn@@ci.renton.wa.us.

April 17 – Breckenridge, Colorado – 2009 Colorado Dietetic Association Annual Meeting – Beaver Run Resort – Keynote address by Mark Winne – 7:45 a.m. For more information contact Shana Patterson at eatrightcolorado@gmail.com.

November 11 – Norman, Oklahoma – University of Oklahoma, 7:30 p.m; Public talk. For more information contact Julia Ehrhardt at 405-325-5258.

November 13 – Albuquerque, New Mexico – Albuquerque Journal auditorium, 7:00 p.m; SAGE Seminar “Back to the Essentials.” For more information contact Carolyn Flynn at cflynn@abqjournal.com.

November 20 – Madison, New Jersey – Drew University. Evening talk open to the public. Exact time and campus location to be announced. For more information contact Clare Mullaney at cmullaney@drew.edu.

December 4 – Houston, Texas – Evening book talk. Time and place to be announced. For more information contact Chris McCullum-Gomez or go to www.houstonfood.net.

December 5 – Austin, Texas – Evening book talk. Time and place to be announced. For more information contact Marla Camp at marla@edibleaustin.com.

Readings and Signings:

August 29 – San Francisco – Slow Food Nation “Changemakers Day,” Mark Winne panel presentations: 2:30 to 5:45. For more information go to www.slowfoodnation.org. Media contact: bhorton@vancomm.com.

September 17 – Albuquerque, NM – 1:30 – Peace by Pieces Fair – presentation, book selling and signing by Mark Winne – University of New Mexico Student Union Building. For more information contact Susi Knoblauch at chknob@unm.edu.

September 24 – Raleigh, NC – 8:30 AM – Politics of Food Conference at North Carolina State University. Panel presentation by Mark Winne. For more information go to www.elpnet.org.

September 24 – Durham, NC – 12:00 noon – The Divinity School (0016 Westbrook), Duke University. Panel presentation, book selling and signing. For more information contact Jami Wise at jwise@div.duke.edu.

September 25 – Charolotte, NC – Book talk and signing - Park Road Books, 4139 Park Road, Charlotte, NC.  For more information contact Marilyn Marks at sosawnc@endhunger.org. Sponsored by the Society of Saint Andrews of Western North Carolina.

September 27 – Harrisonburg, VA – 9 to 12 noon, Harrisonburg Downtown Farmers Market. Book signing and talk. For more information contact Josie Showalter at fourwinds54@verizon.net. Sponsored by the Harrisonburg Farmers Market

September 29 – Charlottesville, VA - 5:00 PM - University of Virginia School of Architecture, Campbell Hall. Book talk and signing. For more information contact Tanya Cobb at td6n@virginia.edu. Sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

September 30 – Gettysburg, PA – 11:30 AM. Gettysburg College. For more information contact Kim Davidson at kdavidso@gettysburg.edu.

September 30 – Hershey, PA - 7:00 PM – Hershey Public Library. Book talk and signing. For more information contact Susie Newell at snewell@prodigy.net. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center and Hershey Public Library.

October 1 – Philadelphia, PA – University of Pennsylvania - 5:00 PM. Book talk and signing. For more information contact Mary Summers and mysummer@sas.upenn.edu. Sponsored by the Fox Leadership Program and the University of Pennsylvania.

October 6 – Philadelphia, PA – White Dog Cafe, 3420 Sansom St., Philadelphia - 6:00 PM. Dinner, book talk and signing. Sponsored by the White Dog Cafe. Reservations required. For more information www.whitedog.com or call 215-386-9224.

October 7 – Princeton, NJ - early evening, Labyrinthe Books on the Princeton Campus. Book talk and signing. For more information contact Meredith Taylor at Isles, Inc. at mtaylor@isles.org. Sponsored by Isles, Inc. of Trenton.

October 15 – Cleveland, Ohio (time and place to be announced). Book talk and signing. For more information contact Matthew Russell at mer23@case.edu.

October 16 – Lexington, Kentucky – 6:00 PM (place to be announced). Keynote for World Food Day; book talk and signing. For more information contact Jim Embry at jgembr0@cs.com. Sponsored by the Sustainable Communities Network.

November 11 – Norman, Oklahoma – University of Oklahoma – 7:30 PM (place to be announced). For more information contact Julia Ehrhardt at juliae@ou.edu.