University of Portland Food for Thought Conference, April 14-16, 2011. Food for Thought begins April 14 with a multi-media discussion about meat production with Bon Appetit CEO Fedele Bauccio, a member of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production. The lecture will be followed by a hormone-free, antibiotic-free meat tasting. Friday, April 15, the […]
Archives for February, 2011
The Urban Farm as a Class
The Urban Farm hosts over 200 students each year over the course of three terms. The primary focus of the class has to do with teaching students how to grow their own food. Working in teams, student urban farmers become the stewards of the farm’s vegetable beds, orchards, greenhouses, compost systems and general spaces. For […]