Princeton Studies Food

PU Ag Group: Adam Wolf
2015-04-17 11:00 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | Robertson Hall, Room 438
Adam Wolf will present his latest work,”Adding value to agriculture: Analytics grounded in field measurements,” which uses an extensive set of interactions with players throughout the agricultural and tech sectors.

Farmers' Market
2015-04-15 11:00 - 15:00 | Firestone Library Plaza
At the Firestone Library Plaza on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 15-May 13.
Expected vendors will provide a range of items including organic fruits and vegetables, artisanal cheese, locally sourced honey, fresh-pressed juice, locally made breads, handmade veggie burgers, organic sandwiches and salads.
The market is co-sponsored by the High Meadows Foundation Sustainability Fund, the Office of Sustainability, the Graduate Student Government Events Board, Campus Dining, and the Office of Community and Regional Affairs.

Fine Art of Living - and lunch
2015-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 | 22 Murray Dodge Hall, United States
Meditation and discussion as we reflect on six recesses of the human heart using inspirations from scriptures as well as insights from great spiritual figures. A hearty, healthy lunch provided.

PEFF: Shark Girl
2015-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St.
Conservationist, filmmaker, activist, delinquent – 19-year-old Madison Stewart has been called many things, but to her friends she’s simply ‘shark girl’. Growing up on the Great Barrier Reef, Madison soon realized the creature she loves most is disappearing fast. Driven by fear, every year up to 80,000 sharks are killed in this UNESCO World Heritage Site for cheap fish steaks and luxury shark fin soup. So turning passion into action, she sets out to stop the slaughter and shatter our perception of these alleged man-eaters. Armed with just a video camera, she fearlessly swims with tiger sharks, feeds a rowdy gang of Caribbean reef sharks and removes fishhooks from the mouths of oceanic silky sharks. She also investigates how more and more countries protect their sharks – Mexico, Palau, the Bahamas – and back home she bravely takes her campaign right to the heart of the shark fishing industry. Madison’s story is a powerful and call moving journey of one determined young woman’s passion to save the animal she loves.

PEFF: Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story; QA with producer Jen Rustemeyer
2015-03-20 19:00 - 20:45 | Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. In a nation where one in 10 people is food insecure, the images they capture of squandered groceries are both shocking and strangely compelling. But as Grant’s addictive personality turns full tilt towards food rescue, the ‘thrill of the find’ has unexpected consequences.

PEFF: Reaching Blue
2015-03-20 16:00 - 17:30 | Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton
From the PEFF schedule: In Reaching Blue, a writer, an oyster farmer and an ocean scientist on the Pacific coast expose new changes found in the Salish Sea, linking each of us to the world’s oceans. With twenty-two cinematographers contributing imagery from deep-sea submarines, ocean research vessels and drone cameras around our local waters, we catch a glimpse of the Salish Sea as it has never been seen before. From John Steinbeck’s old research vessel The Western Flyer to residents of coastal communities facing dramatic changes in their own back yards, Reaching Blue shows that we are all connected to the ocean at our doorstep.

PEFF: Angel Azul; QA with filmmaker Marcy Cravat
2015-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton
From the Princeton Environmental Film Festival schedule: Ángel Azul tells the story of one artist’s inspiring attempt to draw attention to the perilous situation coral reefs currently face worldwide. Jason DeCaires Taylor is an eco-sculptor who casts cement statues from live human models and installs them on the ocean floor to create an artificial coral reef. The film follows the making of an angel, a symbol of hope, with wings made from live fan coral, to reside in an underwater museum alongside 400 of Jason’s statues located off the coast of Cancún in the National Marine Park, El Museo Subacuatico De Arte (MUSA). Over time the statues grow coral, provide habitat for marine life and a diversion for tourists offering the natural reefs a reprieve from heavy usage. The story takes a turn when the coral that had been growing on the statues starts to die and issues related to waste water pollution and rising sea temperatures become evident. Through local experts and scientists in the field the full scope of the problem is revealed.

CO2 workshop
2015-03-16 08:00 - 18:00 | Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Taylor Auditorium, Washington Road, Princeton, 08544, United States
CO2 WORKSHOP: Two-day workshop showcasing the latest research and ideas in carbon-dioxide research at the Department of Chemistry on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17, in the Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Taylor Auditorium. The workshop is from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, and from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The free event includes lunch, but attendees must pre-register.

Dinner and Talk: Nick Marsh '90, food entrepreneur and philanthropist
2015-03-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Princeton University Career Services, 36 University Place, Suite 200, Princeton, 08544, United States
Join us for dinner (RSVP:http://bit.ly/1a5tOEH) and to hear Nick Marsh ’90 discuss his path to food entrepreneurship and philanthropy — and the story of Chop’t, his creative salad company that is working to reinvent fast food. Marsh is also the former CEO of Cosi and is a board member of Wellness in Schools. Marsh is devoted to improving nutrition and food education for children of New York City public schools.

Princeton Studies Food launch
2015-02-27 16:30 - 18:30 | Frist 100, Princeton University, Princeton , 08540
Princeton Studies Food, the new umbrella group that gathers all things food/agriculture and related complex systems – from events to academics to the community of the table – is celebrating its launch on Friday, 4:30-6:30, at Frist 100! Kelly Caylor and Tim Searchinger will be leading the way, faculty-wise, and Gordon Douglas, an alum who is providing seed funding for the work, will speak. We have members from a couple of participating student groups – Spoon University (Rosalie Czesana from this group cc’d above) and Greening Dining — who will be on hand as well. And there will be food from Campus Dining!
