Straight from the Scoeity for Agriculture and Food Ecology:

Join the Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology March 10 at 7:30 p.m. for a conversation with Jill Richardson, author of Recipe for America, and Michele Simon, author of Appetite for Profit at 101 Morgan Hall, UC Berkeley. (map)

The dynamic conversation will run the gamut of food issues: the Farm Bill, community food projects and councils, food labeling, school lunches, food safety, and animal agriculture. Be part of the conversation to learn how to take action, voting with your fork and beyond.

Jill Richardson got involved in food policy activism after working for several years in health care and observing the high rate of diet-related chronic illness among the American patient population. She blogs at La Vida Locavore.

Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It is Jill's first book. Marion Nestle hails Richardson as “a fresh voice in the movement to create a healthier and more sustainable food system. This book will be part of the burgeoning food social movement, as it provides a guide to the most important issues and how to work on them.” Civil Eats calls Recipe for America "a handbook for the sustainable advocate in training."

Michele Simon is a public health lawyer who has been writing about the food industry since 1996. She has a master's degree in public health from Yale University and received her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She specializes in legal strategies to counter corporate practices that harm the public's health, and lectures frequently on corporate tactics and policy solutions. Michele has written extensively on the politics of food, and her first book, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back, was published by Nation Books in 2006.

RSVP and invite friends through the Facebook invite. (OL Sez: Another great event--Richardson is super-smart.)