Next Steps

We hope you all had a chance to read participants’ statements on the blog (see directions below) to get a sense of the breadth of experience this group brings to the seminar.

To continue the dialogue and preparation we are posting a reading (yes, only one reading for now!) by Julie Guthman that addresses the intersection of food systems, education and engagement (“Bringing good food to others: Investigating the subjects of alternative food practice.” Cultural Geographies 2008 15: 431). We would also like each of the participants to submit one or two sources (could be essays, films, etc. ) that similarly address the crossover between these three, and provide some commentary on what you submit via the blog. If you are unable to attach the source, please provide appropriate references so that anyone interested could take a look at them before we meet.

With this bibliography and your blog posts as our background, we hope to begin online our conversation on how to build successful models for combining education and food system work in a community engaged model. Please feel free to make new posts and/or comment on anything posted on the blog. We hope to build a good start to our conversation online, so when we first meet in Minneapolis, we’ll already hit the road running.

Bringing good food to others