Social Soup Lecture Series

A monthly reflection on the social, economic and environmental issues surrounding FOOD.

University of Utah
School of Social Work – Goodwill Humanitarian Building
Community Meeting Room (155)
Map to Social Soup (visitor parking highlighted in blue)
12:00-1:30 PM

2011 – 2012 Social Soup
Upcoming…

February 21, 2012
Youth Growing Together: Youth Gardening & Farming Projects in SLC
Panelists include: Julie Rabb with Wasatch Community Gardens, Angela Romero with the Sorenson Unity Center‘s G-Fresh program, Ashley Edgette with the U’s Social Justice Gardens at Mt. View Elementary School, & Mike Evans with Utahns Against Hunger’s Real Food Rising.

March 20, 2012
The Challence of Obesity: Fixing School Lunches in America
TBD

Past Social Soups from this year…

September 20, 2011
The Ecological Imperative of the Local Garden
Fred Montague, Ph.D., author of Gardening: An ecological approach

October 18, 2011
Sustainable Business, Health, and Environmental Practices
Panel including Liberty Heights Fresh, Pago, ProBar, Edible Wasatch magazine, Nicholas and Co., and Chartwells Food Services

November 15, 2011
Food Stamp Challenge
Panel of students & faculty from the University of Utah and government officials – all who took the Food Stamp Challenge – talk about their experience.
Moderator: Gina Cornia, Executive Director of Utahns Against Hunger

January 17, 2012
Student Research Projects: Food & Social Justice in Utah
Panel of University of Utah and Westminster College students who are working to engage their communities through food.  From local gardens, to the alternative press and music, to assessing college dining service, these students will demonstrate how different degree programs foster their commitment to an equitable food system.  Panelists included: Shannon Jones, U of U masters’ student, talking about the neoliberalization of food & agriculture;  Annie Munk, U of U undergrad, presenting two class zines on food and performing a song she wrote;  Cameron McIntire, U of U undergrad, talking about the U’s Edible Campus Gardens;  Carson Chambers, Westminster undegrad, talking about the Real Food Calculator

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Sponsored by
Utahns Against Hunger  |   Crossroads Urban Center  |
University of Utah’s Office of Sustainability   |  College of Social Work  |   City and Metropolitan Planning  |  Environmental Studies Program  |   Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund  |  Department of Communications   |    Chartwells

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Last year’s lineup

September 2010
The Importance of Organic Food Production for the Health of the Planet
Fred Montague, Ph.D.

October 2010
The Empowering Possibilities of Food
Mark Winne
Author of Closing the Food Gap and Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture.

November 2010
The Growing Need for Food Assistance in Utah
•    Glenn Bailey, Crossroads Urban Center
•    Gina Cornia, Utahns Against Hunger
•    Dennis Kelsch, St. Vincent de Paul Resource Center, Catholic Community Services of Utah

January 2011
Finding Healthy Food in the City for All Economic Groups
•    Claire Uno, Wasatch Community Gardens
•    Kyle LaMalfa, People’s Market
•    Jeff Williams, Great Salt Lake Resource Conservation & Development
•    Francesca Bartko, Community Food Co-Op of Utah

February 2011
Farming for Change: The Economics of Organic Farming
•    Jennifer Reeve, Assistant Professor of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Utah State University
•    Sharon Leopardi, owner and farm manager, BUG Farms (Backyard Urban Gardens)
•    Julia Clifford, farm manager, Clifford Family Farms, Provo

March 2011
Edible Solutions for a Delicious Future: What’s Next for the Sustainable Food Movement?
Jill Richardson, author, blogger, food activist
La Vida Locavore
Recipe for America: What Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix it