Many neighborhood gardens and small market garden farms could use help at harvest — check out Craig’s list! Harvest in the Cornwall Park neighborhood Processing milk into cheese — making Mozarella Just before stretching — Mozarella Norwegian lefsa, paper thin — for fall Scandinavian Fair
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Summer capstone — Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
Field-based Agroecology and Sustainable Ag courseENVS 410 (Huxley capstone)July 27-August 2overnight camping, weekends and afternoonsSpace limitedContact Gigi Berardi or David Swayne gigi.berardi@wwu.edu swayned2@students.wwu.edu Principles and core concepts of regenerative and resilient food systems Ecology of food (research and practice) Raw foods, grass-based diets, and homesteading practices Practical applications and field work Field trips and field visits Permaculture design principles
Study Food in Italy
Florence, ItalyStudy food this summer in Italy ENVS 437L Ecogastronomy Intensive 10 creditsWWU: June 16, 2014 (online option available)Florence, Italy: June 22 – July 6,2014Optional excursion: Switzerland (June 19 – 22, 2014) This food course begins with a culinary intensive in Bellingham, also available online, then moves to Florence, Italy, where students study Italian and food culture…
6 food events in January and February — to promote and to bond around Italy, good times, good books, and good food
The following are the February info sessions for the Food Cultures of Italy class, as well as events at the Co-op and Village Books in Bellingham, WA. The info sessions are more geared towards the student course in June and July — but all of these are opportunities to meet up, talk, and answer questions. Best…
Information session for Italy Thursday, January 16 at 4:00-5:00
Hello all, the next information session is fast upon us — See http://www.wwu.edu/ee/studyabroad/index.shtml#summer at 4:00-5:00 in CH 137 An additional information/food session will be Monday, Feb. 3 at the downtown Community Food Co-op at 6:30. Fee $6-8. Italy program includes 14 nights lodging Most meals 7 excursions, including 2 into the countryside (biodynamic farm, wine estate) Daily…
Italy information session Thursday, Nov. 21
The first info session for Ecogastronomy: Food Cultures of Italy will be Thursday, November 21. College Hall 137 (Western Washington University) at 4-5. Kindly spread the word. See http://www.wwu.edu/ee/studyabroad/index.shtml#summer Please note the following: EESP helps direct people to financial aid — over half the students have financial aid who enroll in the program. Excursions are not…
Travel to Italy this summer!
First Info Session, Italy summer course, Thursday, November 21, College Hall 137 Gigi Berardi Nov 5 at 10:31am Florence, Italy Study food this summer in Italy ENVS 437L: Ecogastronomy Intensive 10 credits WWU: June 16, 2014 (online option available)Florence, Italy: June 22 – July 6,2014Optional excursion: Switzerland (June 19 – 22, 2014) This food course…
Kitchen Literacy
As noted by Ann Vileisis, Not to know at large of things remote from use, obscure and subtle, but to know that which before us lies in daily life, is the prime wisdom. – Milton, as quoted by Ann Vileisis in Kitchen Literacy Kitchen literacy means having some connection to the sources of the meats and nuts…
Small is beautiful — Bellewood Acres
Well, as you can see below, the homey Bellewood Acres expanded in the past few years. But not so large, that its near-perfect pie dough still is produced in small batches andstored in ordinary zip-lock bags
Fresh milk, in western Washington and in Italy
Cheese in brine Cheese, air drying In Italy, fresh cup of coffee, fresh milk from the machine