Lyndon Estes, right, along with Chef Craig Shelton from FRS 138: Science, Society & Dinner.

Lyndon Estes, ecologist, associate research scholar and lecturer, writes to invite all to postdoc Janice Lee’s talk, “Junking Tropical Forests for Junk Foods?” at the agricultural group meeting he chairs on Wednesday, April 13, at 10 am in EQuad E322.

Lee is a member of Professor David Wilcove’s research team. Here’s information about her from the Wilcove page:

“My research interests span the fields of Conservation Biology, Land Use Change, and Agriculture. Much of my work focuses on the social and ecological consequences of human impacts on the environment especially within Southeast Asia. After having worked on a range of topics in conservation (wildlife trade, invertebrate ecology, habitat fragmentation), I now focus on the conservation and development challenges faced in the context of commercial and small-scale agricultural expansion in the rural tropics. I am deeply interested in the linkages and feedbacks among socio-political, economic and ecological systems, and apply a combination of socioeconomic techniques, geospatial analysis, and simulation modeling in my research to investigate socio-ecological systems.”

Nina White, of Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse, with a selection of artisan breads and cheeses from the Milford, NJ farm.

Artisan breads, cheeses and meats from Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse; honey and honey products from New Jersey bees and Tassot Apiaries; fruits, vegetables, cider and cider doughnuts from Terhune Orchards; fresh-ground nut butters from Nutty Novelties; cold-press juices from Arlee’s Raw Blends, gluten-free breads and sweet treats from Wild Flour Cafe and a wide selection of organic produce and ready-to-eat fare from Whole Earth Center are among the choices at the Princeton University Farmers Market, at the Firestone Library/ Chapel Plaza on five consecutive Wednesdays, April 13-May 11, right at lunchtime, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The market is cosponsored by the High Meadows Foundation Sustainability Fund, the Office of Sustainability, the Graduate Student Government Events Board, Undergraduate Student Government Projects Board,the Office of Community and Regional Affairs and Campus Dining.

For more information, visit the Princeton University Farmers Market Facebook page.

Kelly Caylor

Gordon Douglas

Jason Aramburu

Alex Lorestani

Please join us for our Princeton Studies Food/Princeton Environmental Institute Reunions Weekend panel, Princeton Entrepreneurs: Designing the Future for Food, on Friday, May 27, from 10:30 to noon, in Frist Campus Center 302.

The panel will be moderated by Kelly Caylor, co-founder of Princeton Studies Food, associate professor, CEE and PEI and head of the Environmental Certificate Program. Caylor is an entrepreneur in his own right – he and colleague Adam Wolf developed the Pulsepod soil sensor for agriculture and created their Arable Labs company around it.

David Benzaquen

Shana Weber

Gordon Douglas MD ‘55 and co-founder, Princeton Studies Food will introduce the panel and the panelists and briefly discuss the work of our group.

Panelists are Jason Aramburu ‘07, Founder and CEO, EDYN; Alex Lorestani *15, Founder and CEO, Gelzen; David Benzaquen, Founder and CEO, PlantBased Solutions; and Shana Weber, director of PU Office of Sustainability.

Aramburu spoke at the inaugural Princeton Studies Food conference in October 2014; Benzaquen was a panelist at our February 2016 Food Entrepreneurship symposium.