Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Work Group

The Sustainable Agriculture Work Group, along with several sponsoring faculty, have been working diligently to put together a speaker series to address issues of sustainable agriculture and the food system throughout this fall semester, in response to the campus-wide demand for more events concerning these topics.

We cordially invite you to all or any of the talks, which feature speakers from the University of Michigan campus and other institutions throughout the country. We are very excited about the series, and hope that you will be as well.

In addition, if you would like to be added to the announcement list of the Sustainable Agriculture Work Group, respond to this email or to snreagcore@umich.edu.

Join our facebook group!  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=35703028340

Thanks - we look forward to seeing you! 

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Winter 2009 Speaker Series
Wednesdays

 

                      2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 Jan 28

 5:30-7pm, 1040 Dana:  "The Landscape Concept:  Advancing the Science of Sustainable Agricultures" Dr. Joan Nassauer, Professor, SNRE

 Jan 28

 7:15pm:  Asparagus!  Stalking the American Life film at the Michigan Theater ($10 fundraiser for Think Local First)

 Jan 30

 11:15am:  Farm to Belly - Life Cycle of Lunch (Michigan Room, Michigan League. Part of Net Impact Forum 2009.

(Register at   http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/Organizations/netimpact/impactforum.htm)

 Feb 3

 2108 Art and Architecture Building:  Land Use and Food Planning panel

 Feb 11

 Dr. Tom Princen of SNRE at Dana:  "Localization: Conceptualizing the Downshift"
 5:30pm, 1024 Dana ***POSTPONED***

 March 4

 Dr. Larissa Larsen of Urban Planning at Dana:  "What is a Community-Based, Sustainable Food System? Defining Elements and Identifying Encouraging Examples for Application in Detroit, Michigan"

5:30pm 1024 Dana Bldg: Dr. Larissa Larsen with students Eric 
Dueweke, Rachel Arndt, Rebecca Cheney, Jaimie Cohen, Allison  
Craddock, Stephanie Etkin, Caitlin Greeley, Brendan Moriarty, Nicholas Posavetz, and Catherine Saunder

 Week of March 9

 Public Health / Social Work Joint Panel  (Panelists TBD) Exact Date and Time TBD

 March 18

 "Sourcing and Eating Local: Farmers, Chefs, and Restauranteurs compare notes"  at SNRE 5:30-7pm 1024 Dana Bldg.  Richard Andre, Tantre Farm
Buzz Cummings, UM Dining Services (East Quad) Rene Gref and Mel Chalmers, Arbor Brewing Company Rodger Bowser, Zingerman's

Head to Arbor Brewing Company right after the panel for delicious local food and brews (if you're over 21 of course) at a mixer put on by Slow Food Huron Valley and Washtenaw Green Drinks.  It'll be a great chance to connect with some of the panelists and others who are interested in sustainable food.

March 18, 7-9pm, Arbor Brewing Company, 214 Washington St.

 April 1

 Dr. Phil Howard at SNRE
"Who Owns Organic? Consolidation in an Emerging North American Food Industry"
5:30pm 1024 Dana Bldg

Week of April 6

 Panel: Putting Food in the Classroom (Tentative Title) At the School of Education Date, Time, Panelists all TBD!
   
 

                      2008 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 Sept 8      

 “Rethinking biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural landscapes” John Vandermeer, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of M

 Sept 15

 “Report on the Organic World Congress” Catherine Badgley, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of M

 Sept 22        

 "Sustainable Agriculture: A Mediterranean Perspective" Yannis Phillis, Professor, Technical University of Crete, Greece

 Sept 29       

  “The path to sustainable fisheries” Gerald Smith, Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Geological Sciences, U of M

 Oct 6

  “Midwest Agriculture, Ethanol Lunacy, and Dead Zones” Don Scavia, Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, U of M

 Oct 13        

    “International Assessment on Agricultural Science and Technology: Business as usual will not work” Ivette Perfecto, Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, U of M

 Oct 20        

  “The landscape concept: Advancing the science of sustainable agricultures” Joan Nassauer, Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, U of M  EVENT POSTPONED - FALL STUDY BREAK

 Oct 27        

  “Sustainable Aquaculture” Jim Diana, Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, U of M

 Nov 3 

  "Community-based food systems: opportunities to link environmental, economic and public health issues" Michael W. Hamm, Professor, Michigan State University

 Nov 10

 "Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn" Fritz Haeg, Author, Architect, Designer

 Nov 17 

 “Student CSAs: Challenges and Opportunities” Jeremy Moghtader, Farm Manager, Instructor, MSU

 Nov 24 

 “Food System Entrepreneurship: Discovering the meaning of life or, discovering a meaningful life”, Mike Score, agricultural educator, MSU Extension, Food System Economic Partnership

 Dec 1

  "Recap of Terra Madre 2008: world food meeting focused on increasing small-scale, traditional, and sustainable food production" Shannon Brines, Farmer, Research Specialist/Lecturer, U of M

 Dec 8