The University of California Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology is hosting Living Roots co-editors Aubrey Streit Krug and contributor Tim Crews from The Land Institute for a book launch event celebrating perennial foods. Following the conversation, attendees can sample perennial treats and purchase copies of the book for signing.

Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods incorporates perspectives from experts across numerous backgrounds and lived experiences to examine the promise of perennial foods such as perennial grains, indigenous food forests, fruit trees, nuts, berries, and more for sustaining communities and protecting the health of our shared planet.

This event is free to attend and open to the public. It takes place at the university’s Hay Barn at 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064