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We strive to offer and support opportunities for learning that help us to support our food system and build better communities.
Our learning circles are designed to be a participatory structure for group reflection, dialogue, and planning based on selected scholarship and emergent topics.
Our Center is home to a number of state and regional programs supporting food systems-based community development at the nexus of food, agriculure, and society.
The Center supports a number of projects related to and in support of regional food systems and community transformation.
Center fellows bring the aims of the Center to their communities as leaders, educators, and advocates for equity, justice, and health in our food and farming systems.
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Upcoming Events
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Article ItemSustainability and Agroecology in South Africa: Reflections on Community-Based Service Learning , article
In this session, students and faculty will reflect on their recent experience participating and leading an international experiential learning opportunity to South Africa focusing on the interface of agroecology, food security, and sustainable development. The session will discuss the interdisciplinary and participatory nature of the course and how the unique, community-partner course design provided opportunities for critical exploration of the realities of urban and rural food security and land use in South Africa. Student presenters will also reflect on their experience working with community partners and their specific projects throughout the semester-long course, and their perceptions after visiting each community partners’ projects.
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Article ItemAmplifying Indigenous Women's Perspectives for Soil and Water , article
Join for a day at Oatlands to support healthy soils and water by bringing our circles together and amplifying Indigenous perspectives. We will hear from three Indigenous women leaders, Dr. Lyla June Johnston, Rene’ Locklear White, and Victoria Persinger Ferguson, who will share about Indigenous land management and foodways that support soil and water health. Each speaker will present their work and then they will engage in dialogue with one another and the audience, in a cross cultural exploration. Family friendly activities and networking will follow with educational and resource booths on soil and water stewardship available to explore.
Press
- Top global rankings highlight Virginia Tech’s commitment to sustainability
- Virginia Cooperative Extension fights food insecurity in the commonwealth
- $1 million grant aims to identify and implement ecologically sound grazing practices
- Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation Works to Address Food Systems Inequities
- Virginia Tech Workshop Addresses Racial Inequities in Food System Head-on
- October 2, 2020 Food Justice: What is it and how can we fix it?