Harvest on Summer Street

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  

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…

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