Mark Winne

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For 25 years Mark Winne was the Executive Director of the Hartford Food System, a private non-profit agency that works on food and hunger issues in the Hartford, Connecticut area. During his tenure with HFS, Mark organized community self-help food projects that assisted the city's lower income and elderly residents. Mark's work with the Food System included the development of a commercial hydroponic greenhouse, Connecticut's Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, several farmers' markets, a 20-acre community supported agriculture farm, food and nutrition education programs, and a neighborhood supermarket.

Winne now writes, speaks, and consults extensively on community food system topics including hunger and food insecurity, local and regional ag...more

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Summer and Fall 2012 Appearances

June 7 – Rochester, NY – All day training for people interested in local food policy councils throughout New York state. Site: Monroe County Cooperative Extension office. Sponsored by NOFA-NY and the Hunger Action Network of New York State. For more information contact Kate Mendenhall at kate@nofany.org.

June 27 – Chicago, IL – 9:00 AM – Presentation by Mark Winne to the University of Chicago Te...

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Books by Mark Winne

Average rating: 3.72 · 189 ratings · 48 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty 3.73 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Food Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture 3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival by David Hanson, Edwin Marty, Michael Hanson (Photographer) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	My rating: