The University of Central Arkansas Honors College
Challenge Week 2009
Just Food:
Farm-to-Fork Food Systems for 21st Century Communities
Wednesday, November 4th
The symposium kicks off
with a special screening of the documentary Food, Inc. at 7:00 p.m. at the Market Street Cinema in Little Rock.
Tickets are $5.00, but students get in free with a student ID.
Thursday, November 5th
Joel Berg, former USDA executive in the Clinton Administration
and currently the Executive Director of the New York City Coalition against Hunger, will speak about hunger.
Thursday, November 5th, 7:00 p.m.
Clinton School for Public Service in Little Rock.
Clinton School for Public Service in Little Rock.
Monday, November 9th
Chris Taylor, creator of the documentary Food Fight, will screen and discuss his film,
which tells the story of 20th Century agribusiness and American food culture.
Monday, November 9th, 7:00 p.m.
McCastlain Ballroom, UCA campus.
McCastlain Ballroom, UCA campus.
Tuesday, November 10th
Woody Tasch, former venture capitalist and
author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered, will speak about community investment.
Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00 p.m.
McCastlain Ballroom, UCA campus.
McCastlain Ballroom, UCA campus.
Photo: Patty Kestin
Wednesday, November 11th
Marion Nestle, the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
at New York University and author of Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, will speak about the Food Revolution.
Wednesday, November 11th, 7:00 p.m.
Ida Waldran Auditorium, UCA campus.
Co-sponsored by the UCA Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Ida Waldran Auditorium, UCA campus.
Co-sponsored by the UCA Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Thursday, November 12th
Joel Salatin, renowned “grass farmer” of Polyface Farm in the Shenandoah Valley
and author of Everything I Want to Do is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front,
will speak about sustainable farming and federal food policy.
Thursday, November 12th, 7:00 p.m.
Arkansas State House Convention Center,
Little Rock.
Co-sponsored by Heifer International.
Arkansas State House Convention Center,
Little Rock.
Co-sponsored by Heifer International.
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