June 7, 2012, Thursday - Brenda Langton and Atina Diffley Discussion and Book Signing at the Mill City Museum

Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Authors Brenda Langton(The Spoonriver Cookbook) and Atina Diffley(Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works) will be at the Mill City Museum on Thursday, June 7th, at 7:00 PM for a "farm to market" discussion. Connecting the table back to the market and ultimately to the land itself, Brenda will offer a variety of flavorful food samplings made from The Spoonriver Cookbook, showcasing a few of the many simple, delicious and healthy recipes found in the book. Copies of both Brenda's and Atina's books will be for sale.

Just like the complex eco-system web of species, farmers and consumers are intricately linked. The food decisions consumers make every day drive and directly impact the land management decisions farmers make, which have a huge impact on local ecosystems and ultimately, the health of all life on the planet. A committed and supportive relationship between farm and market is crucial to the creation of an economically viable, local-organic, resilient and renewable, food system.

About The Spoonriver Cookbook
For nearly forty years, Brenda Langton has been one of the most recognizable guiding lights of Twin Cities organic dining. The Spoonriver Cookbook is a tribute to her acclaimed Spoonriver restaurant and the Mill City Farmers Market, as well as a presentation of the vision and philosophy behind Spoonriver’s delicious creations and their remarkable chef.

About Turn Here Sweet Corn
In telling her story of working the land, Atina Diffley reminds us that we live in relationships—with the earth, plants and animals, families and communities. A memoir of making these essential relationships work in the face of challenges from weather to corporate politics, this is a firsthand history of getting in at the “ground level” of organic farming.