A new book – “Mick & Moira & Brad: A Romantic Comedy,” by award-winning author Gerald Everett Jones, is rich with insights into “the biz” – which includes Hollywood and especially the music industry. The book offers a tantalizing view of how major entertainment agencies manufacture celebrity.

The story revolves around a woman with a talent for singing who’s plucked from the legal profession by an aggressive Hollywood agent who reps famous singers…and is determined to do the same for the character known as Moira. But her arrogant billionaire boyfriend has his own plans for his girlfriend and these three characters may butt heads and sparks fly.

Gerald is available for interviews to discuss the timely themes about surrounding his new book – especially how a music star is born and can be thrust into the limelight of pop stardom.

He can also share his “recipe for success,” when it comes to developing stories and characters.

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Listen to “Kemp Harris defies categorization. He is a singer and songwriter; a master weaver of American musical styles.” on Spreaker.

He’s also an actor, activist, author, and storyteller, and an award-winning educator who has taught young public school students for more than 40 years.

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Kemp has acted in numerous films and TV shows such as SMILF (Showtime), and is comfortable sharing the stage with artists such as Taj Mahal, Koko Taylor, and Gil Scott-Heron, as well as performing shows with his smokin’ band. He wrote and performed “If Loneliness Was Black” for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Complexions Dance Company. Kemp has also composed for WGBH Public Television/Boston.

Kemp’s powers of observation, his unique gift for shining a light on our modern world and what it means to be alive in these times, have only deepened over a lifetime devoted to the most basic and profound of pursuits, genuine human connection. Whether he’s in the classroom, on a film set, leading a workshop, or performing on the concert stage, at the end of the day, Kemp says, “I’m an old black man telling stories and spreading the love.”

“Thank you for sending us Kemp Harris. He is everything the world needs. And his songwriting is everything I could ever ask for.”

– Vivian Nesbit, Art Of The Song

“Kemp writes with honesty and heart. The stories and situations in his songs touch us all and makes us think. As the performance on his latest CD shows, he creates an experience for the audience that is personal and moving. ”
– Ron Olesko, WFDU

“Kemp Harris is a thief, a tease and a heartbreaker. He knows too much. And it’s all right there when he sings… beautifully there. He’ll take your breath away.”
– NPR, ‘On Point’

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Amy Wu is an award-winning writer for the women’s ag and agtech movement.

She is the Creator & Chief Content Director of From Farms to Incubators, a multimedia platform that uses documentary, video, photography and the written word to tell the stories of women leaders and innovators in agtech. It has a mission of highlighting women in food, farming, and farmtech, especially women of color. From Farms to Incubators includes an award-winning documentary short that has been screened at SXSW, and a best-selling book “From Farms to Incubators: Women Revolutionizing How Our Food Is Grown” that was released in May 2021.

In 2020 Amy was named on Worth magazine’s “Groundbreakers 2020 list of 50 Women Changing the World” list. She was also a recipient of the Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award of Excellence. In 2021 she was named by Food Tank as one of “27 Inspiring Women Reshaping the Food System.”

Prior to starting From Farms to Incubators, Amy spent over two decades as an investigative reporter at media outlets including the USA Today Network where she reported on agriculture and agtech for The Salinas Californian.
She has a bachelor’s degree in history from New York University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

Book Publication Date: May 4, 2021
Media Contact: Jaguar Bennett
Craven Street Books / Quill Driver Books
Publicity@QuillDriverBooks.com
(800) 345-4447

Inspiring business book “From Farms to Incubators” puts a spotlight on women leaders of the agricultural technology revolution
“You’ll never think about food and farms the same way again.”
—David Kirkpatrick, Techonomy

April 28 — Climate change, water shortages and an ever-growing global population are making the world’s food supply more precarious than ever, but a new generation of female entrepreneurs is using high technology to secure the future of agriculture, as documented in the new book “From Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food Is Grown” (Craven Street Books, publication date May 4, 2021) by award-winning journalist Amy Wu.

Speaking of the inspiration for her new book, Wu noted, “‘From Farms to Incubators’ strives to document a time in history that captures an intersection when agriculture and technology and the workforce behind it began a shift that will be of value years, decades and generations from now.” “From Farms to Incubators” presents nearly 30 inspiring case studies of how women entrepreneurs from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds are meeting the challenge of feeding a global population projected to reach 10 billion by 2050. The women profiled in “From Farms to Incubators” are leaders in using drones, artificial intelligence, sophisticated soil sensors, targeted microbes, data analytics, blockchain and robotics to transform agriculture into the growing field of agtech—the integration of agriculture and technology. “These women are trailblazers in the sectors of agriculture and technology that are traditionally male dominated. Their intelligence, knowledge, creativity and passion for tackling big-impact issues have led to tangible solutions that are helping growers be more successful in producing food for all of us,” said Wu. Agtech has become essential to farm profitability and securing a sustainable food supply, as more agribusiness firms seek out technological solutions to increase productivity and profitability. Women who care about community health, wellness and nutrition are turning toward agribusiness opportunities, and grower families are becoming more likely to pass their land to daughters interested in farming.

Each agribusiness leader profiled in “From Farms to Incubators” tells her own story of how she used agtech innovation to solve specific business problems and succeed. These business cases demonstrate the influence of female innovation, the new technologies applied to agribusiness problems, and the career opportunities young women can find in agribusiness. The women profiled speak frankly on the advantages and drawbacks of technological solutions to agriculture and offer lessons in making technology productive in real work. A must-read book for business leaders, policy makers, and everyone interested in tech innovation, “From Farms to Incubators” offers inspiring role models for young women, a thought-provoking glimpse into the future of food production, and a fascinating investigation of how women leaders are profitably disrupting the world’s oldest industry.

About Amy Wu:
Amy Wu is an award-winning agtech journalist and the producer/director of the documentary film “From Farms to Incubators,” which has been presented at SXSW and Techonomy. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today and Time magazine. In 2019 Wu was named one of Food Tank’s “15 Inspiring Women Leading the AgTech Sector,” and in 2020 Wu was named to Worth magazine’s “Groundbreakers 2020 list of 50 Women Changing the World” list.

Book Details:
Title: From Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food Is Grown
Author: Amy Wu
Publisher: Craven Street Books, an imprint of Linden Publishing
Publication Date: May 4, 2021
Price: $24.95 US
Category: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business
ISBN 978-1-61035-575-9
8″ x 10″ trade paperback, 230 pages, 300 full color photos, index.
Available from bookstores, online booksellers and Craven Street Books (1-800-345-4447, CravenStreetBooks.com).
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Links:

https://civileats.com/2021/06/08/210609-summer-reading-list-review-roundup-food-agriculture-bittman-pollan-baszile-penniman-estabrook/

https://www.amazon.com/Farms-Incubators-Women-Innovators-Revolutionizing/dp/161035575X

https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/2021-food-summer-reading-list/

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CRISTINA FONTANELLI®

Award-winning Singer/Actress and PBS-TV Host

 “Vocal genius….”—The New York Sun 

“Cristina Fontanelli at Feinsteins is like seeing a cross between MariaCallas and

 Ethel Merman.  She has no equal.” -Forbes Magazine

“The best work came from Cristina Fontanelli”

—The New York Times

“Brilliant acting” -The Palm BeachPost

[Headline] “Cristina Fontanelli Preserving Values Thru Opera” 

                                                    – The Epoch Times

Cristina Fontanelli has become an international personality through her recordings and appearances on-stage, radio and TV.  Her appearances include PBS-TV host for Andrea Bocelli, Il Volo and Michael Buble TV specials. She has appeared on CBS Weekend NY, has won BestActress in the Cutting Room International Film Festival (2018) and the VenusInternational Film Festival (Las Vegas, July 2019) for her role in SANTINO, a NIAF/Russo Brothers Productiongrantee. Best Actress Promo Clip She is a regular at (Michael) Feinsteins 54 Below Cristina sings “Vissi d’Arte” at Feinsteins at the RegencyHotel and has shared stages with Tony Bennett.  Other TV appearances include co-hosting on CBS-TV  and starring opposite Kevin James in a CBS promo special. She has sung title roles with the Palm Beach Opera, and internationally with the Hong Kong and Cairo Opera’s and has been featured soloist with the BostonPops and the St. Louis Symphony performing in major concert halls throughout the U.S. and the world, including the Lincoln and Kennedy Centers, Carnegie Hall, the Philadelphia Academy of Music, Boston Symphony Hall and Guild Hall in East Hampton.She has been named one of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts most notable alumni(along with Robert Redford, Danny DeVito and Anne Hathaway); has performed at the White House as part of President Clinton’s holiday celebration, and Cristina opened the 2005 Stars andStripes Inaugural Ball for President George W. Bush.   Her awards include the “Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts” from the Order Sons of Italy in America (previous honoree LucianoPavarotti).  Cristina has been anon-air radio guest on WOR radio with Joe Piscopo, and on Bloomberg and Sirius Satellite Radio. She is included in the book “The Life andTimes of Mickey Rooney” (Simon and Schuster 2015) for singing “Happy Birthday” at Mickey’s 90^th birthday party (Donald Trump, Regis Philbin, Tony Bennett in attendance) The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney/CristinaFontanelli.  She was signed by platinum-record winning producer, Sandy Linzer, to record Cristina Fontanelli Sings Great ItalianFavorites Listen to Cristina singing “Ave Maria”. Cristina produces and stars in “Christmas in Italy®” (17^th year) which gives more than 80 children performance opportunities every year.  (Sold-out CarnegieHall’s Zankel Hall).  The show’s “mission”includes raising funds for children’s causes thru The Cristina Fontanelli Foundation. Cristina is currently producing the PBS-TV special of “Christmas in Italy®”.  Cristina appears annually with Opera & Broadway of the Hamptons and has opened the ceremonies at the Hampton Classic. She sings and entertains in 9 languages.  

www.cristinafontanelli.com

https://www.facebook.com/cristinafontanelli/

More info:212-217-6181,  info@cristinafontanelli.com

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