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Transforming Food Reading Action Group

Flagstaff College, Terra BIRDS, & Flagstaff Foodlink invite you to a special Zoom presentation!

Peter Friederici
”Community-based Agriculture in Flagstaff"  

Peter teaches in the Sustainable Communities Program at NAU and is an accomplished writer on science, nature, and culture. His most recent book, Beyond Climate Breakdown: Envisioning New Stories of Radical Hope, provides a narrative of hope and transformation in this time of climate disaster. Peter is leading the development of a new community urban farm on the city-owned McAllister Ranch property on the edge of Flagstaff.

R. Charlie Shultz 
"High Altitude, Drought-challenged Food Growing" 

Growing food at 7,000 ft with limited water resources is no mean trick. And yet, it is being done by R. Charlie Shultz. Shultz has been a pioneer in the field of integrating fish and plants for more than 20 years. He is Academic Director in the School of Trades, Technology, Sustainability, and Professional Studies at Santa Fe Community College where he teaches Controlled Environment Agriculture




Zoom presentations are part of the Flagstaff College reading-action program on

"Transforming Food" 

We're reading George Monbiot’s book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, an important, fascinating, and controversial bestseller. 

For a sneak preview of the book, you can watch this Ted Talk.

Earlier Event: December 13
Natural History As a Wellspring of Activism
Later Event: December 13
Haul No! Stop Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine