Monday, October 24 – Food Day panel discussion + flexitarian lunch
Tuesday, October 25 – Mind-gut connection lecture + lunch; Talk on factory farming
Wednesday, October 26 – Talk on food in/security + fighting hunger fair!; Cooking demo at campus farmers’ market
Sunday, October 30 – Cooking demo + produce delivery at University Village
See complete event details below.
Check out our Food Day infographic here!
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Did you know: The carbon footprint of one quarter pounder hamburger is the same as 118 apples?
The UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative is celebrating national Food Day with a series of events and activities happening throughout the week!
Learn, taste, talk, and share with the entire UCLA community. Here’s how you can participate!
Monday, October 24 (Food Day!)
12:00 – 1:30pm
Hershey Hall 158
PANEL DISCUSSION + FLEXITARIAN LUNCH
Join us for a conversation with experts in nutrition, environmental sustainability, and food science:
- Dana Hunnes, PhD, RD – Senior Dietician, UCLA Medical Center and Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- Elliot “Big Dog” Mermel – CEO and Cofounder, Coalo Valley Farms
- Jennifer Jay, PhD – Professor, UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability
Moderated by Wendy Slusser, MD, MS – Associate Vice Provost, UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative
A ‘flexitarian’ lunch will be provided + cricket tasting!
Space is limited – please RSVP here
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Tuesday, October 25
12:00 – 1:00pm
Los Angeles Tennis Center Straus Clubhouse
LECTURE + MEDITERRANEAN LUNCH
Exploring the mind-gut connection with Emeran Mayer, MD, PhD
Will include a screening of 7 food-focused student films and a Mediterranean-inspired lunch
Space is limited, RSVP required
For more information, contact eatwell@ucla.edu
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Tuesday, October 25
2:00pm
Kaufman 208
TALK
Hidden in Plain Bite: The Surprising Impact of Our Food Choices
Talk by Nora Kramer, Factory Farm Awareness Coalition
Hosted by UCLA Food & Social Justice Working Group
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Wednesday, October 26
12:30 – 2pm
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
TALK + FIGHTING HUNGER FAIR
Talking Trash: Oral Histories of Food In/Security from the Margins of a Dumpster
Talk by Rachel Vaughn, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women and the UCLA Department of Gender Studies
‘Fighting Hunger Fair’ featuring campus and community groups who do activist and research work around food insecurity
Hosted by The Center for Women’s Studies
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Wednesday, October 26
2:30 – 5:00pm
Campus farmers’ market in Bruin Plaza
COOKING DEMO
Stop by the campus farmers’ market for a cooking demo with the Public Health Nutrition Club! They’ll be sharing delicious recipes made with seasonal produce and Dannon greek yogurt- so you can learn and shop all in one place. Yogurt samples and recipe cards will be distributed!
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Sunday, October 30
1:00 – 3:00pm
University Village Apartments
COOKING DEMO
Join the Public Health Nutrition Club for a cooking demo and knife skills workshop for the whole family! Learn some recipes to help your family stay healthy this Halloween! A weekly distribution of seasonal produce will follow the event for all University Village residents.
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Additional Information + Resources
- Find food security resources for hungry Bruins
- Check out our favorite food films
- See what UCLA Dining is doing to reduce our campus ‘foodprint’
- Explore food courses at UCLA
- Visit our Food Day infographic
- Learn to calculate the ‘foodprint’ of your own burrito!
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YOU COULD WIN A FITBIT!
Post a photo of delicious ways to minimize your environmental ‘foodprint’ + hashtag:
#FoodDay2016
#UCFoodForAll
#UCLALiveWell
Questions? Email eatwell@ucla.edu
