WEI's 2011 ORGANIC FARM SCHOOL June 13-August 25: FARMING AND FOOD JUSTICE
UPCOMING LECTURE: July 25 Seitu Jones, Visual Artist The “Culture” of Agriculture: Art and Nature"
Where: Midtown Global Market Greenway Conference Room, 920 E. Lake St, Minneapolis
When: Monday evenings, starting June 13, 2011 (no class on July 4th).
What else: Meet and network. Learn more at on-site workshops, field days, and urban farming projects. Join the new farm-for-food synergy.
Cost: IF YOU ATTEND INDIVIDUAL CLASSES, a $20 DONATION IS REQUESTED.
Inquiries: 651-583-0705.
Food justice for all! For Valerie Martinez, a single parent in the inner city, finding affordable organic and healthy food for her children to eat is not a "throwaway" issue -- it's a primary issue. For farmer and rural dweller Gina Sapp, it is heartbreaking to see farm fields filled with corn and soy while organic foods are trucked into her local grocery store, not from local producers, but from California.
This year’s lectures are listed below:
June 13 Prof. Bud Markhart, University of Minnesota School of Horticulture
Can Organic Farming Save the World?
June 20 Meg Moynihan, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
What is Organic?
June 27 Atina Diffley, Organic Farming Works
Enhancing Farms and Communities through Biological Diversity
July 4 No Class
July 11 Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, Rural Enterprise Center, Northfield, MN
Sustainable Farming Systems and Their Compatibility with Immigrant and Minority Populations
July 18 Dr. Patsy Parker & Prof. Jacquelyn Zita, University of Minnesota and WEI
The High Fructose Corn Syrup Trail
July 25 Seitu Jones, Visual Artist
The “Culture” of Agriculture: Art and Nature
August 1 David Abazs, Round River Farm, Duluth; Endowed Agriculture Chair, MISA
Supersize it? – NO! Localize it! Regional Food Systems in the Midwest.
August 8 Maria Regan-Gonzalez, C.L.U.E.S., Food Justice Advocate
The Fight Against Transgenic Corn in Rural Mexico
August 15 Prof. Pat Farrell, U of MN, Duluth Dept of Geography
It All Comes Down to Humus
August 22 Cynthia Thomas, Herbalist, CMT, BS; Sacred Journey Healing Arts
Healthy Land, Healthy Body: Sustainable Medicine
August 25 (THURSDAY LECTURE) Prof. Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota, The Bee Lab
Keeping Bees Healthy