Community Garden Scholar

Sharing from the Monadnock Farm & Community Coalition: Join the  Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition and  the Monadnock Food Coop  for the  2017 Feast on This! Film Festival featuring films screened at the Los Angeles Food & Film Festival + featuring Real Food Media's  POPUP Film Festival FILM SCHEDULE *****   JOIN MFCC  as we honor  LOCAL FOOD HERO,  FARMER JOHN'S PLOT , who is dedicated to educating, empowering and employing the next generation of farmers, while providing sustainable food to our surrounding communities. Honor follows screening of Real Food Media's POPup Film Festival on  Saturday, November 11, 2017, 7pm - 9pm  at The Hive at Hannah Grimes Center. (See Film Schedule) ***** Our films educate our community about the diverse issues affecting our national, regional and local food and agricultural systems.  We chose films that will spa...

Cultivating Community:  Portraying work in local food system issues as experienced by people in the Monadnock Region Jess Gerrior, MS - Antioch University New England Project Description: This project involves people in the Monadnock Region who are engaged in work around local food system issues. Whether farming, gardening, educating, purchasing, or advocating for a more just, vibrant, and sustainable food system, there are many ways people experience this work. "Cultivating Community" is a doctoral service learning project focused on what their work entails, what it takes to do it, why they are involved, and what it means. "Cultivating Community" events are informal gatherings fo r people engaged or interested in work around local food system issues. Participants are invited to share and discuss their perspectives. My role in the project is to facilitate the creation of a realistic portrayal of participants' work, which will be a new, share...

Sharing from AUNE's  Sustainability and Social Justice Committee :  Antioch University New England will join colleges and universities around the globe and  AASHE , The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, for  Campus Sustainability Month ! Week 1:    Mon -  Fri , Oct 2 - Oct 6     11am - 1pm   -  Campus Sustainability Month Tabling!  ( Upstairs Lobby) Learn more about sustainability efforts at AUNE Fill out a survey on FOOD INSECURITY ( or fill it out here ) to help us determine if students would benefit from a Food Pantry on campus  See what we have planned for the month Enter to Win an AUNE T-shirt, Sweatshirt, or Compost Pail! Friday, Oct 6,  6pm - FILM -  Flow  (Community Room) Week 2: Wednesday, Oct 11,  11:30am - 12:30pm WORKSHOP:  The Story of Stuff: Living Simply  (Community Room) Friday, Oct 13 ,   5-7pm , "5 at the Hi...

I will   be at these events as a participant and to photograph activities as part of my doctoral service learning project. Please join us! Film Screening  TOMORROW!   Tuesday, October 3rd at 6:00pm Stonewall Farm in Keene, NH     DIRT! The Movie DIRT! The Movie  brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil. Following the film, Keene State Professor, Dr. Mark Long, will facilitate a panel discussion on the topic of soil and its role as the foundation of a healthy food system - and society. View the Trailer More events in our  Dirt Series! The Natural and Cultural History of Soil is a series of educational events on the theme of soil as the foundation of a healthy food system - a...