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  • Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm – Julian Agyeman: Just Sustainabilities

    Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm – Julian Agyeman: Just Sustainabilities

    In his free talk on October 16 at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester, Julian Agyeman will outline his concept of ‘just sustainabilities’ – the full integration of social justice and sustainability, defined as ‘the need to ensure a better quality of life for all, now and into the future, in a just and equitable manner, whilst living within the limits of supporting ecosystems.’ He will give practical examples from his recent research into spatial justice in urban planning and design, food justice, sharing cities, and planning in and for intercultural cities. The Farm offers a casual picnic supper (sandwiches from Clover Food Lab, iced tea/lemonade & cookies for around $20), starting at 6pm. Please e-mail our Events Manager with any questions and to reserve your meal. To sign up for the lecture, visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0445acad2ca1fd0-october

    Julian Agyeman Ph.D. FRSA FRGS is a Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is the originator of the increasingly influential concept of just sustainabilities, the intentional integration of social justice and sustainability.

    Worldwide, he is recognized as an expert, an innovator and thought leader. He is the author or editor of 11 books, and was co-founder in 1996, and is now Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. Julian sits on the Academic Board of The Centre for the Future of Places (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden), the Board of Directors of EcoDistricts (Portland, OR) and on the Advisory Boards for equitable and sustainable initiatives for cities including San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Montreal.

    In 1996, he was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA) in the UK, a network of people dedicated to enriching society and shaping the future through ideas and action. And in 2018, he was awarded the Athena City Accolade by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, for his “outstanding contribution to the field of social justice and ecological sustainability, environmental policy and planning“.

  • Wednesday, September 25, 7:30 pm – Why the Ocean Matters: It’s Probably Not Why You Think

    Solutions to climate change require us to think differently about how the land and sea connect to communities. Laura Parker Roerden, founder/executive director of Ocean Matters and fourth generation farmer will take us on a journey into a new paradigm for farms informed by oceans that holds the key to climate solutions and how engaging with this paradigm can help communities build resilient youth, expand our notion of tribe, and give us new ways to belong. The free lecture takes place September 25 at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester. The Farm offers a casual picnic supper (sandwiches from Clover Food Lab, iced tea/lemonade & cookies for around $20), starting at 6pm. Please e-mail the Events Manager with any questions and to reserve your meal. RSVP to the lecture, please, at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0445acad2ca1fd0-september

    Laura Parker Roerden

    Executive Director and founder of Ocean Matters, Laura Parker Roerden has over twenty-five years of experience in environmental education and educating for social responsibility. She is a lecturer and author of many books, curricula and articles on young people’s social, emotional, and ethical development. She is the former publisher and managing editor at Educators for Social Responsibility and former managing editor of the magazine New Designs for Youth Development. Laura currently serves on the board of directors of both Women Working for Oceans (W20) at the New England Aquarium, as well as Earth, Ltd. of Southwicks Zoo and is a member of the Pleiades Network of Women Leaders in Sustainability. She lives on a fifth generation family farm in the Blackstone Valley of Massachusetts.

  • Wednesday, June 5, 7:30 pm – Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental, and Ethical Case for Better Meat

    Red meat is vilified as unhealthy and unsustainable while the plant-based diet is seen as ideal. But is there more to the story? Could there be nuance to this conversation that’s not being discussed? Does eating beef really cause diabetes and will grazing animals destroy the planet? Diana Rodgers, an author, podcast host and dietitian living on a working organic farm, will review the evidence against red meat and illustrate why raising animals for meat is not only healthy, but can be beneficial for the environment. The June 5 free program at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester begins at 7:30, but if you’d like, come for a casual picnic supper from Clover Food Lab for around $20, beginning at 6:30. You must email or register to reserve your meal and place at the talk at www.wlfarm.org.

    Diana Rogers RD, LDN, NTP

    Diana Rodgers, RD, LDN, NTP is a “real food” nutritionist living on a working organic farm near Boston, Massachusetts that runs a vegetable and meat CSA. She is the author of two bestselling cookbooks and runs a clinical nutrition practice. Diana writes and speaks about the intersection of optimal human nutrition, environmental sustainability, animal welfare and social justice. She is also the producer of The Sustainable Dish Podcast, interviewing experts in the environmental and health movement. Her new book and film project examines the environmental, nutritional and ethical case for “better meat’. She can be found at www.sustainabledish.com.

  • Saturday, June 8, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Talk and Taste: Cooking with Strawberries

    Tufts University, in partnership with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, will present Talk and Taste: Cooking with Strawberries, a lecture on the health benefits of strawberries, preparation of berry salad (wheatberries, strawberries and balsamic), gardening tips, and tasting, on Saturday, June 8, from 2 – 3:30 at the Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University, Mezzanine Level, 711 Washington Street in Boston.  Registration is limited to 70 people on EventBrite (search for Talk and Taste).  The event features Dr. Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Research Psychologist, USDA, Tim Nourse of Nourse Berry Farms in Whately, Massachusetts, and Rolando Robledo, Chef at Clover Food Lab in Boston.  Event includes a prize drawing.

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  • Saturday, February 9, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Cooking with Kale

    The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, in partnership with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, presents the Talk and Tasting event series, designed to explore the health benefits of different seasonal vegetables and show how these vegetables can easily be prepared at home.

    Cooking with Kale on Saturday, February 9, from 2 – 3:30,  will feature a lecture on the health benefits of kale, a cooking demonstration with chef Rolando Robledo from Clover Food Lab, gardening tips given by Master Gardener Betty Sanders, a free tasting, and a chance to win a prize. All events in the series are open to the public and free of charge.

    Seating at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, 711 Washington Street in Boston is limited to 60 people, and registration is filling up fast. To register for this event, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5248049056#.   For questions please contact Lisa Kamer at 617-733-4943 or email lkamer@masshort.org.  Picture of kale and chickpea soup from www.veganizzm.com.