Slow Food Chicago - Lynn Peemoeller
Are you curious to know more about the Slow Food movement? Craving more information about Slow Food Chicago’s innovative approaches to advocacy? Come to Rethinking Soup this Tuesday to learn how Slow Food is supporting the Child Nutrition Act and be invited to an Eat-In at the Daley Center!
Slow Food is an idea, a way of living, and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with commitments to community and the environment. Lynn Peemoeller, President of the local Chicago chapter, will explain Slow Food’s view on advocacy issues, invite the audience to participate in a city wide Eat-In, and introduce the group’s new national campaign supporting healthy school lunches and garden initiatives.
Lynn Peemoeller is a Food Systems Planner. She lives in Chicago and works on projects and policy to support sustainable agriculture, strengthen the local food system and encourage environmentally sound economic development. She has over 10 years experience with farmers markets throughout the country and was previously the program director at Sustain. Currently she is an independent consultant working on community food plans. She teaches a graduate level course on food systems and urban agriculture at the Illinois Institute of Technology and freelances as a writer on planning, food, and nature. A gardener herself, Lynn enjoys working with farmers and visiting farms wherever she goes. She is a Co-Chair of the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council.
