MSU's Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and
Resources Studies (CARRS) presents:
A New Rural Urban
Partnership:
Sustainability in the 21st
Century
Monday, October 29th, 2007, 5 to 6 pm (Reception from
4-5 pm)
Natural Resources Bldg, Room 158 (auditorium
room), Michigan
State University Campus
Open to all
Bill Bryan, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Rural Landscape Institute: A
Catalyst for Food
and Agricultural Integrity in the American
West, Bozeman,
Montana.
www.rurallandscapeinstitute.org Chairman of the Board and
Co-founder, Off the Beaten
Path, Bozeman, Montana.
www.offthebeatenpath.com
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Dr Bryan's presentation will include observations
about:
•The
disappearance of the working landscape and the family farm and
ranch.
•
Vulnerability of our nation’s food supply and the abundance of
healthy foods.
•
Industrial agriculture and its role in this country’s dependence
on fossil fuels and carbon emissions.
• The
erosion and breakdown of a rural/urban connection. It has been the
backbone of this country’s heritage and world prominence.
• A
developing environmental agenda not based on sound ecological and land
management practices.
•
Abandoning the concept of our individual and collective roles and
responsibilities as “Gardeners of Eden.”
• The
growth of agritourism in western and Midwestern communities.
Join us!
Susan B. Smalley, Ph.D.
Director
C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at
Michigan State University
Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource
Studies (CARRS)
303 Natural Resources Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1222
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517.432.0049 voice
517.353.3834 fax