The EduCulture Project at Global Source Presents: Our Fourth Annual Summer Institute on Food, Farming, Culture & Education
Hosted at Historic Suyematsu-Bentryn Farms on Bainbridge Island, WA July 26-30, 2010, 9:30am-4:30pm (with optional evening programs) Join us for a week to explore the possibilities for teaching and learning about food and farming in elementary and secondary education. Set amidst the natural beauty and agricultural richness of the oldest and largest working landscapes on Bainbridge Island, our annual summer institute is aimed at helping K-12 and community based educators cultivate bridge classroom and community around food, farming, culture and education. This unique program offers educators an opportunity to deepen their professional repertoire, nurture educational leadership, enhance classroom curricula, build locally grown farm-school programs. Our Summer Institute features: * Experience life and field work on a working farm. * Farm demonstrations and hands-on learning activities. * Engage and dialogue with key practitioners and stakeholders in local and regional food and farming. * Experience sustainable local farming and local agrarian ideals practiced on the oldest and one of the most productive working landscapes in our region. * Explore the multicultural heritage of farming on Bainbridge Island. * Bear witness to one local community¹s efforts to develop a stronger community and school based farm and food system. * Spend time with our ever-expanding collection of curricular resources. * Enjoy local grown and made lunches, snacks and wine! Topics and Issues addressed: * Place based education, Education for sustainability, Curriculum for the bioregion * Community food systems * School based food systems * Curricular projects that integrate scholarship, stewardship, citizenship, and sustainability * Building relationships between farms, classrooms and lunchrooms * History and Heritage of Farming on Bainbridge Island * Local food and farm support networks * Cultivating farm stewardship and food citizenship - Discover how a lived experience can inform a more lived curriculum. - Connect with people, places, projects that will enrich and enliven your teaching and learning. - Be well fed and help feed others. For more information and registration, visit our website: http://www.globalsourcenetwork.org/FFCE10.htm Please help us spread the word! --- Jonathan Garfunkel Managing Director The EduCulture Project at Global Source Education (206) 780-5797 http://www.globalsourcenetwork.org/
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