Talks

All talks given by Linda Watson, author of Wildly Affordable Organic: Eat Fabulous Food, Get Healthy, and Save the Planet—all on $5 a Day or Less. Also see the class descriptions in the Wildly Good Cook Certificate Program and other cooking classes. Any of these talks and classes can be the basis for a custom talk. See the calendar for the current class schedule.

These talks have been wildly successful at universities and conferences, including the Share Our Strength Conference of Leaders, the Carolina Farm Stewardship's Sustainable Agriculture Conference, and the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Collaborative.

Your expertise on this subject really shines through and adds so much to what attendees with get out of this conference — Jill Panichelli, Manager – Program Development, Share Our Strength

Her exuberance and insight on shopping at a farmers market and staying in your budget is not to be missed! — Erin Kauffman, Market Manager – Durham Farmers' Market

Looking for a speaker for your own organization?  Please fill out the event request form.

Food-Policy Talks

• Eating Delicious, Local Food on a Tight Budget. Learn key budgeting and food-management skills so you and your clients can get the most value out of your food dollars. Put your understanding to work playing "Let's Make a Meal!" 60 minutes.
• Personal and Political: Save Money, Eat Well, and Make a Difference — Living the Cook for Good lifestyle can help you save money to pay your rent, contribute to your favorite cause, or go to Paris. It can help bring you joy four times a day, with fresh, delicious meals and a tasty snack. Perhaps most importantly, it gives you a way to make a real difference with every meal: slowing global warming, reducing your environmental impact, reducing suffering, and helping people thrive on a very low food budget. Time: 30 or 60 minutes.
• Using Thrift as a Path Towards Healthy People and Healthy Food Systems — A growing minority of people vote with their forks for pure food, humane treatment of workers and animals, a sustainable local food system, and the environment. Yet many people can't see the point of eating anything but the cheapest, most convenient, and "tastiest" food, no matter what their financial situation. Learn four hurdles that keep people from eating healthy, local food and four opportunities to help people overcome them. Time: 30 minutes.

Personal Development Talk

• How an English Major Learned to Write Procedures, Lead Programmers, Develop Games, Run a Company, Change the World, and Cook Up a Storm — Don't know what you want to be when you grow up? No worries! Learn how to stay nimble and use your communications skills to do what you love in an ever-changing world. Time: 20 minutes.