'Farm City' author tours Carson City Greenhouse Project ahead of Saturday talk
Author Novella Carpenter, left center, tours the Greenhouse Project with founder Karen Abowd, left, and garden educator Camille Jones, on Friday, July 18, 2014. Carpenter, who wrote the New York Times Bestseller "Farm City," will speak at the Carson City Library Summer Reading Program for adults event at the Farmer's Market Saturday at 11 a.m.
Carpenter and northern Nevada agriculture expert Mark O’Farrell, of Hungry Mother Organics, are set to engage in a kitchen-table visit during the Third and Curry Street Farmer's Market. Under a large tent, with seats for 100, the conversation will be led by northern Nevada’s KTVN news anchor Erin Breen. The special event is aimed at raising awareness about the vital role farmers play in our lives.
As a part of the library’s 8-week summer reading series for adults, the special event is presented in conjunction with the Friends of the Library and the Library Foundation. Tickets are $20 per person and include the hour-long program, coffee/tea and a generous slice of home-made farmer’s market zucchini bread and fresh fruit. Seats are limited to 100 people.
Tickets are available online from the library’s website at www.carsoncitylibrary.org, at the Friends of the Library Browser’s Corner Used Bookstore at 711 E. Washington St. (across the street from the main library), the farmers market Saturday July 12, or at the door on July 19 from 8:30 – 11:00, while supplies last.
The proceeds benefit the Friend’s and Library Foundation's support of summer reading programs for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada.
The 2014 book selection of "Farm City" for the Library’s first ever summer reading program for adults was chosen to appeal to the thousands of Saturday morning Carson City farmer’s market goers. Carpenter’s mentor, Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore’s Dilemma," informed many of Carpenter’s practices and her book.
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