Celebrate World Food Day 2023
Sustainable farming, healthy eating, community gardens, composting and much more are on the agenda at the Universitry of Miami Office of Civic and Community Engagement's World Food Day celebration on Wed., Oct. 18. Here’s the agenda:
Fair Food Fair
11am–2pm
Lakeside Patio – Free Admission
Learn about healthy eating, urban farming, community gardens and food donations, and get involved with the Miami-Dade Real Food network, including:
Miami-Dade County UF/IFAS Extension: Learn about water conservation and composting and cutting-edge conservation research to South Florida gardens, farms and community.
Edible South Florida: The #1 magazine for Real Food, Farmers market, local growers, local chefs and everything related to food systems in SE Florida
Compost 4 Life: learn how the veggie scrap form UM dining halls'itchen turn into soil amendment for small farmers.
Common Threads: Providing children and families cooking and nutrition education to encourage healthy habits.
Green Tomato: Organic fruits and vegetables from local farms to your door, with zero-waste delivery.
Urban Greenworks: Urban GreenWorks (UGW) started 10 years ago with the goals of providing South Floridans with improved access to, availability of, and advocacy for healthy local, organic foods, urban farming & environmental education, horticulture therapy, and volunteer opportunities.
Urban Oasis Project: Growing the local food movement in Miami-Dade since 2008. Making Fresh Local Food Accessible and Available to All.
Fruit and Spice Park: This 37-acre subtropical paradise is nestled in the heart of the historic Redland community just 35 miles south of Miami. Surrounded by thousands of acres of tropical agriculture, the Park is a jewel in South Florida’s agricultural community.
ECO Agency: Students can come pick their Vegan Meal Kit.
ECO Food Pantry: Discover how you can help.
UM Sustainability Garden: Plants on display and to take away.
Green U: Come taste our delicious organic Ice Tea!
UM Sustainability Garden: Dr. Weisskoff students and the CommUnity Garden Club will have some bites of their latest harvest and some good tips on what to grow.
Plant-Based Canes: Delicious recipe that lower your eco footprint.
Keynote Speech: Your Diet Makes a Difference
6–8 pm at the Frost Insitute for Chemistry and Molecular Science Room 115
Speaker: Prof. Jennifer Jacquet - Abess Center for Ecosystem Science Policy Prof. Jennifer Jacquet is interested in the social science and policy dimensions of industrial fisheries, aquaculture, as well as meat and dairy production. Dr. Jacquet earned a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Studies from the University of British Columbia and her dissertation was titled “Fish As Food in an Age of Globalization.” Today, she has several projects on how the animal agriculture industry engages in climate politics, and published op-ed in the Washington Post about “The meat industry is doing exactly what Big Oil does to fight climate action." She will give a broad overview of the global animal food system and its environmental impacts, focusing in on climate change, climate politics, and water use.
Cooking Demo
Thur., Oct. 19
5.30–7.30pm
Women's Commission Cooking Demonstration with One Book One U: Jamaican dishes cooking at the Wellness Center 2nd Floor Kitchen.
Meet Florida Fish Farmers
Thur., Oct. 19
6–9pm
Meet Florida Fish Farmers with Sereia Films and Slow Food Miami at SALT Waterfront Restaurant on the Rosenstiel campus.
Tropical Harvest Heritage Fest
Sat.-Sun, Oct. 28–29
Fruit and Spice Park, festival organized by Bee Heaven Farm.
Find out more from the University of Miami Office of Civic and Community Engagement.
