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THAI CUISINE – Come Cook With Us
Monday March 2nd
4:30 – 6:30 @the Spoon
$8 or pwyc
The Seasoned Spoon is pleased to announce that we will be running another series of Come Cook With Us classes this Winter on Mondays from 4:30pm – 6:30pm. This exciting new series will feature a different cultural cuisine each week. The first week will feature Thai Food!
Learn all about Thai spicing and how to start incorporating Thai flavours into your home cooking. Make a variety of traditional Thai dishes together which can be easily adapted to vegan and/or gluten free versions!
Register in the cafe or drop in on the day. Email[email protected] for more info
Facebook Event Page Here
Monday March 2nd
4:30 – 6:30 @the Spoon
$8 or pwyc
The Seasoned Spoon is pleased to announce that we will be running another series of Come Cook With Us classes this Winter on Mondays from 4:30pm – 6:30pm. This exciting new series will feature a different cultural cuisine each week. The first week will feature Thai Food!
Learn all about Thai spicing and how to start incorporating Thai flavours into your home cooking. Make a variety of traditional Thai dishes together which can be easily adapted to vegan and/or gluten free versions!
Register in the cafe or drop in on the day. Email[email protected] for more info
Facebook Event Page Here
LEVY question
We are proposing that SAFSS become a TCSA Levy Group at Trent University starting from the 2015/2016 academic year. In order to move forward with this we must form a Levy Question. Which of the following do you feel would evoke the most positive response from the student population.
1. Do you support the creation of a 2.00$ refundable levy for the Sustainable Agriculture&Food Systems Society
2. Do you support the creation of a 2.00$ refundable levy so that the Sustainable Agriculture&Food Systems Society can work to make the Trent Food System more self-sufficient.
3. Do you support the creation of a 2.00$ refundable levy so that the Sustainable Agriculture&Food Systems Society can support the increase in sustainability of Food Services on Campus.
Please indicate your preference in the poll below.
Other suggestions will be considered until February 3rd. Signature collection begins February 9th.
If you identify as SAFSS Member and would like to see this succeed, please email us your availability for the time period of February 9th-27th, and consider helping to collect student signatures.
Many thanks!
1. Do you support the creation of a 2.00$ refundable levy for the Sustainable Agriculture&Food Systems Society
2. Do you support the creation of a 2.00$ refundable levy so that the Sustainable Agriculture&Food Systems Society can work to make the Trent Food System more self-sufficient.
3. Do you support the creation of a 2.00$ refundable levy so that the Sustainable Agriculture&Food Systems Society can support the increase in sustainability of Food Services on Campus.
Please indicate your preference in the poll below.
Other suggestions will be considered until February 3rd. Signature collection begins February 9th.
If you identify as SAFSS Member and would like to see this succeed, please email us your availability for the time period of February 9th-27th, and consider helping to collect student signatures.
Many thanks!
LOCAL FOOD DAY#1
Local Food Day is happening next wednesday, Feb 4th from 11-1 at all the Food Service Providers on Campus. Check them out, tell us your favourite and win prizes!
SAFSS Meeting Schedule
Based on the Doodle Poll sent out recently, we have chosen a regular meeting schedule for this semester. Thank you to everyone who participated!
Date Time Location
Fri Jan 30 1pm-3pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Feb 6 3pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Feb27 3pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Mar 6 1pm-3pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Mar 3 3pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Mar 20 Party!? Time and Date TBA!
Fri Mar 27 3pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Apr 3 1pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Date Time Location
Fri Jan 30 1pm-3pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Feb 6 3pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Feb27 3pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Mar 6 1pm-3pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Mar 3 3pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Mar 20 Party!? Time and Date TBA!
Fri Mar 27 3pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
Fri Apr 3 1pm-5pm Morton Reading Room
SPoon News
Chocolate Love Party!
Tues Feb 10th
5 -7pm
$5 - $10 sliding scale
Ever wonder what it is about chocolate that makes you get out of bed in the morning? Or why cacao is one of the most traded commodities in the world? Join local chocolate alchemist Dan Legaut as he explores the craft of chocolate creation, the culture of cacoa and the integrity behind this amazing superfood as a medicine and sensual pleaser As part of self- love week, we may even be adding some extra aphrodisiac ingredients into these chocolates! Bring yourself or a date and get silly on Cacao!!!!!
Email [email protected] for more info
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/390374317807448/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
Cookie Exchange & Self Love Talk
Wed Feb 11th
4:30pm
Free!
Who doesn't love cookies? I know you do! Well now you have the opportunity to engage in exchange with other cookie lovers!! Bake cookies for others and get to try their cookies in return. Leave with an abundant variety of cookies to eat, share or give away to friends for self love week! email [email protected] to sign up!
Immediately following our cookies exchange we will have a self- love talk and discussion. Learn about all the best ways to love yourself as you are and honour yourself care for yourself emotionally, mentally and physically! This talk is FREE and anyone can participate - whether you are doing the cookie exchange or not!
Email [email protected] for more info
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1538055833120496/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
Tues Feb 10th
5 -7pm
$5 - $10 sliding scale
Ever wonder what it is about chocolate that makes you get out of bed in the morning? Or why cacao is one of the most traded commodities in the world? Join local chocolate alchemist Dan Legaut as he explores the craft of chocolate creation, the culture of cacoa and the integrity behind this amazing superfood as a medicine and sensual pleaser As part of self- love week, we may even be adding some extra aphrodisiac ingredients into these chocolates! Bring yourself or a date and get silly on Cacao!!!!!
Email [email protected] for more info
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/390374317807448/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
Cookie Exchange & Self Love Talk
Wed Feb 11th
4:30pm
Free!
Who doesn't love cookies? I know you do! Well now you have the opportunity to engage in exchange with other cookie lovers!! Bake cookies for others and get to try their cookies in return. Leave with an abundant variety of cookies to eat, share or give away to friends for self love week! email [email protected] to sign up!
Immediately following our cookies exchange we will have a self- love talk and discussion. Learn about all the best ways to love yourself as you are and honour yourself care for yourself emotionally, mentally and physically! This talk is FREE and anyone can participate - whether you are doing the cookie exchange or not!
Email [email protected] for more info
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1538055833120496/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
ReFRAME is starting this weekend, and there is a a number of great food movies being featured!
Dr. Wayne Roberts Canadian Food Policy Analyst and Author {The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food, Real Food for a Change} Dr. Roberts is widely respected as the former manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council and as a leading member of the City of Toronto’s Environmental Task Force. Saturday January 24th 2015 Showplace Peterborough 290 GEORGE STREET NORTH 7:30 P.M. Entrance with ReFrame Festival Pass WWW.KWIC.INFO In partnership with the award-winning ReFrame Saturday night feature film, Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story By Grant Baldwin (2014, 74 minutes) Fund ed Ma's in Food StudiesThe following are two funded MA positions beginning Fall 2015, addressing the following topics related to the social context of waste management:
1) Food waste and food security at different points in the Canadian food value chain (e.g. at the household level, in retail settings, on farms); 2) Topics relating to food waste, urban poverty / inequality, and food security. Please contact Dr. Kate Parizeau (kate.parizeau@uoguelph.ca) for further information about potential research projects, funding package details, or more information about the Department of Geography at the University of Guelph (see also www.uoguelph.ca/geography). Introducing our new logo!Beating out Design E by only a few votes, design B has been chosen by majority vote! Thank you to EVERYONE for giving us your opinion and participating in our Logo Competition!
What's Cooking with safss 2015“What’s Cooking with SAFSS”
By Dani Richardson and Helen McCarthy (co-Presidents) The Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems program was started in 2011, featuring both arts and science streams. This program provides tools to effect change, and challenges students to create food systems that are equitable, ecologically sensitive, and productive. The SAFS Society aims to increase student engagement while fostering a community of students interested in deepening their understanding of sustainable food systems. We hope to partner with a variety of stakeholders on campus, and invite all students (regardless of program) to join us as members or volunteers. Things you can expect from us this semester: Meet and Greet Sunday January 25th Join us from 5:45-8pm at The Only after the ReFrame showing of “Fed Up” (4pm, for 92 mins at Showplace). Discuss the film with other foodies, socialize and enjoy a favorite local venue! All ages welcome! Local Food Days Mark Wednesday February 4th and Wednesday March 18th on your calendars! Visit all of the Symons campus food service providers for free samples of local product based dishes from 11am-1pm. Vote for your favorite dish to determine the winner of The Golden Beet award, and for a chance to win one of our great prizes courtesy of ChocoSol, The Main Ingredient, Two Dishes Cookshop, Chartwells and more local organizations and establishments! Thank you to our partners at Gzowski College, Meal Exchange and the ERS department. TEDxManhattan Screening- “Changing the Way We Eat” Saturday March 7th (location and more details TBA) Pollinators and Soil event End of March (location and more details TBA) Interested in celebrating the UN designated “Year of Soils”? Want to learn more about pollinators, and share that info with the larger student body population? Get involved in the planning of this exciting event! Other projects that SAFSS are partnering with include the Trent Experimental Farm and Chartwells Key Focus Initiative Gardens. Vote for SAFSS LogoWe have 5 Logo submissions and we would like your feedback and opinion!
Please vote below! Student Job OpportunitySustainable Agriculture and Food Systems website development
Responsibilities of this position include developing content for the SAFS website (www.trentu.ca/agriculture). It will include developing ideas regarding useful and interesting content, obtaining information from SAFS faculty and other sources, and composing web-ready text and visual material. Qualifications: This position is open to any Trent student with an interest in sustainable agriculture, and a demonstrated ability to gather information and communicate clearly and effectively. This is a part-time, flexible position; the work can be done at any time during the Winter 2015 term, but must be completed by April 3 2015. Rate of pay: $11.95/hour. Number of hours: 50. Interested students are invited to contact: Stephen Bocking ([email protected]), Chair, Environmental and Resource Science/Studies Program. garden brainstorming meetingWhat: Chartwells has chosen Trent to be a part of it's cross-Canada Key Focus Initiative Project. It has been decided that the KFI at Trent was to be the "Experimental Farm" and sourcing to Food Services at Trent. This means that we are trying to get a working, economically, environmentally and socially sustainable produce growing farm going for this coming growing season. This meeting will be to brainstorm and plan next actions for this project. Bring a lunch!
Date: Sunday Dec 7th Time: 11:15am-1:00pm Where: Room 301 Sadleir House Please RSVP to [email protected]! ECoLOGical Farmers of Ontario COnference 2014'Growing CIties' Screening
Hosted by Peterborough Community Garden Network: Growing Cities Screening/ Where do we grow from here? Nov.26th
Film Screening: Growing Cities Discussion: PCGN: Where do we grow from here? Wednesday November 26th 6:30pm All Saints Anglican Church All Welcome! Free! Snacks Provided! Please RSVP to [email protected] or 705.745.3238 x204 Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers
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Presented by Jamican Self-Help
Wednesday November 12, 2014 – 7:30 PM You’ve heard a lot about Temporary Foreign Workers, now come hear from them! Join 3 migrant workers – a Live-In Caregiver, a Farmworker, and a Restaurant worker – to learn about their struggles, their rights, and the laws that impact them. Join our fight to build strong, healthy communities for all of us. RSVP HERE FACEBOOK EVENT |
Deliberating Dissent: From Fighting Words To Radical Action
GE FOods & Human Health Speakers Tour
Do you have concerns about the impact of GE and GMO foods? Come hear a scientific perspective on the risks to your health. Join Dr. Thierry Vrain, a retired genetic engineer who after a 30-year career with Agriculture Canada now speaks against GE technology, and Mr. Tony Mitra, an internationally active citizen journalist and food security activist, to discuss your concerns about GE foods, and how you can take action.
Wenjack Theatre, Trent University
11AM-1PM
This is a FREE, BY DONATION or Pay-What-You-Can event!
Register either on the facebook page
or on eventbright
Please share!
Wenjack Theatre, Trent University
11AM-1PM
This is a FREE, BY DONATION or Pay-What-You-Can event!
Register either on the facebook page
or on eventbright
Please share!
Canadian Tasting Fair!
Sunday, November 30, 2014
11am to 4pm
Wychwood Barns
601 Christie Street, Toronto
A collection of Artisan food producers for your sampling, tasting, and purchasing pleasure!
11am to 4pm
Wychwood Barns
601 Christie Street, Toronto
A collection of Artisan food producers for your sampling, tasting, and purchasing pleasure!
November 16th 2014, 11:00am
Trent University
Sacred Seeds, a talk with internationally renowned author and 'seed' activist, Dr. Vandana Shiva at11am, Wenjack Theatre, Otonabee College at Trent University.
Tickets are limited and in advance only. Request your tickets on-line here. Donations accepted at the door (suggested $20 or pay what you can). Dr Shiva's book, Sacred Seeds, will be on sale before and following the talk. We do not anticipate time for book signing.
We also invite you to join us afterwards at the Gathering Space in Gzowski College for refreshments and a post-talk gathering to discuss Vandana's work in our local context!
Dr. Shiva is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award and holds a PhD in Quantum Theory from the University of Western Ontario. In 1991, she founded ʻNavdanya,ʼ a movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially seeds, and to oppose the aims of the World Trade Organization agreement, which would have all seeds susceptible to genetic modification patents and becoming intellectual property.
For more info please call 705-748-1680
Trent University
Sacred Seeds, a talk with internationally renowned author and 'seed' activist, Dr. Vandana Shiva at11am, Wenjack Theatre, Otonabee College at Trent University.
Tickets are limited and in advance only. Request your tickets on-line here. Donations accepted at the door (suggested $20 or pay what you can). Dr Shiva's book, Sacred Seeds, will be on sale before and following the talk. We do not anticipate time for book signing.
We also invite you to join us afterwards at the Gathering Space in Gzowski College for refreshments and a post-talk gathering to discuss Vandana's work in our local context!
Dr. Shiva is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award and holds a PhD in Quantum Theory from the University of Western Ontario. In 1991, she founded ʻNavdanya,ʼ a movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially seeds, and to oppose the aims of the World Trade Organization agreement, which would have all seeds susceptible to genetic modification patents and becoming intellectual property.
For more info please call 705-748-1680
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
The Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Award
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is pleased to announce an endowed award that honors the seminal work Dr. Marchione did on behalf of the poor and undernourished in academics and through his work as a Peace Corps volunteer, at The Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, The Great Lakes Project on the Economic Crisis and USAID. Made possible through generous donations of family and friends, this annual award will be given to a student whose work continues and expands Dr. Marchione’s efforts toward food justice, food security and access, and most directly, food as a human right. Students applying for this award should demonstrate active and productive engagement with food security and food sovereignty issues. The award can be in recognition of exemplary work already accomplished, in progress, or for proposed research in the field of food as a human right and the social justice aspects of food systems. It should show concern for the poor and undernourished and a willingness to take an active role in working on behalf of food sovereignty. Ideally, it would be given to those who are trying to work, in Dr. Marchione's words, on “the best and more sustainable approaches to fulfill the right to food.” Given Dr. Marchione’s legacy, preference will be given to proposals from students actively engaged in the central issues that animated his career as a scholar-activist.
There will be one annual award of $600. The award may be for proposed or in-process research or a research prize for completed work. The deadline for applications is October 31st, 2014. The award will be presented to the awardee at the SAFN annual business meeting at the AAA annual meeting.
http://foodanthro.com/thomas-marchione-award/
2014 Christine Wilson Student Paper Award
Christine Wilson Award
Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
2014 Christine Wilson Student Paper Award
DEADLINE OCT 31st
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) is pleased to invite students to submit papers in competition for the 2014 Christine Wilson Awards presented to outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research papers that examine topics within the perspectives in nutrition, food studies and anthropology.
Papers may report on research undertaken in whole or in part by the author. Co –authored work is acceptable, provided that submitting student is first author. Papers must have as their primary focus an anthropological approach to the study of food and/or nutrition and must present original, empirical research; literature reviews are not eligible. Papers that propose a new conceptual framework or outline novel research designs or methodological approaches are especially welcome. Winners will be recognized and presented with an award at the 2014 AAA meeting in Washington, DC and receive a year’s membership in SAFN.
Students (undergraduate or graduate) must be currently enrolled or enrolled during in the past academic year (Fall 2013 to present). The text of papers should be no longer than 25 pages, double-spaced and follow AAA style guidelines. For application details please click on the link above or go here.
Deadline: October 31, 2014
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is pleased to announce an endowed award that honors the seminal work Dr. Marchione did on behalf of the poor and undernourished in academics and through his work as a Peace Corps volunteer, at The Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, The Great Lakes Project on the Economic Crisis and USAID. Made possible through generous donations of family and friends, this annual award will be given to a student whose work continues and expands Dr. Marchione’s efforts toward food justice, food security and access, and most directly, food as a human right. Students applying for this award should demonstrate active and productive engagement with food security and food sovereignty issues. The award can be in recognition of exemplary work already accomplished, in progress, or for proposed research in the field of food as a human right and the social justice aspects of food systems. It should show concern for the poor and undernourished and a willingness to take an active role in working on behalf of food sovereignty. Ideally, it would be given to those who are trying to work, in Dr. Marchione's words, on “the best and more sustainable approaches to fulfill the right to food.” Given Dr. Marchione’s legacy, preference will be given to proposals from students actively engaged in the central issues that animated his career as a scholar-activist.
There will be one annual award of $600. The award may be for proposed or in-process research or a research prize for completed work. The deadline for applications is October 31st, 2014. The award will be presented to the awardee at the SAFN annual business meeting at the AAA annual meeting.
http://foodanthro.com/thomas-marchione-award/
2014 Christine Wilson Student Paper Award
Christine Wilson Award
Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
2014 Christine Wilson Student Paper Award
DEADLINE OCT 31st
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) is pleased to invite students to submit papers in competition for the 2014 Christine Wilson Awards presented to outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research papers that examine topics within the perspectives in nutrition, food studies and anthropology.
Papers may report on research undertaken in whole or in part by the author. Co –authored work is acceptable, provided that submitting student is first author. Papers must have as their primary focus an anthropological approach to the study of food and/or nutrition and must present original, empirical research; literature reviews are not eligible. Papers that propose a new conceptual framework or outline novel research designs or methodological approaches are especially welcome. Winners will be recognized and presented with an award at the 2014 AAA meeting in Washington, DC and receive a year’s membership in SAFN.
Students (undergraduate or graduate) must be currently enrolled or enrolled during in the past academic year (Fall 2013 to present). The text of papers should be no longer than 25 pages, double-spaced and follow AAA style guidelines. For application details please click on the link above or go here.
Deadline: October 31, 2014
WHO WANTS TO BE A FARMER? YOUTH, GENDER, AND AGRICULTURAL FUTURES
When: October 21st 7pm
Where: Guelph Public Library, 100 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario
What:Ben White Free Lecture
Register HERE
When: October 21st 7pm
Where: Guelph Public Library, 100 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario
What:Ben White Free Lecture
Register HERE
Pollinator Day!
"On Saturday November 1, 2014, Farms at Work will present this full-day workshop designed for farmers, landowners and concerned citizens. Pollination biologist, Susan Chan will outline the fundamentals of pollination, as well as habitat requirements for pollinators and beneficial insects. Case studies will be presented, and strategies for mitigating threats to pollinators will be proposed.
Susan has been invited to give presentations to thousands of people across Ontario, and her extensive research is inspiring farmers and landowners to implement pollinator conservation plans on their own properties.
Our special guest, Dr. Rosana Pellizzari, Medical Officer of Health for Peterborough City and County, will speak to recent research completed by Public Health Ontario on neonicotinoid pesticides.
Participants will each receive a copy of Farms at Work's A Landowner's Guide to Conserving Native Pollinators in Ontario, and will participate by building a nest for cavity-dwelling bees to take home for use on their own properties.
There will also be ample time to visit the Pollination Exhibition, where participants can interact with stewardship organizations and regional businesses that provide pollinator-friendly plant material and services to landowners. If you operate a native plant nursery or are part of a stewardship organization and would like to become an exhibitor, please let us know!"
-Farms At Work
http://farmsatwork.ca/event/pollinator-day-0