Food Margins events and talks

UPCOMING

Tues, June 16, 5:30 pm – Panel discussion “Healthy Local Food for Everyone” at Greenfield Public Library as part of Greenfield Community College’s Bookends/Intergenerational Book Group series


PAST

Thurs, Nov 13, 2025, 7 pm – New Salem Library, MA

Thurs, Sept 18, 2025, 7 pm – The Charlemont Forum, Charlemont MA

Sat, Aug 9, 2025 – panelist on “More Than Just a Grocery Store: Food Co-ops as Agents of Change” panel (2:30 pm) and keynote speaker, “Resistance in Aisle Three: Shopping for the Future We Want” keynote address (5:15 pm at Solarfest, Brandon VT

Thurs, March 20, 2025, 2 pm – “From Tapioca Pudding to Craft Beer: A Local Story of the Modern Food System” at Greenfield Community College’s Senior Symposia series

Sat, Feb 1, 2025, 3:30-4:45 pm – “Can Farms and Small Retail Help Each Other?” – NOFA/MA Winter Conference, UMass Amherst

Wed, Nov 13, 2024, 12 pm – Book talk at the Center for the Humanities at Tufts

Sat, Oct 19, 12 pm – Book group discussion at Assabet Co-op Market, Maynard, MA

Sat, Sept 28, 1 pm – Author talk at Forbes Library, Northampton, MA – More here

Thurs, Sept 12, 7 pm – Non-fiction book club at Whitelam Books, Reading, MA (open to all)

Thurs, Sept 5, 7 pm – Author talk at Warwick Public Library, Warwick, MA

Wed, Aug 21, 5 pm – Montague Center Library, Montague, MA

Wed, Aug 7, 6 pm – Author talk at East Longmeadow Public Library, East Longmeadow, MA – Watch the video of this talk here or below

Tues, Aug 6, 6 pm – Author talk at Springfield Town Library, Springfield, VT

Thurs, July 25, 7 pm – Author talk at Maynard Public Library, Maynard, MA

Wed, June 26, 6-7 pm – Author talk at Athol Public Library

Mon, June 24, 5:30 pm – Author talk at the Public Library of New London, CT

Mon, June 10, 6:30-7:50 pm – Author talk at Greenfield Public Library, Greenfield, MA

Tues, May 28, 6:30 pm  – Wendell Free Library (hey, that’s my town!)

Thurs, May 23, 2024, 4-7 pm (pre-party tour of Minute Tapioca Factory at 3 pm) – Book launch party at Honest Weight brewery in Orange – Facebook event page with more details here

Sat, May 18, 2024, 6-8 pm – Pre-publication fundraiser for Quabbin Harvest Co-op at the Wheeler Mansion in Orange – Facebook event page with more details here

Sun, March 10, 2024, 2 pm – I told a co-op related story at the Academy of Music in Northampton as part of this year’s Field Notes storytelling event from CISA

Here’s the recording of my library talk at East Longmeadow Public Library, expertly recorded by East Longmeadow Community Access TV