On this part 8 of our Conscientious Cooks series, we listen in on a really interesting panel discussion hosted in 2008 by the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (or CUESA) located in San Francisco, California. The panel was themed around the concept of Climate Friendly Eating.
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Gail Feenstra, food systems analyst, University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (Davis, CA)
Helene York, director, Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation (Palo Alto, CA)
Laura Stec, chef/author, The Global Warming Diet (Portola Valley, CA)
Bonnie Powell, co-founder, The Ethicurean (San Francisco, CA)
Download the audio for this episode here.
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