Connecting Community, Economy, and Ecology

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Sustainable Fairfax is one of the first groups in Marin to pioneer sustainability, with a legacy of educating the town council, supporting the community, providing services to the town, and conducting educational events since 1999. Through our work, we’ve come to realize that sustainability is not just an end goal, but also an approach to decision making. Learn more about Sustainable Fairfax >>

Preparing Your Spring Ecological Feast
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On Thursday, May 21, 2009 at a private Fairfax home participants...

Learned  how to cook mouth-watering, healthful dishes from fresh seasonal local ingredients, while taking care of themselves and the environment!

We joined Our Bodies, Ourselves co-author and Fairfax mom Emily Bender, NC, CHN
to touch, taste, learn about, prepare and eat an Ecological Feast. We learned the  lesser-known healing properties of foods, as well as menu, selection and preparation secrets for organic whole foods from this dynamic instructor.

Emily specializes in fertility and family nutrition as well as cooking for dietary restrictions. She is on the faculty of Hawthorn University where she trains Masters Level students. Emily understands the challenges of incorporating healthy eating into a busy lifestyle. She loves working with people to developed individualized, delicious, realistic, and healing nutrition plans that meet their goals.

Click on read more to see what people are saying about Emily Bender and her Ecological Feasts:

I enjoyed the people, the food, but mostly the great information about how
to get the most nutrition from what you are eating. I can't think of any way
to improve what Emily did. I learned alot, and it is staying with me.
-- Kathy Callaway

I loved the dinner party. I loved being able to participate in the process
and learn first hand about the cooking techniques. Emily is really easy
going and funny in her descriptions around foodŠthe food she prepares is
outstanding -- Veronica Burros

Emily has a special talent for explaining complex information in terms
anyone can understand.
-- Paula Doress-Worters, founder, co-author of women¹s health bestseller Our
Bodies, Ourselves.

Emily Bender, NC, CHN, Nutrition for the Whole Family
415-259-4471; www.nutritionforthewholefamily.com
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