Sustainable Food Week
Saturday, October 22ndSeed Drive and Seed Saving Demonstrations all morning at the Watauga County Farmers' Market.
Time: 8 am - 12 pm Bring your own open-pollinated, heirloom seeds to help populate a Seed Library or learn how to save seeds! |
Monday, October 24thPlant Walk with Marc Williams
Time: 3 pm - 4:30 pm Price: $10 Location: Meet at the Sustainable Development Civic Garden, formerly known as the Edible Schoolyard (301 Bodenheimer Drive) |
Monday, October 24thSustainable Food Week Keynote
“Conservation You Can Taste: Ethnobiologists in the Recovery of American Edibles and Livelihoods” an evening with Gary Paul Nabhan Time: 5:30 pm - 7 pm Location: ASU Belk Library (Room 114) |
Tuesday, October 25thFilm Screening: Food Chain$
Time: 7 pm Location: I.G Greer |
Wednesday, October 26thCampus Farmers' Market
Seed Saving Drive & Workshops Time: 10 am - 2 pm Location: ASU Sanford Mall |
Wednesday, October 26thSeed Saving as an Enterprise with Holly Whitesides Workshop
Time: 4:30 - 6:30 Location: Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture's office |
Thursday, October 27th AppalFRESH Sustainable Food Forum
Time: 6 - 7:30 pm Location: ASU Reich College of Education Room 124 B & C |
Saturday, October 29thWatauga County Farmers' Market
Time: 8 am - 12 pm Location: Horn in the West |
Saturday, October 29thApple Tasting
Time: 2 pm - 4 pm Price: $10 student, $15 for one, $25 for two Location: Watauga Agricultural Center (252 Poplar Grove Rd, Boone, NC 28607) |
2016's Sustainable Food Week (October 24th - October 29th) is presented through a collaboration with Appalachian State University, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, and community partners, like Watauga County Cooperative Extension, the Watauga County Farmers' Market, and the Watauga County Public Library. Sponsors and supporters from Appalachian State University include: AppalFRESH (Appalachian Food Research for Equity, Sustainability and Health) Collaborative, Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics (RIEEE), Office of Sustainability, the Department of Sustainable Development, the Department of Anthropology, and the Sustainable Development Student Alliance.
