<div dir="ltr">the event is free and everyone is invited. <br><br><br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Health,
Food & the Environment Guest Speaker Series</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Portland
Community College </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Rock
Creek Campus</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">17705
NW Springville Rd, Portland, OR 97229</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Building
#3 Room 228</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">12:00pm
– 1:20pm</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u>Celebrating the Pleasure of Food</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Monday, November 16<sup>th</sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Antonella Aguilera-Ruiz, Slow Food Portland</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Slow Food Portland is the Portland chapter of
Slow Food, a non-profit, member-supported organization founded in Italy in 1989
to counteract the culture of fast food. Slow Food brings the pleasure of taste,
the rich history of tradition, the diversity of culture, and the concern for
food production together to form a unique slow food movement that encompasses
the globe.</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>See more at: <a href="http://slowfoodportland.com/about/#sthash.jmPpuHLj.dpuf">http://slowfoodportland.com/about/#sthash.jmPpuHLj.dpuf</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u>Connecting Farms to Schools</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Wednesday, November 18<sup>th</sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Amanda Oborne, Ecotrust</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Connecting small and mid-size farmers with large
institutions like schools is a major thrust of Ecotrust's food and farms work.
In their farm to school work, they partner with a wide range of school
districts, focusing on low-income schools and preschools to ensure that all
children have access to healthy, local food. Ecotrust advocates for policies
that strengthen Oregon’s agricultural economy and create local jobs.</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Learn more at: <a href="http://www.ecotrust.org/about-us/">http://www.ecotrust.org/about-us/</a></p>
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<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u>Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMO's)</u></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Monday, November 30<sup>th</sup></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Sharon Wallace, Oregon Health &
Science University</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Consumer health advocate Dr. Sharon Wallace will
speak about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their effect on the food
supply. A nursing professor at Oregon Health and Science University, Dr.
Wallace is a member of the Institute for Responsible Technology, which educates
policy makers and the public about genetically modified food and crops.</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u>Food Waste</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Wednesday, December 2<sup>nd</sup></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">Diana Foss, Urban Gleaners</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>The mission of <span class="">Urban</span> <span class="">Gleaners</span> is to help alleviate hunger by collecting edible,
surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away and redistributing it to
agencies that feed the hungry. The concept of picking up and redistributing
food is a simple weapon in the fight against hunger. Hunger is less a problem
of scarce resources but rather inefficient distribution.</p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Want to learn more? Watch the film clip: <a href="http://urbangleaners.org/the-urban-gleaners-movie" target="_blank">http://urbangleaners.org/the-urban-<span class="">gleaners</span>-movie</a><br>
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<div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Alissa Leavitt, MPH, MCHES<br></div></div>Health Education & Program Section Volunteer<br>Oregon Public Health Association<br>971-722-7767<br></div><a href="mailto:aleavitt.opha@gmail.com" target="_blank">aleavitt.opha@gmail.com</a><br></div></div></div></div>
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