Heritage Day

Heritage Day 2008

Stewardship and the Family Table

September 24, 2008
Keynote Speaker:  Jay Weinstein author of Ethical Gourmet

Heritage Day is about community... 

It's about celebrating the gifts our foremothers and forefathers have bestowed on us.  It's about you... for you ...

Heritage Day is about today and the legacy we want to leave for our future generations. 

Join us.  Let's celebrate together...

We've planned several events to help make this year's Heritage Day fun, enlightening, informative, and conversational.  Help us kick start this year's Heritage Day early by joining us for a book discussion, participate in our community discussion featuring Mary Jo Forbord, executive director of Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota.  Or invite Jay Weinstein, author of "The Ethical Gourmet" and our keynote speaker to visit your classroom. 

Check out the schedule of events for this year's Heritage Day.

Click here for a sneak preview of our local foods luncheon menu and the exhibits

Excerpts of Jay Weinstein's book The Ethical Gourmet are available for classroom use at Clemens Library.

If you would like more information on what you can do locally check out these links.

• St Joseph Farmers Market
• Common Ground Garden at Saint Benedict's Monastery
• Saint John's Arboretum
• Minnesota Native Plant Society
• Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota
• Land Stewardship Project
• Sustainable Farming Association

If you are interested in reading check out these books:

Michael Pollan

• In Defense of Food
• The Ominvore's Dilemma
• Second Nature

Barbara Kingsolver

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (includes book information and recipes)
• Animal Dreams

Eric Schlosser

• Fast Food Nation

We will continue to update these lists as we learn of other resources supporting the Benedictine Value on Stewardship.

Keep checking back.   In the meantime... check out the photos from last year's Heritage Day Events.