'Farm to Table'
study offered at The University of the South

            Biology professor David Haskell would like his students to examine their dinner a little more closely. In an intensive summer program slated to begin in 2003, David will offer an intensive course titled “Food for Thought” at Sewanee. The students will live in a cabin, grow and harvest their own food in an organic garden, and cook their own meals. Before you think this is something competing for the collegiates’ attention in the age of “reality TV” Haskell will not go lightly on the academic studies. “My goal is to immerse students in the fascinating subject of where our food comes from—both on the long term and short term. We will also explore the issue of hunger—why are there people without enough food both in our communities (in a state with some of the most productive agricultural land on the planet) and in other countries.” Area farmers will share their practices of growing crops and their struggles. Haskell has invited Bill and Miriam Keener of Sequatchie Cove Farm and Steve Ford, manager of a large cotton farm operation in Alabama, to participate. The course is open to students at other regional colleges. Students will earn 2 course credits or 8 credit hours in environmental studies.

            For further details, visit www.sewanee.edu/garden.

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