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Going Beyond the Meal to Break the Cycle

Post contributed by Kenzley Defler, Office of Sustainability Intern “Food alone will never end hunger.” These words spoken by Mike Curtin, Chief Operating Officer of DC Central Kitchen and Alex Moore, Chief Development Officer of The Campus Kitchens Project, resonated with me over the three-day Boot Camp I attended in…

adminAugust 15, 2017

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Director’s Corner: Food: Enjoying the Real, Avoiding the Fake

“Food fraud, or the act of defrauding buyers of food or ingredients for economic gain… has vexed the food industry throughout history.” -- Renee Johnson, “Food Fraud and ‘Economically Motivated Adulteration’ of Food and Food Ingredients” This summer I read a fascinating and eye-opening book, Real Food Fake Food, by…

Mike KenslerAugust 15, 2017

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Sustainability in Action: Jonathan Lillebo

Post contributed by Kenzley Defler, Office of Sustainability Intern A little more than a year ago, a student group focused on organic gardening at Auburn was nonexistent. However, now the established Organic Garden Club meets regularly at the Community Garden to prepare, plant, grow, and harvest a variety of crops.…

adminAugust 8, 2017

Guest Posts Updates

Easy Actions, Massive Impact: How Students Can Reduce Food Waste

Post contributed by Ruthie Wofford, Communications Coordinator, Hunger Solutions Institute Campus resources exist to help you fight food waste and hunger. As a recent Auburn grad, I can attest to the fact that life as a college student is, in a word, hectic. Between studying, group projects, football games, maintaining a…

adminAugust 8, 2017

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That Springtime Buzz

Post contributed by Dr. Geoff Williams, Assistant Professor of Insect Pollination & Apiculture, College of Agriculture, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology Springtime in Alabama sees a flurry of activity by the state’s flora and fauna. Among one of the more prominent springtime activities is the buzzing of bees! Big…

adminMarch 30, 2017

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Finding My Green Thumb

Post contributed by Diana Rowell, Office of Sustainability Intern Sustainability. That’s a big word. A word that carries the weight of worldwide change. A passionate word, a futuristic word, a word that makes people share their opinions. As an engineer, sometimes it is difficult to align myself with sustainability without…

adminMarch 27, 2017

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Sign Up for the No Impact Week Food Conference “Is it Just Food?”

Post contributed by Melani Landerfelt, Community and Civic Engagement Graduate Assistant, Counseling Psychology PhD Student As part of the Annual College of Liberal Arts No Impact Week celebration, faculty, undergraduate students, and graduate students are invited to present on any research they have done about food at the "Is it Just…

adminJanuary 26, 2017

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Director’s Corner: Reinventing Food: The Changing Paradigm of Food Production

“If you want to feed your family healthy food, you gotta ask a lot of questions.” Yvan Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia I just watched an inspiring film about sustainable food production, Unbroken Ground, by Patagonia Provisions. In 26 minutes it offers a large dose of hope in four sections, telling…

Mike KenslerJanuary 11, 2017

Guest Posts Updates

The Plight of Producers

Post contributed by Hallie Nelson, Office of Sustainability Intern Part 1: Farmers Food movements are a staple of modern sustainable lifestyles, but many of these movements focus on the consumers. What about the people who work to produce the food in America? In many cases, the producers in America, whether…

adminJanuary 10, 2017

Guest Posts Updates

The Importance of Biodiversity and Organic Food Production

Post contributed by Jonathan Lillebo, Undergraduate Student, College of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture & President, Organic Garden Club I’d like to begin by taking you back to a different time, a time before refrigeration and food transportation. It wasn’t that long ago, really. As recently as the early 1900s all…

adminJanuary 6, 2017

Going Beyond the Meal to Break the Cycle

Director’s Corner: Food: Enjoying the Real, Avoiding the Fake

Sustainability in Action: Jonathan Lillebo

Easy Actions, Massive Impact: How Students Can Reduce Food Waste

That Springtime Buzz

Finding My Green Thumb

Sign Up for the No Impact Week Food Conference “Is it Just Food?”

Director’s Corner: Reinventing Food: The Changing Paradigm of Food Production

The Plight of Producers

The Importance of Biodiversity and Organic Food Production

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