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2009 Fall Semester Seminars on
Sustainability of Food Systems

sponsored by
Community Nutrition Program, Division of Nutritional Sciencies,
Cornell Centere for a Sustainable Future (CCSF),
Cornell Department of Development Sociology, and
Cornell Department of Applied Economics and Management

December 4th, 2009
Sustainable Food Systems as a Social Movement: Multiple Dimensions of Sustainable Food Systems
Cornelia Butler Flora, Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Sociology at Iowa State University

December 4th, 2009
Evaluating and Measuring Community Sustainability
Cornelia Butler Flora, Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Sociology at Iowa State University
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November 9th, 2009
Sustainability of Food Systems: An Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at Cornell University
Miguel Gómez, Department of Applied Economics and Management,
Ardyth Gillespie, Division of Nutritional Sciences, and
Louise Buck, Department of Natural Resources

November 18th, 2009
SFS Team Internal Workshop
Sustainability of Food Systems: Current Status and Future Directions

November 4th, 2009
Seeking Justice in Sustainable Food Systems: Alternatives in Theory and Practice
Patricia Allen , Director, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable
Food Systems, University of California at Santa Cruz

September 22nd, 2009
Workshop: A Philosophical Approach to Improving Cross-Disciplinary Communication
Professors Sanford Eigenbrode and Michael O'Rourke,
University of Idaho
The Toolbox Project, University of Idaho, Boise State University & the National Science Fundation

September 18th, 2009
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Booneville, Arkansas:  A 1,294 Mile Peri-Urban-Rural Interface – Not as Different as They May Seem
The Eastern Seaboard Food Security Project: Systems that link local production with regional consumer demand
Jeffrey Steiner, National Program Leader, General Biological Science, Integrated Agricultural Systems, USDA Agriculture Research Service, and
Timothy Griffin, Associate Professor at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

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More Information

For more information about the SFS group activity contact:

Miguel Gomez
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Economics and Management
246 Warren Hall
(607) 255-8159
mig7@cornell.edu

Arecibo at Dusk

Photo: Eric Hunt