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Dear BESTers, Join me for a delicious sampling of local, fresh and in-season food dishes! Local Eats Meet and Greet is a community dinner event emphasizing the importance of eating local foods to create a sustainable community. The event will also serve as a fundraiser for the Civic Media Center, a local non-profit organization dedicated to non-corporate press and community improvement. Come out and try food grown by local farmers and distributed by local businesses that recognize the importance of a local food community in this increasingly industrialized food system. Resources on sustainable eating will be provided. Dr. Rosalie Koenig will highlight the importance of local eating to the creation of sustainable communities. In the U.S., the average grocery store's produce travels nearly 2,000 miles between the farm where it was grown and your refrigerator. Come out and become a part of the LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT! When: April 4, 2009 Time: 6-9pm Place: Presbyterian Student Center (located across University Ave from UF campus) Advance Tickets: $7 Tickets at Door: $10 sold at: Civic Media Center, 433 S. Main Street Hyde-n-Zeke's, 402 NW 10th Avenue Wild Iris Bookstore, 802 W University Please invite your friends! If you are active on Facebook, you can check out our group through the following link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=145035285225&ref=mf -- Yelena Granovskaya President, Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology Society University of Florida Environmental Science Sustainability Studies Minor [log in to unmask] (954) 663 3562