Manor Farmers' Market
Wednesday, 4-7 PM
Jennie Lane SmartPark
in down town Manor
free wi-fi & fitness zone
We're on Face Book too!
OK for the market tomorrow we have: Manor honey- good for the allergies they say, tamales, beef- sausage, steak, roasts, ground meat, noodles, salsa, jellies & eggs. And in the vegetable dept: Lettuce, Spinach, Kale, Radishes,Turnips, Chard, Carrots, Kohlrabi & Scallions.
Brown Symposium is coming up in February at Southwestern University in Georgetown. Theme this year is Back to the Foodture. My daughter has been studying Food and Culture for her Paideia Project and this is the culmination. Please try to attend if possible. All lectures and films are free of charge. Pass it on!
Schedule
Monday, February 27
All events will take place in the Alma Thomas Theater unless otherwise indicated
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
9:30 Richard Wilk, Indiana University
"Eating the Future: Why Changing your Diet is Not Enough"
10:45 Coffee Break
11:00 Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth
“Indigenous and Green Economies for the Seventh Generation”
12:15 Lunch Break
1:30 Amie Breeze Harper, University of California, Davis
“On Being and Not Being the Wretched of the Earth: A Critical Race Feminist Analysis of Vegan Consciousness”
2:45 Coffee Break
3:00 Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States
“Industrialized Agriculture and the Rupture of the Human-Animal Bond”
4:30 - 6 "Culinary Cultures: A Ceramics Perspective"
Art Exhibition and Reception - Patrick Veerkamp
5:00 - 6:30 Farmer's Market, Book Signings, Canned Food Art - Bishops Lounge
8:00 "River of Words" - David Asbury and Bruce Cain
Tuesday, February 28
9:00 Jo Luck, Heifer Project International
“Global Hunger is More Personal Than You Think”
10:30 Panel - How to feed a growing human population in the 21st Century
11:30-1:00 Empty Bowls Project Lunch – join us in the Bishops Lounge
For more information go to: http://www.emptybowls.net/
Back to the Foodture Film Festival
This film festival is brought to you by the students of the "Food and Cultures" Paideia cohort, led by Dr. Francis Mathieu. Also, a special thanks to Dr. Melissa Johnson for bringing Ana Joanes to campus.
King Corn Forks Over Knives Food Matters Fresh
“King Corn”
February 8, 6:30pm
Olin Bldg. 105
film website » “Forks Over Knives”
February 15, 6:30pm
Olin Bldg. 105
film website » “Food Matters”
February 22, 6:30pm
Olin Bldg. 105
film website » “Fresh”
March 7, 7pm
McCombs Ballroom
featuring guest speaker, film producer, Ana Joanes
film website »
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