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Food Matters Highlights Women of Local Food System

Women Grow Ohio panelists.

Food Matters, the student organization affiliated with the Food Studies theme, hosted a panel highlighting women in the local food system at a Dec. 5 event titled Women Grow Ohio. The panel included: Becky Clark of Pork and Pickles, Christine Hughes of the Village Bakery, Marjie Shew of Shew’s Grass […]

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December 6, 2017 at 2:16 pmNews

Food Matters Receives Organic Seed Alliance Funding for Student Travel

Food Matters Receives Organic Seed Alliance Funding for Student Travel

Joy Kostansek, the president of Food Matters, the student organization affiliated with the Food Studies theme, has successfully written a grant request to fund student travel to the 9th annual Organic Seed Growers Conference. This event is hosted by the Organic Seed Alliance in Corvallis, Ore., over a weekend in […]

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December 4, 2017 at 10:24 amNews

Food Matters | Women Grow Ohio Panel Discussion, Dec. 5

Food Matters | Women Grow Ohio Panel Discussion, Dec. 5

Join Food Matters to celebrate female leaders in the local agriculture and food economy of Athens with Women Grow Ohio, a panel discussion on Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Alden Library 319. Learn about the barriers and challenges they face from a female perspective, and ways […]

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December 1, 2017 at 11:00 pmEvents

Sustainability Studies | First Community Conversation Is on Ending Climate Silence, Dec. 7

Sustainability Studies | First Community Conversation Is on Ending Climate Silence, Dec. 7

Worried about climate change? Find it difficult to talk to friends and family about your concerns? One of the most important actions an individual can take to fight global warming is talking about it. Research indicates that only one in five Americans hear people they know talk about global warming […]

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December 1, 2017 at 10:30 pmEvents

Food Matters Hosts Visiting Speakers, Alum from Alaska

Laura and Jimmie Hendricks

Food Matters, the student organization affiliated with the Food Studies theme, hosted guest speakers Laura and Jimmie Hendricks from Denali, Ala, on Nov. 27. Laura Hendricks, an Ohio University alumni, and her husband, Jimmie, own an off-the grid sustainable farm where they spend half the year growing produce for their […]

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November 28, 2017 at 4:37 pmAlumni News

Food Studies Visits Engineering Learning Community about Eating Local

Food Studies Visits Engineering Learning Community about Eating Local

Food Studies theme students Rachel McDonald, Joy Kostansek, and Ohio University alum Alexandria Polanosky visited a freshman engineering learning community taught by Hannah Stillons on Nov. 15. This visit was a follow up from the Food on Film screening of Food Evolution on Oct. 19. The Food Studies students engaged […]

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November 15, 2017 at 7:33 pmIn Class News

Law Center Announces 2017-2018 Law, Justice & Culture Certificate Cohort of Students

Law Center Announces 2017-2018 Law, Justice & Culture Certificate Cohort of Students

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture is proud to present this year’s cohort of students in the Law, Justice & Culture Certificate program. The certificate program brings together interdisciplinary coursework from departments across the social sciences and humanities to provide students with intellectual training in a “law and society” perspective. It also provides […]

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November 14, 2017 at 9:14 amNews