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Sustainable Food Forum

Hosted by AppalFRESH (Food Research for Equity, Sustainability and Health Collaborative), this unique event will occur on Thursday, October 27th at 6pm in Appalachian State University's College of Education, Room 124. This event will be a forum to share sustainable food research and outreach work from a wide range of perspectives with members of campus and the wider community to help create future collaborations
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ASU AppalFRESH Speakers:
Lanae Ball, Nutrition (food Insecurity on college campuses)
Lee Ball, Office of Sustainability (food bank, bee campus certification, and campus gardens)
Susan Doll, Sustainable Tech & the Built Environment (sustainable technology in the food system)
Amy Galloway, Psychology (potential roles for psychologists in sustainable food research)
Jacqui Ignatova, Sustainable Development (politics of genetically modified crops in Ghana)
Jessica Martell, English (impact of industrial food production upon the modern literary imagination)
Carla Ramsdell, Physics and Astronomy (The physics of energy efficient food)
James Wilkes, Computer Science (integral role honey bees play in a diversity of food systems)
Karen Lemke, Education (Local food systems as resistance to neoliberalism)
Zack Vernon, English (F.A.R.M. Cafe as a model for an improved food system)

Speakers from the Community:
Carol Coulter, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
Rachel Davis, Hospitality House
CarolAnn Busher, Casting Bread Ministries
Laurie Cimino, Appalachian Health District, Watauga WIC Program

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  • Past Events
  • High Country Food Summit
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      • Dinner with Ronni Lundy & Friends
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        • Parking Directions
    • Sustainable Food Week (2016 Fall) >
      • Sustainable Food Forum
    • High Country Food Summit (2016 Spring) >
      • Schedule
      • Speaker Bios