Food for Thought: Exploring the Relationship Between Humans, Bacteria and Food

Guest Speaker: Ben Hewitt, Farmer & Author

Ben is the author of two books about regional food systems and economies:  The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food, and Making Supper Safe: One Man’s Quest to Learn the Truth About Food Safety. His latest book on food safety looks at the battle over food rights, genetically engineered salmon and the interplay between humans and the bacteria they consume through the food that we eat.  In The Town That Food Saved, Ben tells of the story of a rural, working-class Vermont community that is attempting to blueprint and implement a localized food system.

Ben was born and raised in northern Vermont, where he currently runs a small-scale, diversified hill farm with his family. He lives with his wife and two sons in a self-built home that is powered by a windmill and solar photovoltaic panels. To help offset his renewable energy footprint, Ben drives a really big truck. His work has appeared in numerous national periodicals, including the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Gourmet, Discover, Skiing, Eating Well, Yankee Magazine, Powder, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, and Outside.  Find out more at www.benhewitt.net.

$70 per person includes three-course, locally sourced dinner, a glass of wine and the seminar.