Farm to Table
Spring 2003
– schedule
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Tuesday 6-9pm Lib. 1308 |
Wednesday 9-12 am organic farm or Lib 1308 |
Thursday Noon to 9pm Organic Farmhouse |
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Week One April 1-3 Concepts overview What is a Food System?
Sustainability? Foodshed? |
6pm-7pm:Introductions, handouts and article. 7:30-8pm: In class written response on “A sustainable food system is one in which…” 8pm-9pm:—Seminar on article “Community Food Systems: Visions of a Different Food System” from foodcircles.org.
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9-am—Noon: Meet at organic farm outside farmhouse Assign first meal prep and plan group. Wednesday Rain Plans will often include a video or library work.
Participation mandatory, rain or shine |
Noon-1pm: Intro for 8 credit students/16-credits students do farm work; 1-2pm: Student Exercise—What is your background re: food/farming? How do you fit into food system? 2pm-4pm: Organic Farm tour 4:30—6pm. Overview Intro-Lecture on Food Systems, hand out article* 6-9pm Meal provided by faculty and 16-credit students—please bring a bit of your own to share. In-class, written response to article and connections to your background & experiences in food and farming. Seminar—sharing perceptions re: lecture, article and personal background. * Wilkins, “Community Food Systems—Linking Food, Nutrition & Ag.” |
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Week Two
April 8-10 Producers in the FoodSystem Quiz |
6-6:30 chores * 6:30-8:30: Video: My
Father’s Garden 8:30-9pm: Discussion * hand out sheet for project proposals. ** Articles due next week |
9pm—Noon Organic Farm work, · Compost Workshop, Dr. Leslie Cooperband (University of Wisconsin) · Farm Work |
Noon—2pm: Library workshop and research (Mandatory) 2pm—5:00pm: Quiz & Seminar on Freyfogle—Intro & Chapters 1-4 . 5-6pm Meal description./ Meal prep. 6-7pm Eat and clean-up 7-9pm. Lecture emphasis—Soil and agroecosystem health (Martha) |
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Week Three April 15-17 How do con-sumption & sustainability drive food
systems DUE: 16-Cr article abstract, all Freyfogle theme paper |
6-9pm Students present articles related to food system (hint, hint—use themes in Freyfogle) & Discussion. DUE: Abstract of article chosen for
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9am--noon Farm work; Bon Appétit—Manager, Rick Stromire and tour of facility. |
Noon—3pm Lecture on institutional consumption in the food system (Liza) 3:30-4:30 Video 5-7pm Food dem., meal and clean-up. 7-7:30 **QUIZ on Schlosser** 7:30-9pm Seminar on first half of Schlosser. DUE: Freyfogle theme paper |
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Week Four
Description of Food
Systems/ Meat DUE: Schlosser Response Paper, Project proposal &
Portfolios |
6-7:30pm Lecture on function of animals in a sustainable agricultural ecosystem, Pat Labine, retired Evergreen faculty Possible Video: TBA ** Read Feenstra Article on Reserve for next week |
9pm-noon—Oyster Bay Farm Tour |
Noon-3pm –Lecture on meat, and the politics of vegetarianism (Liza) 4pm-5pm Go weed!! 5-7pm Cooking dem/ meal and clean-up 7-9pm. Seminar on Schlosser, 2nd half. DUE: Response papers to Schlosser, 1-2 pages; project proposal and outline, Portfolios due. |
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Week Five April 29-30 May 1 The Local Food System Due 16 cr: Abstract for Feenstra article |
6-6:45pm Overview (Liza & Martha) 7-9pm: Student Community Food System Assessment Project prep (Use Feenstra article) & week 5 student meetings. Due: Abstract for Feenstra Article Week 5 Student Meetings |
9am-Noon: GRUB in Community Garden & Garden Work
Week 5 Student Meetings |
Noon—2pm: Seminar on Home Grown—Halweil article. 2-4pm: Small group sharing on res. topics. 4pm: TBA Meal: Food dem., meal and clean-up 7pm-9pm Community Food System Workshop—Kelli Sanger, Kevin Anderson, Jackson Sillers from Sound FoodShed. Students present and discuss Food System Project. Where do we go
from here? Week 5 Student Meetings |
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Week Six May 6-8 Social Effects, Economic, Cultural Quiz: Freyf. Ch.
5-11 |
6-7:30 History of Industrial Ag. & Economics (Liza) 8:00-9pm TBA Read Heffernan article for next week. |
9--noon—Organic Farm work—harvest garden and taste it. Video: TBA |
Noon-3pm “Impact of the food system on food quality & natural resources” (Martha) 3-5pm: Quiz &Seminar Freyfogle, Ch. 5-11. 5-7pm Cooking dem., meal and clean-up 7-9pm: “Terroir” and marketing of Terroir, Pat Hub. |
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Week Seven May 13-16 Globalization/
Social/Gender Quiz/Synthesis paper
due (First Years second draft
due) |
6-9 pm—“Underlying concepts of free-market capitalism and globalization on the food system.” Peter Dorman Discussion of lecture themes and Heffernan article
** Extra-curricular tour of organic meat farm, Whispering Springs, in Rochester. 10am-2pm** |
9-am to Noon Organic Farm and Video?* *Big Spuds/ Little Spuds *Possible workshop on finding gov. docs. resources |
Noon-3:30 pm “Gender
& food production” (Liza) 3-5pm—. Organic Farm? Video? 5-7pm— Dem., meal and clean-up. 7-9pm Quiz on Tangled Routes; Seminar, Ch. 1 and 5,6,7,8. (8-cr read 1 & 6; 16-cr. read 1, 5 thru 8) 16-cr. facilitate seminar and present summary of other chapters. Due: Synthesis paper comparing Fast Food Nation with Ch. 3 of Tangled Routes. |
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Week Eight May 20-22 Food Systems &
Democratic Systems. Consolidation & Policy Rough Draft of final projects due. |
6-7:30pm. “Consolidation in the Food System”--Martha (possible connection to Nancy Parkes program may mean changes) 7:30-9pm Basic civics handout & Participation in a democratic system (Liza) |
9-noon: Garden work and library research Due:
Rough Drafts of final papers/projects |
Noon-5pm Workshop and Panel discussion: Farm bill and agricultural policy: Leslie Zenz and Kelly Sanger, WSU. 5-7pm Food dem., meal and clean-up 7-9pm Small group discussion seminar on Heffernan article, Farm Bill articles. Due: Rough Draft of final thesis statement supported by annotated bibliography |
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Week Nine May 27-29 Sustainability in a larger context May 31st Saturday Conference **notes from conference are a required part of
portfolio |
6-7pm—Global/local food systems and societal sustainability (Martha) 7:30-9pm Video—“Next Industrial Revolution”
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9-noon: Connect with student groups involved with food systems and TBA |
Class canceled due to Saturday conference. **Attendance at Sustainability conference Saturday is Mandatory—plan on spending all day Saturday in Portland at conference. Leave 7am and return approx. 8-9pm. ** |
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Week Ten June 3-5 Presentations |
6pm-7pm: Conference debrief Student Presentations |
Student Presentations |
Noon-3pm: Food System and Integration: what have we learned? 3:30-5:00: Goodbye to garden & meal, “Tasting Spring,” a final student created potluck 5:15-9pm Presentations Due: Portfolios, final written work, research logs |