Check out UC Berkeley’s online series Edible Education. Monday nights at 6.30 pm PST, 8.30 pm CMT. LIVE STREAM https://www.youtube.com/user/ESYProject If you missed the first lectures in the section “the trouble with the food system” you can stream the recorded lectures too. Here is the schedule PART I – “The Trouble with the Food System” […]
Month: February 2015
Students Apply for the 2015-16 U of I Student Sustainability Committee
Hey, are you a U of I student? If so, do you want to participate in one of the most important committees on campus? Then the Student Sustainability Committee might be for you. It a student-led organization charged with the distribution of two student fees – the Sustainable Campus Environment Fee and the Cleaner Energy […]
Events: Friday Forum Panel
Every semester, the University YMCA hosts a series of free talks on a particular issue relevant to the community. For Spring 2015, that issue is Food Justice. This week’s Friday Forum will be a panel on Expanding the Local Food Movement, with guests Brad Uken, from the Champaign County Farm Bureau, Rick Weinzierl, a professor at UIUC, […]
2015 Conservation Stewardship Program Applications Due!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that funds will be available this year through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Although NRCS accepts applications all year, agricultural producers and forest landowners should submit applications by Feb. 27, 2015 to ensure they are considered for this year’s funding. Applications received after that […]