[FMC] Food, Farming & Community -- Resources for Expanding Awareness

[Susan Smalley]

Apologies for cross posting

I am delighted to help my Michigan State University colleagues tell 
you about new free resources intended to build greater understanding 
about farmers, farming and food.  The Voices Project, an ongoing 
effort supported by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the MSU Museum and 
several state arts and humanities councils, was created as a way to 
make the voices and experience of farmers engaged in sustainable 
agriculture come alive and to stimulate discussion about the 
economic, social and ecological issues that contemporary agriculture faces.

Who might use these resources?
* Extension educators, agriculture and natural resources educators at 
universities and high schools
* Libraries, museums, community theater groups
* Farmers markets, food cooperatives, food councils
* 4-H and other youth programs
* Community education programs
* Diversity programs
* And many, many others

We invite you to visit the project web site, 
http://foodfarmingandcommunity.org/ , where you will find a range of 
resources now, with more coming.  Right now you will find:

* Readers' theatre script for creating a shared experience to inspire 
public exploration of agriculture and local food
* Essays on:
         -using civic dialogue as a way to engage community around these issues
         -doing readers' theatre
         -oral history
* Field work research reports on developing & testing the script with 
sustainable and organic audiences.
* Book club and film Festival lists around sustainable agriculture
* Promotional materials and images

Coming in September 2008 are curriculum modules designed for adults 
in the general public to learn more about food systems that benefit 
personal health, the environment and the local economy.


If you have questions or comments please contact:

>Julie A. Avery, Ph.D.  *  Curator, Rural Life & Culture
>http://ruralarts.museum.msu.edu/resources/     resources & showcase
>averyj at msu.edu  *  517-432-3358  *  FAX 353-8986
>MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
>West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824
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