Food, Food Systems and the New Regionalism - Public Speaker Series

Spring 2011, University of Minnesota, Duluth Public Speaker Series

Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Project@UMD, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, and Institute for Sustainable Future

Thursday, February 17:  “Assessing the Western Lake Superior Region for Food Localization”

David Abazs, Senior Fellow, Endowed Chair in Agriculture, Univ. of MN

Stacey Stark, UMD , Geography, Director of GIS Lab.

 Friday, February 18: “Incubating Farm(er)s, Creating the Duluth Community Farm: the Intervale Model”

Andrea Tursini, Director of Consulting and Land Stewardship at Intervale Center, Burlington, VT, Location and time t.b.d.

 Tuesday, March 1: “Community Based Education in Duluth around Food, Farming, and Gardening”

Angie Miller and Michael Latsch, Seeds of Success

Cree Bradley, Farm Beginnings Program, Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association  Sarah Nelson, Duluth Community Garden Program

 

Thursday, March 31: “Institutionalizing Good Food: the Case of the Univ. of MN Morris”

Sandra Olson Loy, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, UM Morris

Thursday, April 7: “Cornercopia Farm: Creating Student Centered College and University Gardens”

Courtney Tchida, Student Program Coordinator, MISA, U of MN St. Paul

Friday, April 22: “Growing Power and Growing Food”

Will Allen, GROWING POWER, Milwaukee, WI

7:00 pm: Public Address, UMD Kirby Ballroom

 Thursday, April 28: “Food Systems in Healthcare”

Diane Imre, MBA, RD Director of Nutrition Services, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, VT

 Thursday, May 5 : “Food Hubs and Healthy Foods: Building Change in Eau Claire, WI”

Representatives from Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI

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Unless otherwise noted, Speaker sessions begin promptly at 3:45pm, UMD, in the Library Rotunda 

Parking is available for a nominal fee close to the library at Paylot G, which is off University Drive just south of St. Marie Street.  A map can be viewed at the following website: http://www.duluth.umn.edu/parking/lots.html 

 For further information or a copy of this schedule, contact randel.hanson@yahoo.com or 218-349-2956

Speaker Series funded by Institute for Advanced Study, Univ. of Minnesota

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