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Flagstaff College announces ‘Food as a Public Utility: Guest Zoom Presentation’ on Nov. 28

by Community Contributor • November 28, 2023 • Comments Off

November 2023 Flagstaff College Newsletter

Flagstaff College, Terra BIRDS, & Flagstaff Foodlink invite you to a special zoom presentation!

John Ikerd, Ph.D.

“Food as a Public Utility”

November 28th (Tuesday)
6 p.m. (AZ Time)

Public utilities are commonly used to provide water, sewer, electricity, natural gas, communication systems, and other essential services. We need to start thinking of food in the same way.

Dr. Ikerd writes on sustainability and agriculture. Among his many books are Small Farms are Real Farms and Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture.

John Taylor

“Creating a Local Food System”

John Taylor is the visionary founder and executive director of Flagstaff’s Terra BIRDS. Committed to social and environmental transformation through gardening and outdoor based learning, Terra BIRDS engages youth of varying ages in projects that are educational, ecologically sound, and beneficial to organisms both great and small.

Here’s the Zoom link to this important presentation:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81605302914?pwd=Z0hKWmpvMHUvQ0V3eVM0aFpyVTZiQT09

Meeting ID: 816 0530 2914
Passcode: nGwh4t

John Ikerd’s and John Taylor’s presentations are part of the reading-action program on

“Transforming Food”

It’s not too late to join a reading-action grouop!
We’re reading George Monbiot’s book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, an important, fascinating, and controversial bestseller.

You can join an in-person or virtual conversation or just sign up for the zoom gatherings with our guest speakers.

THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Beginning the week of November 13th, we assign you to a reading-action group. Each group will have at least one facilitator to help organize meetings and discussions.

Week 1: November 13 Reading-Action groups meet

Week 2: November 28, 6:00 p.m. Zoom with John Ikerd & John Taylor

Week 3: December 4 Reading-Action groups meet

Week 4: December 11 Zoom with Charlie Shultz, “Contained Environment Agriculture”

Week 5: December 18 Reading-Action groups meet

For a sneak preview of the book, you can watch this Ted Talk.

Did you miss the special showing of this marvelous film during our March Madness Film Series?

Now you can catch it on AZ PBS as a Pledge Special!

Arizona PBS simulcast of “Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty”

Assessing and Growing a Sustainable Community Food System

Now through December 18th
the Sustainability Office and Flagstaff Foodlink are conducting a survey to better understand community members’ experiences with our local food system.

Help inform the future of Flagstaff’s food system: Your input is needed to improve food access and distribution, agricultural opportunities, and more.