Food and the Wisconsin Idea
press release: Please join us for the Food & the Wisconsin Idea's 2018 series!
How are nutrition, health, and food systems related? Our guest Heidi Busse and her colleagues from Centro Hispano, Community Groundworks, and the ICP Sweet Potato Project in Ethiopia will present on agricultural and health challenges in Ethiopia, and how multi-sectoral strategies there are making communities more resilient. Bringing it back to Wisconsin, they will discuss the varied understandings of nutrition today, what "healthy" looks like to different communities, and what multi-sectoral partnerships mean for capacity building to work on nutrition at different levels. We’re changing things up a bit this season by opening our event series up to the rest of the state! Attendees have the option of joining us in person, or via Zoom video conference. If you would like to join in person at the University Club, please RSVP here. If you will be joining remotely, please register here, where you will receive a link to install Zoom (a very safe software to download).
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Thurs. March 15 3:30 pm UW-Madison – Univ. Club (803 State St.) The Politics of Resentment – talk with Prof. Kathy Cramer, UW-Madison Political Science Dept., who will discuss the “rural consciousness” that she encountered when she visited over two dozen Wisconsin communities from 2007-2012, and simply listened to people. They expressed perceptions of receiving an unfair share of decision-making power and public resources, and of having their distinct culture and lifestyles disrespected by urban elites. Part of the 2018 Food and the Wisconsin Idea series. Info? https://docs.google.com/