At 3 p.m. Sunday, Aaron Newton will be reading from his book, "A Nation of Farmers: Defeating the Food Crises on American Soil," at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh. He also will sign copies.
Newton farms and resides in Concord, N.C. He co-authored the book with Sharon Astyk.
The bookstore is located at Ridgewood Shopping Center on Wade Avenue in Raleigh, next to the Whole Foods.
Andrea Weigl has been the food writer at The News & Observer since the summer of 2007. She has won a handful of awards from the Association of Food Journalists and the Society for Features Journalism. Her profile of chef Ashley Christensen titled "A Force of Nature" will be published in the sixth edition of "Cornbread Nation: The Best of Southern Food Writing." She is serving a three-year term on the James Beard Foundation book awards committee. Follow her on Twitter at @andreaweigl.
