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Tanner Lecture 2013

Dr. Cynthia Bioteau, President, Salt Lake Community College

and the

Tanner Forum on Social Ethics

cordially invite you to attend the 

Tanner Forum on Social Ethics

Featuring

Gary Oppenheimer
"AmpleHarvest.org -- No Food Left Behind"

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Noon - Lecture and Discussion
South City Campus, Grand Theatre


Gary Oppenhimer, a CNN Hero, a 1 2013 Points of Light honoree, and just named "Food Hero" by FoodTank (the food think thank), is founder of the AmpleHarvest.org Campaign. Aware of the increasing hunger problem in America, and in 2009, after seeing the amount of wasted food in the community garden as well as other gardens around the country, he created the AmpleHarvest.org Campaign - a nationwide effort to enable America's 40+ million home gardeners who grow food to be able to easily find a local food pantry eager for their excess garden bounty.

He has appeared in numerous radio and TV interviews, has spoken at Wharton's Social Responsibility Conference, the Food Conference at UC Davis, The Brooklyn Food Conference, and many others. Gary has also presented AmpleHarvest.org to USDA People's Garden Initiative Conference in Washington DC, hosted a webinar for 100,000 invited USDA employees on gardening and hunger, and has been interviewed numerous times by print and electronic media nationwide. AmpleHarvest.org works closely with First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initative to improve fresh food access at thousands of food pantries nationwide.

In addition to helping AmpleHarvest.org continue its expansion to food pantries and gardeners nationwide, Gary also does public speaking about hunger and the AmpleHarvest.org Campaign, individuals making a difference in their community as well as a variety of environmental topics.
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