Past Events

  1. Webinar: Farm Workers and Employees

    Jan 28, 2014 (All day)

    Farm Commons, an organization that provides business legal services to farmers and created legal education resources, is hosting eight different free webinars this winter on a variety of legal issues faced by farmers who sell direct to consumers. Registration is now open for all webinars. If you coordinate newsletters, listservs, or other outreach avenues, I would love your help in letting farmers know about these events.    Register at www.farmcommons.org/webinars  

  2. Webinar: Hosting On-farm Events

    Jan 13, 2014 (All day)

    Farm Commons, an organization that provides business legal services to farmers and created legal education resources, is hosting eight different free webinars this winter on a variety of legal issues faced by farmers who sell direct to consumers. Registration is now open for all webinars. If you coordinate newsletters, listservs, or other outreach avenues, I would love your help in letting farmers know about these events.    Register at www.farmcommons.org/webinars  

  3. Webinar: Community Supported Agriculture Legal Issues

    Dec 17, 2013 (All day)

    Farm Commons, an organization that provides business legal services to farmers and created legal education resources, is hosting eight different free webinars this winter on a variety of legal issues faced by farmers who sell direct to consumers. Registration is now open for all webinars. If you coordinate newsletters, listservs, or other outreach avenues, I would love your help in letting farmers know about these events.    Register at www.farmcommons.org/webinars  

  4. Webinar: Connecting Beginning Farmers to New Markets: Start-up Advice & Resources for Gaining Access to Farmers Markets

    Dec 11, 2013 (All day)

    Panel Presenters: Leanne DuBois,  VA Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Virginia Grown Program Ellen Stewart, Blacksburg Farmers Market Meredith Ledlie, Virginia Cooperative Extension,  Family Nutrition Program   To participate in this webinar,  please go to: http://connect.ag.vt.edu/access2farmersmarket/  

  5. Webinar: FoodCorps and Extension Partnership

    Dec 3, 2013 (All day)

    December 4th, 2013, 1 p.m. EST

  6. ODE Smarter Lunchrooms Workshop

    Oct 21, 2013, 8:00am - 4:30pm

    The Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs will be hosting a workshop to help schools  apply the theories of behavioral economics to lunchrooms through  activities and case studies.  The workshop will be held at the Quest Business Center in Columbus on October 21 from 8:00 am -4:30 pm and is free of charge.  

  7. The Ethics of Public Private Food Partnerships

    Oct 16, 2013, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

    The John Glenn School of Public Affairs presents The Ethics of Public Private Food Partnerships Join us on World Food Day for a presentation that spans food safety, nutrition  and sustainability.

  8. The Ethics of Public Private Food Partnerships

    Oct 16, 2013, 4:00am - 6:00pm

    Join the John Glenn School of Public Affairs on World Food Day for a presentation that spans food safety, nutrition  and sustainability.

  9. Food Policy Lecture: "Not just for farmers: Six ways that agriculture programs affect food, nutrition, and the environment.”

    Oct 15, 2013, 11:15am - 12:30pm

    Parke Wilde,  an expert in U.S. food and nutrition policy, consumer economics and federal food assistance programs is giving a talk in my class.  This lecture is open to the public.  Please join us if you are interested.  Food Policy Lecture: "Not just for farmers: Six ways that agriculture programs affect food, nutrition, and the environment.” Parke Wilde, Associate Professor, Tufts University Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy McPherson Lab 1040, OSU Main Campus

  10. About Us: A New Mix of Private and Public: How Well Might the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act Work?

    Oct 14, 2013, 10:00am - 11:30am

    Location: Rm. 105, Agricultural Admin. Building. Julie A. Caswell, Professor in the Department of Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and current President of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, will present on October 14th in Room 105 of the Agricultural Administration Building (2120 Fyffe Road) as part of the AEDE Applied Economics Seminar Series. Her presentation will focus on her recent research: "A New Mix of Private and Public: How Well Might the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act Work?"

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