Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, hosted by Common Energy UBC, Oxfam UBC, and the UBC Commerce Undergraduate Society’s Sustainability Committee. “Chew On This,” is a week-long series of lectures, panel discussions, and workshops. A diverse group of panelists will share their research and thoughts on the topic of Canada and what it means to have sustainable food in Canada.
Panelists include:
* Dr. Andrew Riseman, Associate Professor of Applied Biology and Plant Breeding in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems; co-chair of the Campus Academic Plan committee working to guide the future of the UBC Farm.
* Dr. Sean Smukler, Assistant Professor of Applied Biology and Soil Science; Junior Chair, Agriculture and the Environment; research working with farmers to assess impacts of farm management practices.
* Dr. James Vercammen, Professor in both the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the Sauder School of Business; research focussing on food and resource economics.
* Will Valley, Project Coordinator, Think&Eat Green@School; member of Inner City Farms. Will’s research interests include the analysis and application of community-engaged scholarship and food system education
* Anelyse Weiler, Communications Coordinator, UBC Farm
* and Sophia Baker-French, Registered Dietician; MSc Candidate in Human Nutrition; previous Research Assistant with Think and Eat Green @ School; prior coordinator at the UBC Farm School Tours program.
Moderator: Amy Frye, Acting Director of UBC Farm
Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library
Chapagain, T., & Riseman, A. (2012). Evaluation of heirloom and commercial cultivars of small grains under low input organic systems. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 3(5), 655-669. doi:10.4236/ajps.2012.35080 [Link]
Chapagain, T., & Riseman, A. (2014). Barley-pea intercropping: Effects on land productivity, carbon and nitrogen transformations. Field Crops Research, 166, 18-25. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2014.06.014 [Link]
Sánchez-Moreno, S., Smukler, S., Ferris, H., O’Geen, A. T., & Jackson, L. E. (2008). Nematode diversity, food web condition, and chemical and physical properties in different soil habitats of an organic farm: 1. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 44(5), 727. doi:10.1007/s00374-007-0256-0 [Link]
Brodt, S., Klonsky, K., Jackson, L., Brush, S. B., & Smukler, S. (2009). Factors affecting adoption of hedgerows and other biodiversity-enhancing features on farms in California, USA. Agroforestry Systems, 76(1), 195-206. doi:10.1007/s10457-008-9168-8 [Link]
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