Community Conversations: Meet Your Local Grower

Good Food Is Good Medicine is hosting our second Community Conversations: Meet your Local Grower on Thursday, May 29th from 5:30 PM to 8 PM. The event location is at 328 N Albany (intersection of Carroll and Albany).

Join us for an engaging discussion about local food systems, our community garden cooking classes and collaboration on the Berwyn Community Garden Project. Let's come together to learn, connect, and inspire one another to lead healthier lives.

Light refreshments and tasty bites will be served.

ABOUT

Davíd Toledo (he/they) is a queer Xicano, ecofeminist, a native Illinoisian, and has been growing food organically for seven years. He has a degree in Sustainable Community Development with minors in Sociology and Social Justice from Northland College in Ashland, WI. After school he was a teacher through City Year and volunteered at a community farm which led to the idea of starting a business himself. He founded Contemporary Farmer, Inc. in 2019 with the goal of connecting urban, rural, and suburban farming initiatives and fostering intergenerational education around regenerative agriculture.

In the long-term, he plans to help others start businesses that build equity locally. When Davíd isn’t volunteering with other local farming initiatives, he spends time cooking, gathering with friends and family around food, biking, and being intentional about personal time through self-care routines.

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