Community Nutrition Seminars
September 14
Dr. Isatou Jallow
"Discussion: Gender and the work of the World Food Program"
September 28, 11:15 am (postponed until November)
Louise Buck, Natural Resources, Cornell
Ardyth Gillespie, Division of Nutritional Sciences
"Innovation Systems Model and Collaborative Engaged Research: The Cornell Sustainability of Food Systems Project"
October 5, 11:15 am
Parke. Wilde, Associate Professor at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy of Tufts University will speak on The Economics of the Thrifty Food Plan.
October 5, 4:00 pm (co-sponsored with Field of Nutrition)
Dr. Harriet Friedmann, University of Toronto
"The Ontario Foodshed Project: Research on the Organizational Ecology of an Emerging Regional Agri-Food System"
October 19, 11:15 am, 200 Savage Hall
Prof. Harriet Friedmann, University of Toronto
Join an informal conversation about food systems approaches to community nutrition with Prof. Friedmann, currently a visiting fellow to Cornell's Department of Development Sociology and a member of the Toronto Food Policy Council.
October 26, 11:15 am
Dr. Virginia Utermohlen, Cornell University
"The Power of Labels: Choice and Visual Engagement in a Labeled World"
November 2, 4:00 pm (co-sponsored with Field of Nutrition)
Dr. Colin Campbell, Cornell University
November 4
Patricia Allen
"Seeking justice in sustainable food systems: Alternatives in theory and practice"
November 9
Miguesl Gomez, Applied Economics and Management
Louise Buck, Natural Resources
Ardyth Gillespie, Division of Nutritional Sciences
"The Cornell Sustainable Food Systems multi-disciplinary research project"
November 16
Christine Porter, PhD candidate, Cornell University
"Common ground: beyond individual vs. environment perspectives on childhood obesity prevention."
November 23
Katherine Dickin, Cornell University
Canceled
November 30 (co-sponsored with Field of Nutrition)
Jennifer Cowan, Cornell University