Seminars & Events
Current Seminars & Events
Agroecology Fall 2009 Lecture Series
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Topic : What to Eat: A Seven Discourse Meal
Videos: See streaming videos of all seminars here
This year's Agroecology Fall Lecture Series is associated with Go Big Read's campus-wide reading of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food. The series also celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
| Oct. 1 (Thur.) |
Wisconsin farmers: what to eat Bill Bruins - President of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau and dairy farmer; Richard Cates - Member of DATCP Ag Board and pasture-based beef farmer; Louise Hemstead - Chief Operating Officer of Organic Valley Coop and organic dairy farmer; Tom Lochner - Executive Director of WI State Cranberry Growers Association. (introduction by John Shutske - Associate Dean, Cooperative Extension, CALS Where: 2103 Chamberlain Hall Did you miss it? See streaming video here. |
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| Oct. 6 (Tues.) |
CALS faculty: what to eat Brent McCown - Gottschalk Distinguished Professor of Horticulture; Franco Milani - Assistant Professor of Food Science; Susan Nitzke - Professor and Chair of Nutritional Sciences. (introduction by Irwin Goldman - Vice Dean, CALS) Where: 2241 Chamberlain Hall Did you miss it? See streaming video here. Additional materials here: Susan Nitzke's presentation and Condensed notes from the panel |
| Oct. 13 (Tues.) |
Changing tastes: sustainability, demographics and the marketplace Arlin Wasserman - Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Sodexo Corporation. (introduction by Jack Kloppenburg - CIAS co-director) Where: 270 Soils Building Did you miss it? See streaming video here. |
| Oct. 20 (Tues.) |
Fertility, fertilizers and food: in defense of Haber Phillip Barak - Professor of Soil Science, UW-Madison. (introduction by William Bland - Chair, Soil Science) Where: 270 Soils Building Did you miss it? See streaming video here. |
| Oct. 27 (Tues.) |
Healthy land, food, and eaters - an ecological approach to health Angie Tagtow - managing editor, Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. (introduction by Gregg Mitman - Interim Director, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies) Where: 270 Soils Building Did you miss it? See streaming video here. |
| Nov. 4 (Wed.) |
Growing food and knowing food: the traceability of sustainability Hugh Campbell - Director of the Centre for the Study of Food, Agriculture, and Environment at Otago University, New Zealand. (introduction by Michael Bell - Chair, Agroecology Program) Where: 270 Soils Building Did you miss it? See streaming video here. |
| Nov. 10 (Tues.) |
The seasonal connection: from the land to your plate Monique Hooker - Wisconsin chef, storyteller, and author of Cooking with the Seasons. (introduction by Julie Luke - Associate Director of Dining and Culinary Service, University Housing) Where: 2241 Chamberlain Hall Did you miss it? See streaming video here. |
Annual Agroecology Lecture
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Topic: Ecoagriculture: The Science and Practice of Farming with Nature
Presenter: Dr. Sara Scherr, President and CEO Ecoagricultural Partners, Washington D.C.
Dr. Scherr will discuss the state of knowledge about developing and sustaining 'ecoagriculture' landscapes, and highlight major research and policy gaps which need to be addressed in order to scale up ecoagriculture landscape approaches.
When: Wednesday, May 6 at 4:00 p.m. (Note: Reception will immediately follow)
Where: 270 Soils Bldg.
Past Seminars & Events
Agroecology Fall 2008 Seminar & Speaker Series
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Topic : Feast and Famine: The Agroecology of Hunger
Time : 4:00pm (unless otherwise indicated)
Place : 270 Soils Bldg
Rising food prices. Rising hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Rising social unrest. How do we reverse these alarming trends while sustaining the land and the economy, and improving social justice? (For 1 credit related to this series, enroll in Agroecology 710.)
| Sep. 24 (Wed.) |
Building a Table with Seats for Everyone: Hunger, Justice and Alternative Agrifood Systems Patricia Allen, Director, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, UC-Santa Cruz. (Welcome by Dean Molly Jahn, CALS) |
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| Sep. 30 (Tues.) |
Feeding the Kids: Nutrition, Youth, and Poverty in America’s Cities Professor Sam Dennis, UW-Madison, Department of Landscape Architecture |
| Oct. 07 (Tues.) |
Feeding Those Who Feed Us: Farm Workers in a Global Food Economy Professor Jill Harrison, UW-Madison, Department of Rural Sociology |
| *Oct. 13 (Canceled) |
Please note: Professor Jules Pretty canceled his visit to Madison
due to a family illness. |
Oct. 14 (Tues.) |
If They Only Knew: The Unbearable Whiteness of Alternative Food Julie Guthman, Associate Professor in the Department of Community Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Where: 206 Ingraham Hall. Event sponsored by Havens Center |
| Oct. 15 (Wed.) |
Are We All Neo-Liberal Now? Contemporary Food Politics and the Making of Consumer Subjects
Julie Guthman, Associate Professor in the Department of Community Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Where: 8417 Social Science |
| Oct. 16 (Thur.) |
Public Seminar:
Julie Guthman, Associate Professor in the Department of Community Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. When & Where: 12:20p @ 8108 Social Science. Event sponsored by Havens Center |
| Oct. 21 (Tues.) |
All Flesh is Grass: The Place of Meat in Sustainable Food Systems Jim Munsch, organic grass-based beef farmer, Coon Valley, Wisconsin |
| Nov. 04 (Tues.) |
Energy Crops versus Food Crops: Finding the Balance Professor Randy Fortenbery, UW-Madison, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics |
Agroecology Spring 2008 Lecture Events
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Topic: Partnership with Nature
Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Merchant, Professor of Environmental Science, Policy,
and Management at University of California, Berkeley.
Carolyn Merchant conducts research on Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics and the interrelationships of these three topics. Her lecture will propose a new kind of environmental ethic -- a partnership ethic, based on the idea that people and nature are equally important.
When: Wednesday, April 23 at 4:30 p.m.
Where: Room 132 Noland Zoology Building
Seminar and Event Archives
- Fall 2007 Seminar & Speaker Series
- Seminar in Agroecology (Agroecology 710)
- Spring 2007 Lecture Event
