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DESCRIPTION:The Human Needs and Global Resources (HNGR) department at Whe
 aton College presents the eighth annual HNGR Symposium February 28&nbsp\
 ;- March 1. Titled "Small Plots\, Big Change: The Role and Potential of 
 Small Scale Farming to Feed the Hungry\," this year's symposium focuses 
 on the challenges that are inherent to small scale agriculture. Through 
 the keynote addresses and other events on the schedule\, the symposium w
 ill explore avenues of engaging and strengthening the work done by small
  scale farmers. The keynote speakers are Roger Thurow and Dr. Gebisa Eje
 ta. Roger Thurow is Senior Fellow on Global Agriculture and Food Policy 
 at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is the author of The Last H
 unger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change
  (PublicAffairs\, 2012) and co-author of Enough: Why the World's Poorest
  Starve in an Age of Plenty ( PublicAffairs\, 2010). Thurow was awarded 
 the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2009. Dr. Ejeta is the s
 on of small scale farmers and is Distinguished Professor of Plant Breedi
 ng &amp\; Genetics and International Agriculture at Purdue University. A
 mong his many awards\, Ejeta was the recipient of the 2009 World Food Pr
 ize\; and a national medal of honor from the president of Ethiopia. Free
  and open to the public\, this two-day event takes place at various loca
 tions on Wheaton College's campus. For schedule information\, call HNGR 
 at 630.752.5199 or visit www.wheaton.edu/HNGR.
URL:http://wheaton.patch.com/events/small-plots-big-change-the-role-and-p
 otential-of-small-scale-farming-to-feed-the-hungry
SUMMARY:&quot\;Small Plots\, Big Change: The Role and Potential of Small 
 Scale Farming to Feed the Hungry&quot\;
LOCATION:Wheaton College: 501 College Ave\, Wheaton\, IL
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