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SUMMARY:Study Sustainable Agriculture in Switzerland and Italy
DESCRIPTION:Deadline to Register is February 1st\n\nCourse dates: Augu
 st 5-August 26*\n\nOption for one of two seminars:\nAugust 28/29 or Se
 ptember 11/12, 2010 (Inspiration Farm)\n\nESTU 497a: Agroecology Inten
 sive (8 credits)\nESTU 497b: Ecogastronomy Intensive (2 credits)\n\nIm
 merse yourself in an intensive food production study of biodynamic agr
 iculture and agro-biodiversity conservation in Switzerland. Then trave
 l to Italy for critical studies in food cultures, and gastronomic scie
 nces and society. This hands-on program provides the following unique 
 learning opportunities.\n\n* View holistic farm systems and traditiona
 l strategies to protect wild biodiversity in agroecosystems on Lopez I
 sland, WA to start your journey\n* Study the philosophical underpinnin
 gs of biodynamics as well as practical farm practice and applied resea
 rch at the Goetheanum, in Dornach, Switzerland\n* Research artisan and
  conventional food systems in the home of Slow Food, Bra and Pollenzo,
  Italy\n* Immerse yourself in rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement with 
 study of sensory taste science and heritage agriculture\n* Identify an
 d utilize frameworks of analysis that apply to integrated ecoagricultu
 re research\n* Complete your experience by participating in carbon-off
 setting at Inspiration Farm in Whatcom County, which is initiating inn
 ovative research and farm practices\n\n\n*Approximate dates include si
 x days of travel/study time to be determined once final enrollment fig
 ures are established March 1, 2010; most of the course readings to be 
 completed before the intensive begins.\n\nProgram contact:\nGigi Berar
 di, Huxley College of the Environment\ngigi.berardi@wwu.edu\n(360) 650
 -3284 or (360) 650-2106\n\nApplication contact:\neesp@wwu.edu\n(360) 6
 50-3308\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.c
 om/events/study-sustainable-agriculture
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CATEGORIES:college, credit, course
LOCATION:Lopez Island, Switzerland, Italy, and Inspiration Farm
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CONTACT:(363) 650-3284 or (360) 650-2106
ORGANIZER:Gigi Berardi
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