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UPCOMING
PROGRAMS 2007-2008
Cultivating
Community: A Four Course
Food-for-Thought Series on Scarborough’s
Edible Past, Present and Future
A
Multimedia Buffet to be held in the Library Meeting Room
Presented
by Roger Doiron
Part 1: Are We Going to Scarborough Fare? Or put another way “Are we heading towards a vibrant local
foods system in Scarborough?” The
reasons for moving towards more locally-sourced foods are numerous. We will
be exploring these reasons – health, culinary, environmental, community, economic - in depth over the course of our four part
series. In part one of our series, we will frame the discussion by
looking at briefly at the town’s agricultural and maritime past, where we are
now, and ahead at some of the forces that require that we rethink the way we
eat. Roger Doiron will set the stage
for the series with an entertaining and provocative multimedia look at
food.
Thursday, January 24, 2008 © 6:30 PM
Part 2: Protecting Our Food Resource Base at Land and Sea Without farmland protection and
stewardship of the town’s natural resources, there can be no local sweetcorn, clams or lobsters. In this session, we look at
Scarborough’s existing food resource base at
land and at sea, the pressures it faces, and what might be done to protect
and enhance the resource base in the future.
Thursday, February 28. 2008 © 6:30 PM
Part 3: Growing Healthy Children, Schools and Neighborhoods: Connecting the dots between food, health,
community and the environment Maine is at the back of the class in the Northeast
when it comes to child obesity rates. Many experts believe that America’s
obesity epidemic is related to a lack of food literacy. Too few people
know where their food comes from and what’s in it. Efforts are under
way in the US, Maine, and in our own
town to help close the food literacy gap. Together, we will look at
what’s being done and what might be done to help more of the town’s children
to connect with origins of healthy eating.
Thursday, March 27. 2008 © 6:30 PM
Part 4: Living La Vida Local:
Practical steps and ideas for getting Scarborough Fare In this last part of our series, we
look at practical steps that individuals, families, groups, and businesses
can make to help bring the delicious revolution to Scarborough.
We will draw conclusions from the first three sessions and develop a list of
some specific actions that can be taken by different people and groups.
Thursday, April 10, 2008 © 6:30 PM
PAST PROGRAMS 2007-2008
By
Order of The Friends of the Scarborough
Library
A
Harry Potter Festival and Horcrux Hunt
is scheduled for Sunday, October 7, 2007
to occur at the Scarborough Library
between the hours of 1:00 and 4:30PM.
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