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BROOKLYN AUTHOR DAVID KIRBY TO SPEAK ON HIS NEW BOOK
“ANIMAL FACTORY” AT EVENT SPONSORED BY SLOW FOOD NYC
Kirby to Speak at Book Court in Brooklyn
April 21at 7:00PM
WHO: Brooklyn-based writer DAVID KIRBY, author of the book “ANIMAL FACTORY – The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment” (St. Martin’s Press, March 2010).
WHAT: Reading and book signing of ANIMAL FACTORY, which NPR compared to Upton Sinclair and Eric Schlosser, saying that, “ANIMAL FACTORY is nonfiction, but reads like a thriller. It has the potential to change the collective American mind about contemporary food issues.”
WHERE: BOOK COURT, 163 Court Street (between Pacific & Dean), Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 875.3677, www.bookcourt.org
WHEN: Wednesday, April 21, 7:00PM – FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
WHY: This is the inaugural event of a new Book Series sponsored by SLOW FOOD NYC, a non-profit group founded “to counteract fast food and fast life. We stand against the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat.” http://www.slowfoodnyc.org
MORE INFO: ANIMAL FACTORY describes the rapid rise in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and their associated pollution, threat to food safety, harm to humans, wildlife and rural communities, treatment of livestock, and corporatization of the national food chain. The book follows real Americans as they struggle to defend their communities. More information is at www.animalfactorybook.com.
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