Events

Cornell College • Food from the Radical Center

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Dinner (5:30-6:45 pm)
Public Presentation (7:00-8:00 pm)

Thursday, February 21, 2019
Classroom Visit (9:00-11:00 am)

About Cornell College

Located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Cornell was the first college west of the Mississippi to grant women the same rights and privileges as men, and, in 1858, to award a degree to a woman.

In 1978 Cornell faculty adopted the One Course At A Time curriculum, transforming the way teaching and learning happen at Cornell. With the 1996 publication of Loren Pope’s Colleges That Change Lives, Cornell’s life-changing education was formally recognized. Cornell continues to be recognized with each new edition.

About Gary

Gary Paul Nabhan is the Kellogg Endowed Chair at the University of Arizona's Southwest Center. He is author or editor of more than thirty books, including Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land; Where Our Food Comes From; and Renewing America's Food Traditions. Honored with a MacArthur "genius" award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, and other awards, Gary is recognized as the father of the local food movement.

Cornell College
600 First Street SW
Mount Vernon, IA 52314

Wild Things Conference - Gary Nabhan - Keynote Speaker

Stephens Convention Center
5555 N River Rd
Rosemont, Illinois 60018

About Wild Things Community:

We are the Wild Things community: collaborative, optimistic, effective. Recognized as one of the nation’s largest networks of people engaged with nature, we enjoy and protect Chicago area wild lands and wildlife.

We are stewards, monitors, advocates, educators, Chicago Wilderness members, volunteers, and staff, all working together to promote and protect the prairies, woodlands, wetlands, wild yards, and natural parks of northeast Illinois, northwest Indiana, and southeast Wisconsin.

We come together in person every two years at the Wild Things Conference. And in between, this website celebrates the week-in, week-out experiences of the community as we seek to investigate, enjoy, and protect local nature.

About Gary:

Gary Paul Nabhan is the Kellogg Endowed Chair at the University of Arizona's Southwest Center. He is author or editor of more than thirty books, including Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land; Where Our Food Comes From; and Renewing America's Food Traditions. Honored with a MacArthur "genius" award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, and other awards, Gary is recognized as the father of the local food movement.

Tucson Festival of Books

University of Arizona Campus • March 2 - 3, 2019

Two panel discussions, one each day with Aby Mogollon of UA Press as main contact.

Tucson, AZ

9:30am to 5:30pm

All Day Events

Delaware Valley University • Lecture

700 E Butler Ave
Doylestown, PA 18901

TBD

Celebrating Crop Diversity: Connecting Agriculture, Public Gardens, and Science

Plenary Talk with Gary Nabhan

Thursday April 4th

During eras of political, economic, and environmental stress, humanity turns to consider a broader range of options than typically employed during “business as usual.” This is one of those times - when agriculture needs to re-diversify to add resilience to the food system that we depend on for survival. A wide array of activities led by a broad diversity of land managers, botanists, indigenous harvesters, farmers, and many others are illuminating the way forward. This is “conservation you can taste,” where what is saved and restored is also savored. Gary Paul Nabhan, W.K. Kellogg endowed chair in borderlands food and water security at the University of Arizona, will take us on a journey of discovery around North America to celebrate efforts that are bringing people together to renew and care for the foods they enjoy.

8:30 am

Des Moines, Iowa

See: https://www.publicgardens.org/professional-development/2019-symposia/celebrating-crop-diversity

Food and Agriculture Lecture Series • Evergreen State College

Ecological Agriculture and Food Systems

Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Pkwy NW
Olympia WA  98505

Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance • Lecture

Grain School – Arizona

With a focus on ancient and heritage grains, you will learn expert techniques and hands-on skills to grow, harvest, mill, market, and bake with locally adapted grains. Nutritional values of ancient grains will be presented, along with the ecological benefits of adding grains to your garden or farm portfolio. Grain collaborations will also be explored and encouraged.

See: https://rockymountainseeds.org/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=267&reset=1&id=33

3360 E Hwy 89A
Cottonwood, AZ 86326

Agave Heritage Festival

Agave Heritage Festival began in 2008 as Agave Fest, a Cinco de Mayo celebration featuring tequila tastings and a tequila “Iron Bar Chef” competition at the historic Hotel Congress. As the festival grew in the following years, the number of different agave spirits featured at the event more than doubled, and food specials were elevated from cheap eats to regionally focused culinary treats.

By 2015 — the same year that Tucson was the first U.S. city to receive the UNESCO City of Gastronomy designation — Agave Fest had gone from a tequila-lover’s Cinco de Mayo celebration to an event rooted in the historical and cultural significance of the agave plant. With seminars, a fundraising Agave Dinner, tastings of spirits unavailable in the United States, and a cultural and historical art exhibit, Agave Fest had begun to realize its true potential.

The agave plant’s inextricable role in the culture and history of the Arizona-Mexico borderlands region became a central focus of Agave Fest, leading to the creation of Agave Heritage Week in 2016 and the expansion into Agave Heritage Festival in 2017.

Today, Agave Heritage Festival is a city-wide, ten-day destination event that spotlights the sustainability of the southwest region through the lens of the agave plant. Agave Heritage Festival celebrates the unique importance of the agave plant and the borderlands culture with seminars, trade shows, and world-class culinary events.

See: https://www.agaveheritagefestival.com/