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Spring 2005 – Schedule

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week One

3/28-4/1

Concepts overview

What is a Food System? Sustainability?

What are communities?

How are communities sustainable with respect to food?

Introductions, handouts and article (MH & MR).

Writing seminar papers/expectations (MH) 

3 seminar groups: seminar expectations

Seminar on article “Community Food Systems: Visions of a Different Food System” from foodcircles.org.

In class written response on “A sustainable food system is one in which…”

 

9amNoon: Longhouse

9-10am In class reading: Thoreau Introduction and pp. 23-40 (MH)

10am  Assign first meal prep and plan group (Liza)      This is for Week 2 –10

          Week 1 meal will be by faculty & potluck

 11am Exercise on planning a community garden (MR) 

           Participation mandatory

                    rain or shine

 

 

Noon-1pm: Orientation to the Farmhouse

1-2pm: Student Exercise—What is your background re: food/farming? How do you fit into food system? Food and community? (MH)

2pm-4pm: Organic Farm tour (MR)

4:30—5:30pm. Overview Intro-Lecture on Food Systems, hand out article

      Wilkins, “Community Food Systems:

       Linking Food, Nutrition & Ag.” (MH)

       5:30-6pm Feature Food: Kale (MR)

6-7pm Meal provided by faculty

Please bring a bit of your own to share.

7-9pm After dinner conversation

What are communities? (KM)

(two short articles)

Progress reports/Reading assignment/seminar papers

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Two 

4/2-4/8

Communities and regional dynamics/ local to global perspectives

 

Homeroom/Announcements

     Video: “Victory Gardening” (MH)

     Seminar: Freyfogle—Intro & pp. 3-63 

W/ 1 page summary

 

 

 

 

Longhouse

9-10am Lecture: Local Geographies of the PNW (MH)

Farm Work  (MR)

Black Lake Nursery (MR)

 

12-2pm: Library workshop and research (Mandatory) Liza

2-3:00:Project Assignments

3-4:30 Food System Lecture (MR)

4:30-5:00 Feature Food (Students)

5-6pm Meal description/ Meal prep. (Meal planning group in charge)(KM)

6-7pm Eat and clean-up

7-9pm. Seminar: Freyfogle pp. 63-110

Progress Reports (written in class)

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Three
4/11-4/15

Comparing community food systems across continents

Homeroom/Announcements

Video: “Broken Limbs” (MH)

Seminar: Freyfogle pp. 111-180

W/ 1 page summary

    

Longhouse

9-9:30 In class reading: Thoreau pp.40-65 (MH)

Compost Workshop (MR)

Planting

 

 

 12-2pm Presentation by Costa Rica/Nicaragua field trip members(MR)

2-3pm Projects (MR & MH)

3-5pm Stories from the East Side (MH)

5-7pm Food dem., meal and clean-up. (KM)

7--9pm Seminar Freyfogle pp. 181-262

Progress Reports (in class)

 Portfolio handout to students

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Four

4/18-4/22

Description of Food Systems/

Local Systems

 

Homeroom/ Announcements

Video: “Food” (MH)

Seminar: Schlosser pp. 1-91

W/ 1 page summary

 

 

 

Longhouse

9-9:30am In class reading: Thoreau pp 65-90 (MH)

Field Trip to Delphinia Farm

 

 

       12-2pm

        Guest Speaker: Issues in Sustainable Ag (MH)

       1-3pm Farm Work

        3-5pm Communities (KM)

       5-7pm Cooking dem/ meal and clean-up (KM)

       7-9pm. Seminar: Schlosser pp. 1-91

       Progress Reports (in class)

Portfolios Due Friday at 12pm

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Five
4/25-4/29

Campus Sustainability

 

 

 

 Homeroom/Announcements

Tour of CAB kitchen/campus sustainability possibilities (MR)

Seminar: Schlosser pp. 92-168 (?)

         W/ 1 page summary

 Week 5 Student Meetings

 

Longhouse

9-9:30am In class reading: Thoreau, pp. 90-129 (MH)

9:30-noon Kelli Sanger, Washington State Dept of Ag Small Farms Program/Field to Cafeteria

 Week 5 Student Meetings

 

       12-1:15 Project Work

         1:15 pm Jeff Hough – presentation sustainability in WA state prisons

         2-5p Project Work

         5-7pm Food dem., meal and clean-up

         7pm-9pm Seminar: Schlosser

                            pp. 169-270

           Progress Reports

Week 5 Student Meetings

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Six  

5/2-5/6

Politics of  Food

Homeroom/Announcements

Video: “Future of Food” (MH)

Seminar: Halweil

W/ one page summary

Longhouse

Speaker: Grace Cox, Olympia Co-op on consensus and decision-making in community food systems

   12-2:30pm Genetic Engineering (MR)

      3-5pm Leslie Zenz, WA Dept of Ag

      5-7pm Cooking dem., meal and clean-up

      7-9pm Seminar: Halweil

        Progress Reports

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Seven

5/9-5/13

Farm and Field

Homeroom/Announcements

Lecture: Farming and Salmon (MR)

Seminar: Jackson & Jackson pp. 1-118

W/1 page summary

Longhouse

Speaker: Bill Weiler, Wash. Fish and Wildlife

 

    12-1pm Lecture: Native Peoples of South Sound (MH)

      1-8pm Triple Creek Farm & native                          geography/Ralph Monroe/Squaxin Island Museum

      

       Progress Reports (do on your own)

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Eight

5/16-5/20

Stewardship and Livestock

Rough Draft of final projects due.

Homeroom/Announcements

Quest Speaker: Pat Labine: Livestock farming

Seminar: J & J pp. 118-189

W/ one page summary

Longhouse 

Field Trip: Jim Hudson, Whispering Springs Farm

 

 

 

  

     12-5pm Food Preservation Workshop     

        5-7pm Food dem., meal and clean-up

        7-9pm Seminar: J & J pp. 189-276

       Progress Report

Due: Rough Draft of final thesis statement supported by annotated bibliography

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Nine

5/23-5/27

Local Foods

Homeroom/Announcements

Lecture: Food Quality (MR)

Seminar: Nabhan

               Slow Foods article

Longhouse

Field Trip: GruB (city bus)

 

    12-1pm Farmers Market (MH)

      1-3pm  Slow Foods – Pat Melone (MR)

      3-5pm Terrior-- Patrick Hull (Liza)

      5-7pm Dinner

      7-9pm  Seminar: Nabhan

      Progress Reports   

 

Tuesday

6-9pm 

Sem 2 C1107

Wednesday

9-12 am Longhouse 1007

Thursday

Noon to 9pm

Organic Farmhouse

Week Ten

5/31-6/3 

Final Week

Presentations

 

Homeroom/Announcements

Seminar: Thoreau: pp. 204-213 (MH)

In-class final summative writing

 

Longhouse

 Student  Presentations

 

Noon-5pm: Presentations

5-7:00pm: Final Potluck w/ presentation by Tyler Montague “Sounds of Costa Rica”

7pm Garden Clean-up

 

Due: Portfolios, final written work