{"id":14620,"date":"2014-04-04T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=14620"},"modified":"2014-04-04T10:14:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T16:14:02","slug":"food-revolution-celebration-scheduled-for-april-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=14620","title":{"rendered":"Food revolution celebration scheduled for April 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

A leader in a state-wide effort to move beyond fossil fuels and the organizer of a local pay-what-you can restaurant will lead evening events as part of an April 9 Sustainnovation celebration in the University Center and Berger Hall.<\/p>\n

\"Sustainnovation<\/a>Lyn Harwell, founder of Seeds Community Caf\u00e9 in downtown Colorado Springs and a former operations officer for Springs Rescue Mission, will join with Michael Brownlee, Boulder, in presenting \u201cThinking Like a Foodshed: How Local Food Will Feed the World\u201d beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Berger Hall. Brownlee is the co-founder of Transition Colorado, part of a national movement to reduce fossil fuel use.<\/p>\n

Harwell and Brownlee will cap a day-long series of events designed to highlight changes in food in Colorado Springs and on campus, according to Linda Kogan, director, Office of Sustainability.<\/p>\n

Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. with a welcome from Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak scheduled for 10 a.m. Video presentations, panel discussions and tours will follow. Various vendors will set up booths in Berger Hall and provide samples.<\/p>\n

Other highlights include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
10:00 a.m.<\/strong><\/td>\nWelcome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00 a.m.<\/strong><\/td>\nLocal farmer panel discussion moderated by Judith Rice-Jones, a retired Kraemer Family Library faculty member and current geography and environmental studies student.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/td>\nFree lunch for registered participants. To register, visit http:\/\/bit.ly\/1jtQY7m<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/td>\nUCCS food service panel moderated by Janel Owens, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/td>\nTours of the campus greenhouse led by Kelly Jennings and a guided hike on the bluffs north of campus by Andrea Hassler, trails specialist, Recreation Center.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For a complete list of events and speakers, visit http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/sustain\/get-involved\/sustainnovation.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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