Post Tagged with: "Food studies"

Dr. Art Trese, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, collaborated with the Athens non-profit Community Food Initiatives on a seed-saving workshop at the 5th Annual Real Food Real Local Conference in the Eclipse Company Town this summer. Trese describes his informational session as having covered the “challenges of using […]

The Food Studies theme offers a menu of courses  for Fall 2016. CAS 4911 How Food Works in the Community Internship Students will get hands-on experience in small-scale sustainable agricultural production at the Plant Biology Learning Gardens through planting, tending, and harvesting, along with marketing and selling produce at the weekly […]

The Ohio University Foundation announced in June funding for five projects through The Sugar Bush Foundation, including $17,800 for the Appalachian Food and Culture Consortium: Restoration and Resilience. The Sugar Bush Foundation is a supporting organization within the Ohio University Foundation that works with OHIO and local communities to improve […]

  Come to the Atrium Café on Wednesday, July 5, from 1-3:30 p.m. to pick up local student sown-and-grown produce. “We’ll be offering fragrant herb mixes, cut flower bouquets, seedling surprises and freshly baked Atrium bread loaves,” says Dr. Theresa Moran, Food Studies Theme Director. All are welcome! Cash, credit cards, and Bobcat Cash are accepted, courtesy of […]

The Food Studies theme announces new “reads” available in Alden Library. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle– Barbara Kingsolver (2007) Art of Fermentation – Sandor Katz  (2012)  Bite Me: Food in Popular Culture– Fabio Parasecoli (2008)  Consider the Fork: a History of How We Cook and Eat– Bee Wilson (2012)  Cuisine and Empire: Cooking […]

  The Food Studies Theme closed out the academic year with a potluck on April 28 to celebrate with students and Food Studies theme seniors. Despite the intermittent rain and wind, students and faculty gathered at the Plant Biology Learning Garden “circle garden” on the West State Street to share […]

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents Angel Azul on April 13. Panel topics will include ecosystems, marine life, climate disruption, environmental art, and life. The Common Experience Project on Sustainability is an initiative developed by University College. Partners include the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs Environmental […]