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Campus event: Film screening of “Food Chains”

food chains campus posterWith support from Sustainable Post and the Sociology department, Sarah Pomerenke and I showed the film “Food Chains” at LIU Post. This event is part of a semester long campus focus on food and waste issues. As a graduate intern with Aramark, Sarah has worked on sustainable campus food issues. I was inspired to show this film on campus after viewing it at a community event hosted by Rural Migrant Ministries. This organization loaned us photography from the movie. We displayed these photos at the film screening and at other events on campus.

 

Food Chains flyer

 


Environmental Sociology course visits Fox Hollow Farm

Several students from my environmental sociology course visited Fox Hollow Farm in Huntington, NY to help plant garlic and learn about the wonderful work being done by the owners, Heather and Larry. After separating the garlic to bulb, Heather served us tea and muffins before we planted the garlic. They told us about their important work in Long Island to support small farms, local agriculture, organics, and social justice issues. We plan to return in a couple weeks.