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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Irvine Incredible Edible Park Spring Harvest & Gleaning
9:00-11:00am. Off Harvard Ave., past Irvine Ctr. Dr. by train tracks near Flagstone Park.
Volunteer your time and energy planting, weeding, and harvesting fresh spring fruits and vegetables at Irvine’s Incredible Edible Park. Edibles are donated to local charities through the 2nd Harvest Food Bank. Water, gloves, a hat, sunscreen, and sunglasses are recommended. 8:30am carpool at Flagpoles. Event sponsored by the 2nd Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Real Food Community Dinner, in conjunction with UCI Earth Week
5:00-8:00pm. UCI Dining Mesa Commons Silverado Room.
Free dinner featuring local, organic, and seasonal foods to open the spring series. Followed by a guest panel and open roundtable about food systems sustainability and ecologically-sound production. Event sponsored by UCI Dining and Hospitality, UCI Mesa Court Housing, UCI Center for Service in Action, the UCI Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, and The Ecology Center.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tanaka Farms Spring Tour
3:30-4:30pm. 5380 3/4 University Dr., Irvine. Off University Ave. & Strawberry Fields Ln.
A behind-the-scenes tour of UCI’s closest operating organic farm. $13 fee. 3:00pm carpool @ Flagpoles. Event sponsored by Tanaka Farms.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Sustainable Seafood
7:00-9:00pm. UCI Dining Pippin Tolkien Room.
Farm-raised or wild caught? Bottom trawling and bycatch? Join a dynamic guest panel of local seafood and marine conservation agencies for an in-depth look into seafood consumption. Includes free sustainable sushi! Plus other appetizers. Event sponsored by UCI Dining & Hospitality, UCI Pippin Dining Commons, the Aquarium of the Pacific, Catch 22 Fisheries, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Da-Le Ranch Tour
8:00am -1:30pm, Lake Elsinore, CA
Free-range cage-free chicken? All natural beef? Have you ever wondered about the living conditions of the livestock you eat? Join us for a tour of a family run, humane ranch. We will be able to see
their chickens, turkeys, pigs, rabbits, lamb, and goats and how they are housed. This family run ranch promotes sustainable farming and organic concepts in living. So come and take a break from classes and studying to spend some time outdoors and get a behind the scenes tour of a sustainable humane farm! 8:00am carpool @ Flagpoles. Event sponsored by Da-Le Ranch.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
“Paying the Price” Movie Screening and Panel Discussion
7:00-9:00pm. Rowland Hall 101.
What is fair food and labor? UCI’s film premiere of “Paying the Price” examines the impoverished lives of migrant workers from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico. Movie followed by a guest panel & open discussion about fair labor issues in agriculture. Event sponsored by Fair Food Across Borders, United Farm Workers, UCI Community Outreach Partnership Center, UCI Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, and the Radical Student Union at UCI. Snacks provided by UCI Dining & Hospitality.
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