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The Sustainability Office has a Fall Speaker Series which is exploring the farming and food we eat: how it is grown, who grows it, and issues surrounding this topic. I worked with Program Coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, Hannah Slodounik to put up an exhibit in ZSR to promote the series called “Make Every Bite Count” and this provocative subject which affects all of our lives.

There will be three events in the series:

• Wednesday, September 10 – a panel discussion called Make Every Bite Count will include Orchardist, Eliza Greenman of Foggy Ridge Cider; Eric Hallman of The Livestock Conservancy; April MacGregor, of The Farmer’s Daughter brand; and will be moderated by Jeanette Wesley, Regional Slow Food Governor.
• Tuesday, October 2 – GMO OMG: Documentary Film and Discussion- This film made by director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert, explores the issues around GMO’s and how they are affecting our diet.
• Tuesday, November 4 – Keynote speaker, Vandana Shiva. In November 2010, Forbes Magazine identified Dr. Shiva as one of the Seven Most Powerful Women on the Globe. She will speak on issues relating to women in the Third World and Navdanya, a national movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources – especially native seed – and to promote organic farming and fair trade, which she founded.

I encourage you to check out the library exhibit and these fascinating speakers.