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- As Part Of Louisville Visit, Prince Charles Attends Roundtable On Health And The Environment With Health And Environmental Leaders
Press pool report by Al Cross, Kentucky Health News His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at the foot of the Big Four Bridge, an old railroad bridge recently converted into a pedestrian bridge, at 3:07 p.m. He was accompanied by Louisville Mayor...
- Wendell And Mary Berry Welcome Prince Charles And Wife To Louisville, Where Prince Will Focus On Local Food And Sustainability
In honor of a royal visit on Friday to Louisville by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who will be highlighting issues of sustainability and local food, renowned farmer-author-poet-philosopher Wendell Berry and his daughter Mary...
- Usda Makes Grants To Expand Farm To School In Ky.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending nearly $313,000 to Kentucky in grants under the Farm to School program, which encourages the use of fresh, local food in schools. Two grants for a total of $87,957 went to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture,...
- As Part Of Uk Campus Food Deal, Aramark Puts Up $5 Million For Food Connection, Vows To Purchase Kentucky Products
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky has entered a $5 million public-private partnership designed to promote the study and research of food at UK and to promote local food in the state. L-R: Aramark President and CEO Eric...
- Usda Launches Online Tool To Link Farmers With Nearby Consumers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled its newest tool to promote local food systems, an online instrument that lets viewers see what local and regional food projects are under way in their area and read case studies, watch videos and see pictures...
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At roundtable on food and agriculture, Prince Charles says we need to reconnect with the food system and nature, keep stock
Prince Charles "called for urgent restructuring of local and global economies to save humanity from itself" in a whirlwind visit to Louisville on Friday, James Bruggers reports for The Courier-Journal.
In addition to a speech at the Cathedral of the Assumption, the heir to the British throne briefly participated in a roundtable on health and the environment and a similar gathering about food and agriculture, at which he said people need to become "intimately acquainted again with the food system and nature," as The Courier-Journal put it.
"I am very keen on connecting people to school gardens," he said, "and encouraging them to keep their own chickens and the occasional pig." Here's The C-J's raw video from the roundtable:
In addition to a speech at the Cathedral of the Assumption, the heir to the British throne briefly participated in a roundtable on health and the environment and a similar gathering about food and agriculture, at which he said people need to become "intimately acquainted again with the food system and nature," as The Courier-Journal put it.
"I am very keen on connecting people to school gardens," he said, "and encouraging them to keep their own chickens and the occasional pig." Here's The C-J's raw video from the roundtable:
- As Part Of Louisville Visit, Prince Charles Attends Roundtable On Health And The Environment With Health And Environmental Leaders
Press pool report by Al Cross, Kentucky Health News His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at the foot of the Big Four Bridge, an old railroad bridge recently converted into a pedestrian bridge, at 3:07 p.m. He was accompanied by Louisville Mayor...
- Wendell And Mary Berry Welcome Prince Charles And Wife To Louisville, Where Prince Will Focus On Local Food And Sustainability
In honor of a royal visit on Friday to Louisville by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who will be highlighting issues of sustainability and local food, renowned farmer-author-poet-philosopher Wendell Berry and his daughter Mary...
- Usda Makes Grants To Expand Farm To School In Ky.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending nearly $313,000 to Kentucky in grants under the Farm to School program, which encourages the use of fresh, local food in schools. Two grants for a total of $87,957 went to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture,...
- As Part Of Uk Campus Food Deal, Aramark Puts Up $5 Million For Food Connection, Vows To Purchase Kentucky Products
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky has entered a $5 million public-private partnership designed to promote the study and research of food at UK and to promote local food in the state. L-R: Aramark President and CEO Eric...
- Usda Launches Online Tool To Link Farmers With Nearby Consumers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled its newest tool to promote local food systems, an online instrument that lets viewers see what local and regional food projects are under way in their area and read case studies, watch videos and see pictures...