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Sustainable September Local Food Track: The Ethics Of Eating And More

Are you looking for a guide to great local food events during Sustainable September? Local Food Track coordinators Kristi Fountain and Jennifer Hall have you covered. Read below on an important event The Ethics Of Eating and more to come.

The Ethics of Eating

Local Food Events – Sustainable September Spokane

Contact: Kristi Fountain or Jennifer M. Hall, Local Food Track coordinators for Sustainable September Spokane (509) 209-2851 or (509) 209-2395 or at wholeplateinfo@gmail.com.

‘The Ethics of Eating: A dinnertime discussion’

Feature Local Food Event of the Second Annual Sustainable September Spokane

On September 9, from 5:30-7:30 pm, we partner with Trezzi Barn on Green Bluff to host a delicious local dinner and conversation on ‘The Ethics of Eating.’ The event will feature two speakers, Ellen Maccarone & Sarah Hackney, offering an introductory discussion about the impacts of our everyday eating choices. Tickets are $35 per person and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/122812

Ellen Maccarone is a Philosophy professor at Gonzaga University. She teaches an annual Ethics of Eating course, and is increasingly involved with local sustainable food activities. Sarah Hackney is Executive Director of the Gorge Grown Food Network in Hood River, OR. Gorge Grown is a citizen-driven non-profit, working in Gorge counties of Oregon and Washington, with a mission “to build an economically and environmentally sound regional food system that engages, educates, and improves the health and well-being of our community.”



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