Local food events at Central feature Kelsey Timmerman

Kelsey Timmerman, author of “Where Am I Eating? An Adventure through the Global Food Chain,” will speak Sept. 17 at Central College. His presentations are free and open to the public at 11 a.m. in Douwstra Auditorium and 7:30 p.m. in Cox-Snow Recital Hall. Timmerman is the keynote speaker for Central’s global sustainability events at 11, and he will read from “Where am I Wearing? A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes” in the evening.

Guests are also invited to All Iowa Day in Central Market Sept. 16, where locally sourced meals will be served 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Students and guests can meet the farmers who provided ingredients, enjoy special food tastings and watch salsa-making demonstrations.

America now imports twice as much food as it did a decade ago. What does this increased reliance on imported food mean for the people around the globe who produce our food?
Kelsey Timmerman set out on a global quest to meet the farmers and fishermen who grow and catch our food — and also worked alongside them: loading lobster boats in Nicaragua, splitting cocoa beans with a machete in Ivory Coast and hauling tomatoes in Ohio. He tells their stories in “Where Am I Eating?”, Central’s 2015 common reading.