Hi All,

I can’t believe the Long Island Food Conference is this weekend! We have been working on this conference for the past year, from securing the venue and keynote speaker, to lining up the presenters, workshops and exhibitors. It is all coming together, and we are so excited to host all of our guests for a full day of learning and engaging in our local food movement, with an eye on sustainability, our health, the environment, food justice, and getting involved. The day will begin with breakfast and registration at 8am, followed by our keynote speaker, Stephen Ritz?at 9am and me, Bhavani Jaroff, at noon, demonstrating “Putting Dinner on the Table is a Political Act”. The rest of the day offers over 30 workshops to choose from, along with a separate “hands on program” for children?(children under 17 are free), an Exhibition Hall with over 40 sustainable companies and non profits showing their products, and culminating with a networking reception at 4pm. It will be a day to remember, and one to make you proud to be a Long Islander!

I am very excited to have Anna Lappe as my guest this week, on the Progressive Radio Network. Anna is the co-founder of the Small Planet Institute as well as the?Small Planet Fund, and the daughter of Francis Moore Lappe, who wrote Diet for a Small Planet, the first book I read that inspired me to give up meat when I was 16!?She is currently the head of the?Real Food Media Project, which is a new initiative to spread the story of the power of sustainable food using creative movies, an online action center, and grassroots events. One of the films we showed at the LI Food and Film Feast, Do We Need Industrial Agriculture to Feed the World, was produced by, and starred Anna as the narrator.?Her latest book,?Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It, was named by Booklist and Kirkus as one of the best environmental book?s of the year. Anna is also the co-author of?Hope?s Edge, which chronicles social movements fighting hunger around the world, and?Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, showcasing the ecological and social benefits of sustainable food with seasonal menus from chef Bryant Terry. I hope you can all join me, as I interview Anna!

Remember, my show is recorded live, every Thursday, from 10-11 am, EST.? To tune in, navigate to?PRN.fm?and click the ?Listen Live? button on the left. Also try downloading the?PRN mobile app, and take the station with you wherever you go! If you want to call in during the show with any questions for me or my guest, the call in number is 888-874-4888.

If you can?t tune in at that time, you can listen to the show in the?PRN archives,?or on my website, or through iTunes. You can also access the show by calling in to?The Progressive Radio Network?at 619-550-0869. Please ?like??iEat Green?s Facebook page?and feel free to?rate the show and leave comments on iTunes and on my website. Thank you all for your support.

With love and gratitude,

Bhavani