Winter Quarter Farm Lunch Speaker Schedule

Hi POE’ers,

Just a heads up – here is the schedule of speakers this quarter in Farm Lunch – please feel free to come yourselves, and/or send students you think might be interested – this week:
keeping chickens in the city!
Feel free to join us: Wednesdays upstairs in Wallace 120 at 12:30. 
Cheers,
Beth
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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 

 

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Elizabeth Wheat, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Program on the Environment
206.550.4622