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Spring 2009
Calendar of Activities
Notes on Location and Contacts for Activity
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1 Classroom Seminar: 3339 Faculty Administration Building. Please contact Kami Pothukuchi at k.pothukuchi@wayne.edu, the day before the seminar at the latest, to confirm that a seat is available for you.
2 Woodshop: Basement of Community Arts Building (450 Reuther Mall). To volunteer, please contact Will Ahee at w.ahee@wayne.edu, with your available times.
3 Earth Week Garden Build Event: Behind St. Andrews (918 Luddington Mall). Garden beds will be laid on site, and filled with dirt and compost to ready for planting. Refreshments will be provided. To volunteer, please contact Will Ahee at w.ahee@wayne.edu.
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Wed, Feb. 25
5:30 to 7 PM
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Classroom1 Seminar: Hunger in Detroit: The Benefits and Limits of Food Assistance Programs
DeWayne Wells, President, Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, Detroit
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March
Mons, Weds
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Volunteer Woodshop2 Activity: Garden Bed Prep (Cutting, oiling, drilling)
Mondays: 10 AM to 12 Noon, 2 PM to 4 PM; Wednesdays: 2 PM to 4 PM
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Wed, March 11
5:30 to 7 PM
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Classroom1 Seminar: A City Food Resource Center?: The Eastern Market
Dan Carmody, Executive Director, The Eastern Market Corporation, Detroit
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Wed, March 25
5:30 to 7 PM
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Classroom1 Seminar: Making Local Sourcing Work: The Henry Ford
Susan Schmidt, Director of Food Service and Catering Operations, The Henry Ford, Dearborn
Jennifer Fike, Executive Director, Food System Economic Partnership, Ann Arbor
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April
Mons, Weds
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Volunteer Woodshop2 Activity: Garden Bed Prep (Cutting, oiling, drilling)
Mondays: 10 AM to 12 Noon and 2 PM to 4 PM; Wednesdays: 2 PM to 4 PM
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Wed, April 1
5:30 to 7 PM
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Classroom1 Seminar: Urban Agriculture for Food Security: The Detroit Garden Resource Program Collaborative
Patrick Crouch, Manager, Earthworks Urban Farm (Capuchin Soup Kitchen),
Ashley Atkinson, Director of Urban Agriculture, Greening of Detroit, and Convenor, Garden Resource Program Collaborative, Detroit
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Wed, April 8
5:30 to 7 PM
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Classroom1 Seminar: Organic Food and Farming: Politics and Practice
Jim Bingen, Ph.D., Professor of Community, Food, and Agriculture, Michigan State University; Board President of Michigan Organic Food and Farming Association, Lansing
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Wed, April 15
5:30 to 7 PM
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Classroom1 Seminar: Community Food Planning and Policy: Justice, Self-Reliance, and Prosperity in Community Food Systems
Malik Yakini, Co-chair, Detroit Black Food Security Network, Detroit
Nikita Buckhoy, Coordinator, Detroit Food and Fitness Collaborative, Detroit
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Sat., April 18
10 AM to 3 PM
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Earth Week Volunteer Garden-Build3 Event: St. Andrew’s Allotment Garden:
Behind St. Andrew’s Church, between the church and the Lodge Service Drive
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Tues, April 21
5:30 to 7 PM
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Earth Week Public4 Lecture: The Right to Food Security: Lessons from Belo Horizonte (Brazil)’s Policies and Programs
Cecilia Rocha, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nutrition Policy, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Spencer Partrich Auditorium, WSU Law School
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April & May, TBD
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June 3-Oct 30
Wednesdays
11 AM to 4 PM
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Wayne State Wednesday Farmers Market
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