Student Lecture in Support of DCB’s Annual Book Read

For the Annual Campus Read program, Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) is excited to announce the April guest speaker. A sophomore enrolled in the horticulture program at DCB, Jess McInnes-Gee, from Minnedosa, MB, will spark in-depth discussion and introspective reflection by sharing different perspectives on approaching the challenges of hunger globally, nationally, but most importantly, in our local communities and homes.

Forty Chances:  Finding Hope in a Hungry World by Howard G. Buffett, the book chosen for this year’s annual campus book read, discusses solutions to the problem of food insecurity. Forty Chances defines food insecurity as a situation when an individual or a group does not know where it will find its next meal. Part of the solution to the problem of food insecurity may be land tenure, which Forty Chances defines as food producers owning the land they farm.

As a prospective first-generation farmer with a drive to change the narrative surrounding our industrial food landscape, Jess will discuss not only the importance of honorable land use but also the necessity of biodiversity and regenerative agriculture in combatting the issue of food insecurity. By redefining some common misconceptions and myths surrounding food production and agricultural land use, she hopes to have us all asking where our food comes from.

The presentation will be April 19th at noon and 7:00 PM in the Centennial Alumni Center in Thatcher Hall. To accommodate scheduling issues, a virtual link is available by contacting Gary Albrightson at 701-228-5602 or email gary.albrightson@dakotacollege.edu