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Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association Receives 2009 Local Hero Award
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 13, 2009 Contact: Kellie Falbo, Executive Director Phone: 970-224-3247 RMSLA voted best non-profit organization for their outstanding contribution to the local food movement in the Edible Front Range community. Fort Collins, Colorado: Readers of the Edible Front Range have awarded the Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association the Local Hero Award for best non-profit organization. Edible Front Range is a quarterly magazine that celebrates abundance of local, seasonal food in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs and towns in between. The Local Hero Award celebrates the Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association's outstanding contribution to the local food movement in the Front Range community. Edible Front Range is a source for delicious recipes, restaurant profiles, local news, events, festivals and products. They put a face to the heroes of our community: the farmers, ranchers, chefs, food artisans, and others who honor local, sustainable fare, and who inspire others with their level of commitment to the land, the animals, and the people they feed. The Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association (RMSLA) began focusing on local, natural and organic foods at the 2006 Sustainable Living Fair in Fort Collins, Colorado, by providing free workshops and a keynote presentation from Jeffrey Smith, a leading spokes person on the health risks of genetically engineered foods and the controversies surrounding their approval. Smith is the author of the world's bestselling book on the subject, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating. In 2007 the Sustainable Living Fair added the Eat Local Grow Local workshop area for attendees and welcomed Michael Shuman, author of several books, including Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age and The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global. The 2008 fair attracted the participation of one of the nation's foremost organic agriculture advocates for nearly two decades, George Siemon, founder of Organic Valley Family of Farms, who is best known for his leadership in organizing farmers and building market support for organic agriculture. Under Siemon's leadership, Organic Valley has become the largest organic farmers' cooperative in North America. He received his bachelor's degree in animal science from Colorado State University. The 10th annual Sustainable Living Fair welcomes Frances Moore Lappé, a democracy advocate and world food and hunger expert who has authored or co-authored 16 books. She is the co-founder of three organizations, including Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy and, more recently, the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter Anna Lappé. Her first book, Diet for a Small Planet, has sold three million copies and is considered "the blueprint for eating with a small carbon footprint since long before the term was coined". Frances Moore Lappe' will speak on the Main Stage, Sept. 20th at 2:00pm. The Eat Local Grow Local educational area at the Fair is bigger than ever this year! Attendees can enjoy workshops on everything from cheese making to rainwater harvesting. Other highlights include the annual Local Food Cook Off, an incredible vegetable contest, as well as a pie contest and salsa contest, be sure to check the contest rules before entering. Download this press release (word format) |
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