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[Jeff Piestrak <jmp36 AT cornell.edu>]

Collaborative Engagement and Empowered Food Systems:
Lessons from Vermont

Mon. April 23, 2012, 1-2:30 pm
Mann Library Seminar Room 160, Cornell University
Free and Open to the Public

Chris Koliba and Erica Campbell will be visiting Ithaca to talk about their work around collaborative engagement in support of healthy food systems in Vermont, empowering and connecting stakeholders from farm to plate. This event is free and open to the public -please join us!

Koliba will describe some innovative "transdisciplinary" approaches being explored at the University of Vermont (UVM). Less concerned with a focus on a particular discipline, transdisciplinarity aims instead for a research approach that is respectful of and actively engaged with the real world and its needs. In May of 2010 a "Food Systems Spire" was chosen as one of UVM's Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives. He is Co-Director of the Master of Public Administration Degree Program and an Assistant Professor in the Community Development and Applied Economics Department at University of Vermont (UVM).

Campbell, director of the Vermont Farm to Plate Network, will talk about her work with this emerging multi-stakeholder food systems “governance network”. These collaborative networks offer unique opportunities for empowering communities and food systems. Decentralized and responsive to local needs, they can also support innovation, equity and resilience across broad regions.

Sponsored by Mann Library, the Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Group (FANG) and New World Agriculture and Ecology Group (NWAEG). Funding provided by GPSA-FC.

More info: http://bit.ly/collab-food
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Getting there:
-Cornell interactive map: http://www.cornell.edu/maps/interactive.cfm
-Campus parking map: http://www.transportation.cornell.edu/tms/cms/parking/commuting/walkers/upload/VisitorParkingMap-11.pdf
-Parking meters: http://www.transportation.cornell.edu/tms/cms/parking/campusparking/visitors/metered.cfm
-TCAT Bus Trip Planner: http://tcat.nextinsight.com/

Apologies for cross-posting!