John Gaventa

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In researching "Food Festivals," the authors logged over 75,000 miles by car, bus, plane, and boat. In addition, they have the world's largest collection of food festival T-shirts. (1986)

John Gaventa is on the staff of the Highlander Center. Bill Horton is on the staff of the Appalachian Alliance. Both are in New Market, Tennessee. (1982)

John Gaventa spent one year in the East Tennessee mountains with the Vanderbilt Health Coalition where he worked with Save Our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM). He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, and is presently studying in England as a Rhodes Scholar. (1973)

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