Oct. 15, 2007 |
1. World Food Day Event - Tuesday
2. Hospitality Class Night at Ella's - Wednesday
3. 'Corps of Discovery' Lecture - Thursday
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1. World Food Day Event - Tuesday
How climate change endangers the poor is the subject of a World Food Day program Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the University of Arkansas Center for Continuing Education auditorium featuring a worldwide teleconference and a local panel discussion.
The public is invited to the teleconference from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by a local panel discussion. There is no charge, and event sponsors will provide a complimentary lunch. The Center for Continuing Education is on the corner of East and Center streets.
"The local panel will focus on how climate change impacts Northwest Arkansas," said UA Food Science Professor Phil Crandall, co-organizer.
Ray Suarez of the Jim Lehrer NewsHour will host the worldwide broadcast, "Climate: Changes, Challenges and Consequences." Panelists are Suzanne Hunt, who writes and lectures on energy and biofuels; Cynthia Rosenzweig, leader of the Climate Impacts Group at the NASA Goddard Institute; and Stephen Schneider, co-director of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy at Stanford University.
Viewers can call in questions to be answered in the third hour of the televised conference.
Local panelists will include Patrice Gros, a farmer and founder of the Foundation Farm and School, Eureka Springs; UA faculty members Art Hobson, physics; Stephen Boss, geosciences and director of the Environmental Dynamics Program; and Curt Rom, horticulture; and UA students Christopher Vincent and Kate Luck.
Local sponsors include the Arkansas World Trade Center, City of Fayetteville, the UA Applied Sustainability Center and other departments and units of the Fayetteville campus and the U of A System's statewide Division of Agriculture.
Patricia Young, national coordinator, said World Food Day was started in 1981 by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and is observed in more than 150 countries. The National Committee for World Food Day includes 450 voluntary organizations.
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2. Hospitality Class Night at Ella's - Wednesday
Students in the food preparation class in the foods, human nutrition and hospitality major will present "A Culinary Journey through India" Wednesday at Ella's Restaurant in The Inn at Carnall Hall. The menu includes Kaddu Ki Subji (mango, pumpkin and chili soup); Baingan Ka Bharta (roasted eggplant); Aaloo Mutter (peas and potatoes); Chole (chickpea curry); Indian rice; sesame florentine cookie and orange ice cream with Chai Angglaise. Coffee or iced tea. Dinner is served at 5 p.m. The cost is $15 plus tax. For reservations, call or email Nola Magee, 575-3245, nmagee@uark.edu. The class plans, prepares and serves dinner every Wednesday evening.
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3. 'Corps of Discovery' Lecture - Oct. 18
Michael Jeffords of the Illinois Natural History Survey will give a lecture on the 21st Century Corps of Discovery in Giffels Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 18, and a seminar in the entomology department.
The presentations are sponsored by the departments of entomology and biological sciences and the Nature Conservancy of Arkansas.
The 21st Century Corps of Discovery engages the public documenting the ecology and biology of local landscapes within their state. The original Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark in 1804 set out to record the landscape, flora and fauna of the Louisiana Purchase. The 21st Century Corps is documenting fixed locations that are constantly changing. Two such groups have been organized in Illinois.
One is working in the Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Preserve along the Illinois River, which is undergoing major restoration, Jeffords said. The other group is working in the Cache River wetlands of southern Illinois, which is also undergoing preservation and restoration.
"We aim to engage citizens who will add a creative, aesthetic dimension to their local lands and who will contribute to the total picture of the evolving, diverse landscape," Jeffords said.
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