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Tag: Food For Thought

  • Wednesday and Thursday, March 7 & 8 – ELA Conference & Eco-Marketplace

    Looking for New Ideas? Solutions? Inspiration? Immerse yourself in Ecological Landscape Alliance’s two-day conference on March 7 and 8 at UMass Amherst. From the practical to the inspirational, join them as they explore a range of topics, from designing and maintaining landscapes for maximum carbon capture to looking at the intuitive side of design.

    New this year, Food for Thought is a ticketed breakfast where you can nourish your body while you challenge your mind – all before the first session begins. Table topics will be hosted by experts who will be on hand to answer you questions and spark lively conversation.

    March 7 includes:
    * Two workshops: Designing for Carbon Sequestration and
    Ecological Methods of Maximizing Landscape Productivity and Potential
    * Keynote speaker: Darrel Morrison, ecologically-based landscape architect, whose talk is entitled Landscape Design as Ecological Art

    March 8 features eight Sessions, a Design Building Tour, and three Idea Exchanges covering a range of ecological topics. Session sampling:
    * Quest for Resilience: Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Planting Design
    * Nature Integration – The Future of Design
    * Beyond the War on Invasive Species
    * Authentic, Whole, and Alive: Design Lessons from Wild Landscapes

    Hotel rooms at Hotel UMass are available to participants for $115 per night. Reservations will be taken no later than February 25, 2018. Register online or call (877) 822-2110 and specify the ELA group promotional code: ELC18C. The discount is NOT available at check-in. Register for the conference ($20 – $330) at http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/ela-conference-eco-marketplace-2018/

  • Wednesday, January 15, 7:00 pm – Food for Thought Film Series: Chasing Ice

    Join The Fruitlands Museum on Wednesday, January 15 at 7 pm for a screening of Chasing Ice, the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Harvard’s own Chef Paul will prepare delicious, hearty soups that will warm the body as we consider important questions that are raised in our spotlight films. Free. No registration required. Fruitlands is located at 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. For more details and information visit www.fruitlands.org.

    http://thesustainableleader.org//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SA_Chasing-Ice_Sickest-Addictions_Sick-Addicts_2012_-637x330.jpg

  • Friday, April 8, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Food for Thought: Fisheries

    We are at an underwater crossroads. Food from the sea is increasingly important to the human diet. Yet fish stocks are more fragile than ever, made scarce by overfishing and endangered by environmental assaults. What are the factors that contribute to overfishing and what steps can we take to avoid them? Are regulations the answer? Are farmed fisheries good, bad, or some place in between?  In this Museum of Science session, we examine how to preserve and protect the vitality of food sources drawn from our waters. Free, but seating is limited; advance registration is required. To register: http://survey.mos.org/public_survey/Checkbox/Survey.aspx?s=9494d2fafc03486a94c4db2f760d70bb.  This forum is part of the Food for Thought series, encouraging conversation about what we can do to improve how we grow our food and feed our bodies.  Thank you to www.chefsblade.monster.com for the image below.

  • Tuesday, February 23, 6:00 pm – From Cooking Food to Cooking the Planet: Growing Constraints to Food Production

    To keep pace with the world’s food demand, it is estimated that agriculture production must double by 2050.  Dr. Samuel Myers, Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a practicing physician, will discuss troubling trends, including climate change and increased threats from pests and pathogens that may constrain the world’s resources, requiring new approaches to sustainable agriculture.  The program will include a discussion moderated by Noel Michele Holbrook, Professor of Biology and Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry at Harvard. Free and open to the public. Part of the Food for Thought program series.

    Location:
    Harvard Museum of Natural History
    26 Oxford St.
    Cambridge , MA 02138

    Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Natural History
    Time(s): 6:00 pm, Tuesday, February 23
    Cost: Free and open to the public
    Phone: 617-495-3045
    Email: hmnhpr@oeb.harvard.edu
    http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php