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  Join picture book author Katie Smith Milway for a fascinating, entertaining and educational reading and presentation at the Natick Community Organic Farm.    She and the Farm have teamed up so that Katie can speak to young children and their parents, helping them understand the issues of food security in their community and around the world.  The Farm will even show the kids some of the vegetables mentioned in the book, and Equal Exchange will share Fair Trade Chocolate samples! Katie's talk is based on her inspirational picture book, The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough. Katie has also organized a Good Garden Food Drive program.  Why not help?  If you bring a can of food to the talk, Katie will take it to the Wellesley Food Pantry for you.  For more information on the book and her program, see www.thegoodgarden.org. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Katie Smith Milway, a resident of Wellesley and native of Vancouver, B.C., has coordinated community development programs in Africa and Latin America for Food for the Hungry; consulted on village banking in Senegal with World Vision and was a delegate to the 1992 Earth Summit. She has written books and articles on sustainable development and is currently a partner at nonprofit consultancy The Bridgespan Group, based in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the author of the bestselling picture book, One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference.     ABOUT THE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM Founded in 1974, The Natick Community Organic Farm is a nonprofit, certified-organic farm providing productive open space, farm products, and hands-on education for all ages, year-round.  Committed to farming methods that are ecologically healthy and sustainable, the Farm places special emphasis on service to youth through year-round classes, work-experience programs and volunteer opportunities for working the land. www.natickfarm.org ABOUT EQUAL EXCHANGE Equal Exchange Fundraising helps your school make money and make a difference in the lives of small farmers across the globe. Equal Exchange Fundraising has organic, fair trade foods & gifts and recycled cotton gift wrap (tree-free!). www.equalexchange.coop/fundraiser