Down To Earth - You Are What You Eat: Food & Identity in the 21st Century - Kaimuki

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Kaimuki, Hawaii
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Down To Earth - You Are What You Eat: Food & Identity in the 21st Century
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Type: Education
Date: Tuesday - 8/9/2011
Time: 7:00 pm
Location:
Ala Wai Golf Course
Clubhouse
404 Kapahulu Ave
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
(behind the Waikiki-Kapahulu Library)

Contact:
Cynthia - 947-3249
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VSH Free Lecture: Featuring Scott Owen Snarr

In a fast-changing world our archaic notions about eating are leading us to make food choices that have disastrous consequences. In this entertaining and eye-opening presentation Scott Owen Snarr topples our common assumptions about food and explores the surprising reasons why people eat meat. Drawing on social science and anthropology, he explains how one’s food choices are closely tied with one’s identity, gender, values, and cultural environment. Scott proposes that by understanding and meeting the social, psychological, and cultural needs of meat eaters — rather than by denying them — we can offer not only alternative foods, but new ways of thinking about food that will satisfy everyone. Whether you’re a committed carnist, a lifetime vegan, or anything in between, after hearing this presentation, you’ll never look at food in the same way again.

Scott Owen Snarr is editor of and a regular contributor to The Island Vegetarian, the newsletter of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Family Resources from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he founded the Vegetarian Club during his junior year. A vegan for over sixteen years, Scott currently lives and teaches English in Taichung, Taiwan. He is also a freelance writer and editor.

FREE Admission & Refreshments

ABOUT DOWN TO EARTH

Down to Earth's mission is to facilitate positive change by promoting healthy living, a vegetarian lifestyle, respect for the environment, and sustainable organic farming while providing high-quality organic and natural products at affordable down to earth prices.

We are Hawaii’s only ALL VEGETARIAN food store chain and one of only a few in the Nation. The company was started in 1977, over 30 years ago, when a group of friends in Wailuku, Maui, turned their vision into a business dedicated to improving the health of island communities through organic and natural products and a vegetarian lifestyle.

We Support Local Farmers

Down to Earth has a 30-year history of supporting local vendors, a commitment that is unflinching and will continue to grow. For example, Down to Earth typically purchases nearly $2.5 million in products from 400 local vendors including 172 farmers and growers each year!

We strongly support local farmers through our policy of purchasing virtually all the produce they are willing to sell us--even if it’s only a crate full. The reason we do this is simple:

Customers prefer local produce because it is fresher and better for the environment
It consumes less energy in transporting products to our islands
Purchasing from local vendors supports our local communities, and
We appreciate the opportunity to help farmers succeed

We Give Back to the Community

Down to Earth provides free vegetarian cooking classes and nutritional seminars in its stores, and in the community at local hospitals and schools. We also participate in health fairs and other events to help educate island communities about the importance of living a healthy, vegetarian lifestyle. We believe that the very act of selling natural and organic all-vegetarian products in as many locations as possible is in itself an activity that greatly benefits the community.

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Down To Earth - You Are What You Eat: Food & Identity in the 21st Century

Kaimuki, Hawaii
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