Talks about food waste, honey & beekeeping, and permaculture
Aug
9
2013
'Growing a Feast' is one of five sustainability projects to receive funding from the University as part of the Education for Sustainable Development initiative.
Postgraduate students and staff from two schools - Global Studies and Media, Film and Music - are recruiting a network of people around Brighton and Hove to grow or make a single food ingredient over the summer (anything from planting veggies and growing herbs to baking bread and ageing cheese). Everyone will bring their ingredients along to a final event in September at the University where a chef will prepare the pieces in a shared feast. The aim is to promote sustainability in a simple way by connecting people with the food they eat.
The project will also host a series of talks over two days on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 August with guest speakers on food-related themes.
This first day of talks on Friday 9 August will take place at the Global Studies Resource Centre with the following guest speakers:
1pm: Food Waste. Speaker: Vera Zakharov from the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership
Vera will discuss the importance of composting and what measures to take inorder to avoid food waste.
3pm: Honey and Beekeeping. Speaker: Martin Cusdin.
Martin will describe how honey is sourced, the differences between natural and conventional beekeeping as well as the current challenges beekeepers face. He further will explain why beekeeping cannot be seen in isolation, as it is inextricably linked tot he environment.
5pm: Permaculture. Speaker: Hedvig Murray from the Brighton Permaculture Trust
Hedvig will host a talk centred around permaculture as a sustainable way to live, beyond simply growing food.
The talks will be approx 45 mins followed by a Q&A sessions and the chance to network with other students and members of the public interested in food issues. These are public talks, open to anyone so please invite your friends.
In the meantime, we’d like to invite you to get involved in ‘Growing a Feast’ by joining the facebook group here. You can connect with fellow feasters in the area, get food growing tips and post pictures of your creation as it develops.