Farm Lunch Seminar – ENVIR 495
Instructor: Elizabeth Wheat, Ph.D.
Location: Wallace Hall rm 120;
Time: Wednesday 12:30 to 1:20
Course Goals:
To deepen our systemic understanding of agriculture and urban food systems.
To foster community among students/faculty/community members interested in the food movement at UW.
Schedule of Speakers:
Jan 8 – Introduction to the seminar – collection of ideas, dreams etc.
Jan 15 – Keeping Chickens in the City – Elizabeth Wheat, Ph.D.
Jan 22 – Food Justice & Community Gardens in Italy – Ann Anagnost, Ph.D.
Jan 29 – City Grown – a farm in the city – Becky Warner, farmer
Feb 5 – San Juan Island Sea Salt – Brady Ryan, farmer
Feb 12 – Nutrition and Food Policy – Jennifer Otten, Ph.D.
Feb 19 – Food Bank, Farming and Social Justice– Cary Peterson, farmer, community activist
Feb 26 – Panel of Young Farmers: why I farm – Speakers – TBA
March 5 – Gender, Fisheries and Sustainability – Eddie Allison, Ph.D.
March 12 – Agriculture and Food Systems in West Africa – Anna Petersons, farmer/peace corps volunteer
University of Washington
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Program on the Environment
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