"Food From Here, For Here: Rekindling the Intimacy of our Food System": A talk by Randel Hanson
Randel Hanson is a professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, where he is an expert on food systems planning and foodshed analysis. He is a leader in local foods issues in Duluth, convening the Superior Grown Food Summit on November 14, 2009 and is chairing the Zeppa Foundation's Green Jobs Action Planning Committee on Food Localization. He is spearheading curricular and research initiatives around sustainable agriculture at UMD, including the uses of the former NE Agricultural Extension Farm, orchard and historical records as a laboratory for teaching and learning about food systems past, present and future.
After much focus and analysis on the phenomenon and impact of globalization, scholars, activists and consumers are re-imagining food and agricultural systems that are more sustainable, smaller in scale, and more embedded in geography and community. This presentation will explore the emergence of the localization paradigm, its aesthetics, applications, politics and impacts in American communities, and ecological, social and economic tensions.
Question and Answer Session