Shantigar Foundation
in Western Massachusetts
Arts
Meditation
Nature
Jean-Claude van Itallie, Founder
1936 - 2021
Jean-Claude van Itallie
Scholarship Fund
The Shantigar Foundation & Acadians Unite!
present
A Book Talk
KUNI
a Japanese Vision and Practice for Urban-Rural Reconnection
with author Richard McCarthy
Saturday, May 10, 2025
from 6:30 - 8:30 PM
at Raven Used Books
49 Conway Street
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Join us for a conversation with Richard McCarthy, a global leader in the growth of farmers’ markets. Kuni is an exciting movement in Japan that bridges rural and urban communities. Learn what happens when forward-thinking people come together to make change.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. Seating is limited: To reserve: https://lu.ma/qsn5qtms
For more information: josh@shantigar.org
“In a near future in which people can only choose between depressed rural areas and gigantic cities, it is necessary to have a third option. In a kuni, experience of the abundance and the hardship of the land brings people together like gravity.”
Richard McCarthy is an author, speaker, and community development specialist who plays both hyper-local and global roles in growing community through food. In 1995, Richard founded Market Umbrella and its flagship Crescent City Farmers Market in New Orleans and ten years later, played a pivotal role in reviving the markets after Hurricane Katrina. He has served as Executive Director for Slow Food USA and President of the US Farmers Market Coalition. Richard now serves as the Provisional President for the newly-formed, Rome-based World Farmers Markets Coalition.
Visit Richard at: ThinkLikePirates.com
Acadians Unite! is an event series focused on land regeneration in our Northeast bioregion: https://lu.ma/qsn5qtms.
