A Fundraiser for the Ann Arbor Local Food Revolution

5:30pm—private reception | 6pm—conversation and book signing

$500 – includes: • Private Reception with Michael Pollan • Conversation & Book Signing • Package of Chris Bedford’s DVD’s & • Pollan’s 3 books.

$150 – includes: Conversation & Book Signing

Join bestselling author and food visionary, Michael Pollan, at Zingerman’s Roadhouse for an intimate conversation about the revolution in food and farming underway in the United States. He will present a unique personal view of the forces behind the current headlines dealing with food and health. Part of the evening’s conversation will be based on questions from the audience.
Proceeds from this fundraiser will support Ann Arbor’s Homegrown Festival and the Edible Avalon Project: a community garden program supporting low income residents in Washtenaw County in growing their own organic food. The event will also support the work of the Center for Economic Security in making “Growing Health,” a film illuminating the connections between healthy living, soil, and reduction in chronic disease.
Chef Alex Young will prepare a delicious selection of appetizers for the reception, using ingredients from his own Cornman Farms.

Upon receiving your online reservation form, Roadhouse staff will call and save your seat via credit card.

[ Tue February 16, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
$45/dinner
Special Dinner #85

This special dinner event is SOLD OUT!

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