Book Event: Milpa! From Seed to Salsa

Come celebrate and discuss a new book by former Maryknoll missioners Phil and Kathy Dahl-Bredine on Ancient Ingredients for a Sustainable Future.

After 15 years living in Mixtec Indigenous civilization in the mountains of southern Mexico, Phil and Kathy Dahl-Bredine have facilitated the Mixtec campesinos of the Center for Integral Campesino Development of the Mixteca to express this rich cultural alternative.

This bi-lingual book, Milpa! From Seed to Salsa, features the brilliant photography of Judith Haden, recipes from dozens of campesina chefs organized by Susana Trilling, and narratives from indigenous villages.  It speaks of the manner in which this ancient/modern civilization plants and works, celebrates and governs itself, its rich cuisine and its vision of its place in the grand scheme of the planet Earth.

This colorful challenge to the dominant values of Western civilization helps us reflect upon the values that can assure a future for this planet that is the common home of our various civilizations. The book contains a prologue by indigenous campesino leader Jesus Leon Santos, a Goldman prize recipient, and an afterword by noted agroecologist, Miguel Altieri.

This book event and panel discussion is sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and National Family Farm Coalition.

Event will be held in the Institute for Policy Studies Conference Room, 1112 16th St., NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20036

For more information, go to the Institute for Policy Studies website.