North Bay Woman Magazine
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S P R I N G | S U M M E R 2 0 2 0 NORTH BAY WOMAN 49 Heidi Kühn's commitment to fostering peace and raising awareness has been a driving force in her life, from her early days as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, to her time as a reporter for CNN in Juneau, Alaska, covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill and US-Russia relations. After overcoming a cancer diagnosis, Heidi became determined to rid the world of another form of cancer that has plagued the world for decades: transforming "mines to vines," replacing l andmines with vineyards in orchards in post war countries from Afghanistan to Vietnam. Inspired by the work of the late Princess Diana, Heidi began the humanitarian organization Roots of Peace from the basement of her Northern California home. In this powerful memoir, Heidi tells the Roots of Peace story, guiding the reader from the early days in which she built her vision, receiving early support from the famed Napa Valley vitners, Robert Mondavi and Mike Grgich, to her cu rrent presence on the global stage, where she has worked with presidents, prime ministers, landmine survivors, and religious leaders from around the world to spread a message of peace and recovery. In the years since the founding of Roots of Peace, its agricultural projects have made tremendous progress in the fight against landmines, revitalizing devastated land and uplifting the lives of countless people in the precess. W E A R E P R O U D T O A N N O U N C E " B R E A K I N G G R O U N D " A M e m o i r b y H e i d i K ü h n R OOT S OF P E A CE . OR G A V A I L A B L E F O R P U R C H A S E A T B O O K P A S S A G E Through recalling her journey, Heidi reveals the remarkable change an ordinary person can inspire. Her story is one of faith, healing, and the compassion needed to grow a more peaceful world. Breaking Ground will encourage you to do the extraordinary and help plant the seeds of change for a brighter future. B o r n a n d r a i s e d i n S a n R a f a e l , t h i s i s t r u l y a M a r i n C o u n t y s t o r y !