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Dear Friends and Colleagues We are very excited to be hosting Philip Ackerman-Leist for three Ithaca area and Ovid events on May 14th-16th. Please do come and/or share this email with your friends and colleagues. Thank you. A poster is attached along with more info below. Allison Author and professor Philip Ackerman-Leist tells the (pre)cautionary tale of how the Italian town of Mals set a global precedent by passing the world’s first municipal referendum and ordinances to ban all synthetic pesticides. At the same time the region will support the transition of all farmers to organic systems and support new local sustainable business ventures. *A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement* <http://www.chelseagreen.com/a-precautionary-tale> shows how towns and regions can reclaim and protect their communities, health, and economy — by supporting a transition to diversified, small-scale organic systems and small-scale local businesses. Featuring multimedia artist Douglas Gayeton’s “information artworks,” Ackerman-Leist’s presentation is accompanied by a pop up art show. *All three events are Free & open to the public.* Ovid Library, 7169 N Main St, Ovid, NY Monday, May 14th at 7pm Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca, NY Tuesday, May 15th at 5pm Mann Library Room 102, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Wednesday, May 16th at 4:00pm Philip Ackerman-Leist is a professor at Green Mountain College, where he established the farm and sustainable agriculture curriculum, directs its Farm & Food Project, and founded and directs the Masters in Sustainable Food Systems program (the nation’s first online graduate program in food systems). He is the author of *Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems* <http://www.postcarbon.org/publications/rebuilding-the-foodshed/> (2013) and *Up Tunket Road: The Education of Modern Homesteader* <https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/up-tunket-road/> (2009). His latest book is *A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement* <http://www.chelseagreen.com/a-precautionary-tale> Want to know more or can’t make the talk? Read a review of *A Precautionary Tale* at: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/a-precautionary-tale-how-one-small-town-banned-pesticides/ For questions or if you would like to meet Philip Ackerman-Leist during his Ithaca visit, contact us at: 607-319-0279 or by email. Good wishes, Allison Allison Wilson, PhD Science Director The Bioscience Resource Project P.O. Box 6869 Ithaca, NY 14850, USA phone: 1 (607) 319 0279 a.wil...@bioscienceresource.org www.independentsciencenews.org and www.bioscienceresource.org and https://www.poisonpapers.org/ Subscribe to our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2rrgQPe <https://t.co/4iUF5X9PRE> -- *Cayuta Sun Farm * *607-227-0316 * *CayutaSunFarm.com* <http://CayutaSunFarm.com>
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