The Civic Agriculture and Food Systems minor at Virginia Tech is an interdisciplinary 18-credit program involving 7 departments that focuses on developing sustainable local food systems and strengthening communities. The core courses cover the foundations of civic agriculture, ecological agriculture practices, and community food systems issues. For their final project, students work with community partners to propose solutions to real-world civic agriculture and food systems problems.
Presentation given at a symposium for Nutrition sensitive forest policy and landscape management, during the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation 2014, 20-24 July 2014, Cairns Australia
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Gender Equality and Social Inclusion In AgroecologyICCASA
Presented by Dr. Mary Nyasimi at ISFAA SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP ON AGROECOLOGY AND AGROBIODIVERSITY INTEGRATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA.
Contribution of the GEF Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition to ‘mainstreaming’; country experiences.
Presentation given by Danny Hunter, Global Project Coordinator, Bioversity International at the side event ' Mainstreaming biodiversity for improved human nutrition and well-being: moving from global initiatives to local action' on the occasion of the 15th Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy - 20th January 2015
Agroecological Transformations: Background and RationaleICCASA
Presented by Martin Oulu, Ph.D at the ISFAA SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP ON AGROECOLOGY AND AGROBIODIVERSITY INTEGRATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA.
Integration of Agroecology and Agrobiodiversity in Agricultural Education Cur...ICCASA
Presented by Dr. Robert Mbeche, at the ISFAA SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP ON AGROECOLOGY AND AGROBIODIVERSITY INTEGRATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA.
Camila Oliveira is an environmental analyst at the Ministry of the Environment in Brazil and national manager of the Bioversity International 4-country project 'Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition'. In her presentation for Italian Development Cooperation's Expo 2015 event she brought attention to Brazil's precious agricultural biodiversity and how it can be used for food and nutrition security. Learn more about Bioversity International's participation at Expo 2015: http://bit.ly/1GOimdm
ABSTRACT
Brazil suffers from high rates of malnutrition, with one in three children aged between five and nine overweight. Brazil is also home to a significant amount of the world’s biodiversity much of it edible and nutritious. As part of the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition (BFN) initiative funded by the United Nations, Brazil believes that biodiversity for food and nutrition can help fight its current diet-related problems. As such, the government is adopting three approaches to effectively embed biodiversity into the national food and nutritional security policy framework.
The first approach is to increase knowledge of how diverse underutilized native species can contribute to food security by carrying out a nutritional analysis of 70 edible plant species. Three national programmes are exploiting the nutrition potential of some of these species. These include targeting the national school feeding programme to promote healthy eating habits in schools, a scheme which also ensures that 30% of procurement is from local family farmers.
The second approach has been the revision of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to comply with the Aichi Biodiversity Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity and to halt biodiversity loss. One of the reasons for biodiversity loss in Brazil is the limited appreciation of the use of biodiversity for food and nutrition to date.
The third approach is to increase awareness on how biodiversity can contribute to food and nutrition. A weekly farmers’ market has been launched at the Brasilia Botanical Garden and several cultural gastronomic events organized in different cities, with cooking demonstrations and opportunities to taste native and nutritious biodiverse foods.
Presentation given at a symposium for Nutrition sensitive forest policy and landscape management, during the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation 2014, 20-24 July 2014, Cairns Australia
www.bioversityinternatonal.org
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion In AgroecologyICCASA
Presented by Dr. Mary Nyasimi at ISFAA SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP ON AGROECOLOGY AND AGROBIODIVERSITY INTEGRATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA.
Contribution of the GEF Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition to ‘mainstreaming’; country experiences.
Presentation given by Danny Hunter, Global Project Coordinator, Bioversity International at the side event ' Mainstreaming biodiversity for improved human nutrition and well-being: moving from global initiatives to local action' on the occasion of the 15th Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy - 20th January 2015
Agroecological Transformations: Background and RationaleICCASA
Presented by Martin Oulu, Ph.D at the ISFAA SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP ON AGROECOLOGY AND AGROBIODIVERSITY INTEGRATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA.
Integration of Agroecology and Agrobiodiversity in Agricultural Education Cur...ICCASA
Presented by Dr. Robert Mbeche, at the ISFAA SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP ON AGROECOLOGY AND AGROBIODIVERSITY INTEGRATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA.
Camila Oliveira is an environmental analyst at the Ministry of the Environment in Brazil and national manager of the Bioversity International 4-country project 'Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition'. In her presentation for Italian Development Cooperation's Expo 2015 event she brought attention to Brazil's precious agricultural biodiversity and how it can be used for food and nutrition security. Learn more about Bioversity International's participation at Expo 2015: http://bit.ly/1GOimdm
ABSTRACT
Brazil suffers from high rates of malnutrition, with one in three children aged between five and nine overweight. Brazil is also home to a significant amount of the world’s biodiversity much of it edible and nutritious. As part of the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition (BFN) initiative funded by the United Nations, Brazil believes that biodiversity for food and nutrition can help fight its current diet-related problems. As such, the government is adopting three approaches to effectively embed biodiversity into the national food and nutritional security policy framework.
The first approach is to increase knowledge of how diverse underutilized native species can contribute to food security by carrying out a nutritional analysis of 70 edible plant species. Three national programmes are exploiting the nutrition potential of some of these species. These include targeting the national school feeding programme to promote healthy eating habits in schools, a scheme which also ensures that 30% of procurement is from local family farmers.
The second approach has been the revision of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to comply with the Aichi Biodiversity Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity and to halt biodiversity loss. One of the reasons for biodiversity loss in Brazil is the limited appreciation of the use of biodiversity for food and nutrition to date.
The third approach is to increase awareness on how biodiversity can contribute to food and nutrition. A weekly farmers’ market has been launched at the Brasilia Botanical Garden and several cultural gastronomic events organized in different cities, with cooking demonstrations and opportunities to taste native and nutritious biodiverse foods.
“Safe drinking water and clean hands: Essential nutrients!” presented by Rochelle Rainey, USAID Global Health Bureau at the ReSAKSS-Asia Conference, Nov 14-16, 2011, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Presentation about the Community and Regional Food Systems project given at the 2013 Wisconsin Local Food summit.
Included is an overview of the project, discussion of the food system framework we're creating, examples from our community engagement projects (carrots to schools, lead contamination, food policy council evaluation, healthy corner stores), and a review of our project's values and outcomes (just, healthy, place-based, prosperous, and sustainable).
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) hosted a side discussion at the 6th African Nutrition Epidemiology Conference (ANEC) in Ghana in July 2014. The event explored the role nutrition networks could play in nutrition-sensitive development, particularly related to agriculture. *Presentation provided by the African Centre for Food Security (ACFS) and the University of Kwazulu-Natal.
Sustainable Gardening for Improved Student Diet/HealthESD UNU-IAS
Case Study presentation: Sustainable Gardening for Improved Student Diet/Health
Ms. Mirriam Moonga, RCE Lusaka
11th Global RCE Conference
7-9 December, 2018
Cebu, the Philippines
Exploring gender differences in household food security and implications for ...ILRI
The potential impacts of climate change on food security in East Africa, while complex and variable due to highly heterogeneous landscapes, are a cause for concern.
Significant knowledge gaps still exist, especially regarding the assessment of adaptation options in different environments and how these might be appropriately targeted to different types of households to reduce food insecurity.
This study aims at addressing this challenge by learning from households that are doing better than others across different areas.
“Safe drinking water and clean hands: Essential nutrients!” presented by Rochelle Rainey, USAID Global Health Bureau at the ReSAKSS-Asia Conference, Nov 14-16, 2011, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Presentation about the Community and Regional Food Systems project given at the 2013 Wisconsin Local Food summit.
Included is an overview of the project, discussion of the food system framework we're creating, examples from our community engagement projects (carrots to schools, lead contamination, food policy council evaluation, healthy corner stores), and a review of our project's values and outcomes (just, healthy, place-based, prosperous, and sustainable).
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) hosted a side discussion at the 6th African Nutrition Epidemiology Conference (ANEC) in Ghana in July 2014. The event explored the role nutrition networks could play in nutrition-sensitive development, particularly related to agriculture. *Presentation provided by the African Centre for Food Security (ACFS) and the University of Kwazulu-Natal.
Sustainable Gardening for Improved Student Diet/HealthESD UNU-IAS
Case Study presentation: Sustainable Gardening for Improved Student Diet/Health
Ms. Mirriam Moonga, RCE Lusaka
11th Global RCE Conference
7-9 December, 2018
Cebu, the Philippines
Exploring gender differences in household food security and implications for ...ILRI
The potential impacts of climate change on food security in East Africa, while complex and variable due to highly heterogeneous landscapes, are a cause for concern.
Significant knowledge gaps still exist, especially regarding the assessment of adaptation options in different environments and how these might be appropriately targeted to different types of households to reduce food insecurity.
This study aims at addressing this challenge by learning from households that are doing better than others across different areas.
Participatory Design Workshop at the UX Strategies Summit 2015Katie McCurdy
Susan Dybbs and Katie McCurdy co-led a workshop to help attendees at the UX Strategies Summit learn about Participatory Design. We led the group through exercises intended to help them understand what it is like to be a participant in a participatory design session, and then we helped them understand what went into that exercise and how to plan their own session. I've captured resources about participatory design, for anyone who is interested, here: http://katiemccurdy.com/participatory-design/
What is the Dubuque Eats Well? Intro to the Local Food Systems Working GroupCarolyn Scherf
Dubuque Eats Well:
Part of the Regional Food Systems Working Group - Working to create resilient local food systems in Dubuque, Deleware, and Jackson County
Cost of Diets - assessing the potential contribution of agricultural biodiver...Bioversity International
Bioversity International researcher Céline Termote spoke about her research on the Cost of Diets at Tropentag 2014 that took place in Czech Republic.
In her presentation she spoke about a modeling tool to assess the potential contribution of agricultural biodiversity to nutritious diets at affordable cost, highlighting a particular case study from eastern Baringo District, Kenya.
Learn more: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/Role_of_wild__neglected_and_underutilized_foods_in_reducing_the_cost_of_a_nutritionally_Poster_1595_01.pdf
Engaging Social Entrepreneurs in Community-Based Participatory Solutions to F...Carolyn Zezima
2012 ASFS/AFHVS/SAFN Conference Global Gateways and Local Connections: Cities, Agriculture, and the Future of Food Systems
Carolyn Zezima, Director of Food and Nutrition Initiatives, Communities IMPACT Diabetes Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Despite increasing recognition that fresh, healthy, local foods are scarce in low-income communities, and the creation of a number of healthy food initiatives targeting these communities, historically underserved communities still lack novel, profitable, and sustainable businesses that supply healthy, affordable and taste-satisfying foods. Bringing together the business and public health sectors, Communities IMPACT Diabetes Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine invited business students to submit concepts and plans for viable, market and community-driven business solutions to one of our most pressing public health needs: healthy, affordable food in underserved communities. The proposed enterprises must have served communities with limited availability to healthy foods, be tailored to the particular assets and challenges in the communities, and must be developed in consultation with target communities. Proposals were judged by a panel of experts in business, food and local government. Teams competed for $25,000 in start-up funds and other business support services.
Collection of electronic poster submissions from the Knowledge Fair component of the 2020 Conference on "Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security," May 15-17, 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Towards Precepts of Food System Sustainability - Presentation by Hallie Eakin. This presentation was given as part of the 'Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems Symposiumco-organized by Bioversity International and CIHEAM-IAMM, November 4th -5th 2014, Agropolis International, Montpellier
Visit 'Metrics of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems' Symposium webpage.
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/metrics-sustainable-diets-symposium/
From Farm to Fork: The 20 year journey of the Center for Environmental Farmin...CIAT
Speaker: Prof. John O’Sullivan, former director of CEFS- the Center for Environmental Farming Systems- (http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu), North Carolina State University
Workshop 3: The Agriculture Nutrition Nexus and the Way Forward at The Caribbean-Pacific Agri-Food Forum 2015 (CPAF2015) taking place 2-6 November in Barbados with support from the Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy programme, organized in partnership with the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). http://www.cta.int/en/news/caribbean-pacific-agri-food-forum.html
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1. Civic Agriculture and
Food Systems Minor
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
atVirginia Tech
Contributing Departments
• Agricultural Leadership &
Community Education
• Animal & Poultry Sciences
• Crops Soils & Environmental Sciences
• Entomology
• Horticulture
• Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise
• Plant Pathology, Physiology
& Weed Science
Community Partners
• VA Tech Dining Services
• Dining Services Garden at Kentland
• Heifer International
• HaleY Community Garden
• Glade Road Growing
• Blacksburg Farmers Market
As an interdisciplinary and experiential-based 18-credit minor, CAFS
embodies a commitment to developing and strengthening economically,
environmentally, and socially sustainable agriculture and food systems
through building community capacity, using local resources, and serving
local markets and citizens. It is designed to promote academic enhancement,
personal growth, and civic engagement through reflection and experiential
practice to solve “real-world” problems.
The four required courses are structured sequentially for a culminating
experiential capstone project. Students select the remaining six credits
from a list of cross-disciplinary CALS departmental courses.
Student often affiliate with the Sustainable Food Corps, a Virginia Tech
student organization.
CAFS CoreValues
• food security/sovereignty
• civic engagement/
democratic participation
• strong local economies
• ecological stewardship
• healthy people/communities
• collaborative teaching and
experiential learning
ALS 2204 Introduction to
Civic Agriculture
Introduction to the economic, social, and
ecological foundations of civic agriculture.
Topics include industrialization, localized
food systems, and citizen participation
in civic agriculture. Emphasis will be
given to a range of civic agriculture
models, strategies, and hands-on
approaches to establish, retain and
strengthen community-based food
and agriculture systems. (3H, 3C).
ALS 3404 Ecological Agriculture:
Theory and Practice
This course examines the ecological
foundations of sustainable agriculture
practice. It surveys the principles of
ecology in the context of civic agriculture
and food systems. It includes an overview
of sustainable agriculture practices both
historic and modern. Pre: 2204 (2H, 1L, 3C).
ALS 4204 Concepts in
Community Food Systems
Examination of the economic, political,
social, and cultural issues related to
community food systems and agricultural
practices.Topics include local and
regional food systems development,
food production and biotechnology, food
sovereignty and security, and population
and environmental health. Analyze
models, strategies, and policies of national
food systems. Pre: 2204 (3H, 3C).
ALS 4214 Capstone: Civic
Agriculture and Food Systems
Multidisciplinary, experiential community-
based course focusing on civic agriculture-
food systems.Working in partnership
with community stakeholders, students
propose viable solutions to real world
issues revolving around civic agriculture
and food systems. Students will connect
with communities locally, regionally or
globally. Pre: 2204, 3404, 4204 (3H, 3C).
For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/civicag
or contact CAFS Director, Susan Clark, RD, PhD sfclark@vt.edu
