Food and Ideas Gathering | Food Systems Research Center | The University of Vermont(title)

The Food and Ideas Gathering (FIG) seminar series aims to foster research collaboration, create community, and engage in conversation about transdisciplinary approaches to issues and solutions within the food system. This is a space where we can gather, learn, brainstorm, and exchange ideas.
Hilary Martin talks on farmer panel

Fall 2024 Theme: Food Procurement

Dates:
Friday October 4th
Friday November 1st
Friday December 6th

3pm
Leahy 102

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Speakers from UVM and beyond give talks on food systems topics. Each FIG features one or more presentations, with time for questions and discussion over food. This seminar series is presented by Food Systems Research Center and the Food Systems Graduate Program.

FIG events are held monthly on Friday at 3pm in the Leahy Building, Room 102

Friday December 6th: Hunting Talk with Vermont Fish & Wildlife followed by a wild game dinner

Friday November 1st: Vermont Wild Kitchen "A Conversation About Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging"

Friday October 4th: Ashley McCarthy ""Home and wild food procurement: Can participating improve food and nutrition security?"

 

 

Contact Allison.Spain@uvm.edu with any questions.

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A Q-and-A session followed Pablo Bose's talk on refugee agriculture and climate change.

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Past FIG Events

Fall 2024
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Friday October 1, 2024: Home and wild food procurement: Can participating improve food and nutrition security? Ashley McCarthy, postdoctoral associate

Spring 2024: Natural Sciences
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Wednesday April 17th: Introducing: The Climate Kitchen: A Maker's Space for Collaboration and Experimentation with Amy Trubek and the Soil Health Research and Extension Center with Joshua Faulkner and Deb Neher

An introduction of two new FSRC-funded initiatives at UVM.

Wednesday March 20th: Lightning Talks from Dairy Science Post-Docs

"Moo-difying the fat content of dairy foods to improve human health" Andrew Magnuson 

"Beyond the Rind: Delving into Vermont's Cheese Resistome" Felipe Machado de Sant'Anna

"Sustainable dairy pastures: dung, dirt, and biodiversity" Bryony Sands

Wednesday February 7th: Strategies for improving sustainability and capacity of Northeastern ruminant livestock systems

Matthew M. McIntosh, PhD , Research Animal Scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Fall 2023: Climate Change and Food Systems
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Friday December 8th: Climate Change and Farming in Vermont

Panel: Matt Lasser from Reap and Sow Farm, Hilary Martin from Digger’s Mirth, Bruce Hennessey from Maple Wind Farm, Ransom Conant from Conant’s Riverside Farm

Moderator: Kate Longfield from the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition

Thursday, November 9th: Navigating contradictions: Climate adaptation planning at the farm and regional scale

Courtney Hammond-Wagner, Research Social Scientist, USDA-ARS and Rachel Schattman, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, UMaine

Friday October 20th: Starting Over Again...and Again: Climate Change and Refugee Agriculture

Pablo Bose, Professor, Department of Geography and Geosciences and Director of the Global and Regional Studies Program