Center for food systems and community transformation

We aim to build capacity to address food system issues across the rural-urban community divide and to cultivate more resilient, socially just, and economically viable food and farming systems in Virginia and beyond.

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What We Do

Events and Speakers

We strive to offer and support opportunities for learning that help us to support our food system and build better communities.

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Projects

The Center supports a number of projects related to and in support of regional food systems and community transformation.

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Learning Circles

Our learning circles are designed to be a participatory structure for group reflection, dialogue, and planning based on selected scholarship and emergent topics.

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Center Fellows

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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Dr. Ozzie Abaye presents Following our Foodways: Perspectives on Sustainable Food Systems Education from Field to Kitchen March 24, 2021 , article
In this presentation, Dr. Ozzie Abaye will talk about the ways she incorporates culinary and food systems perspectives into her teaching and outreach as a form of sustainable food systems education. Dr. Abaye will also offer insights into the implementation of the Global Food Security and Health Pathway Minor program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, including the considerations for domestic and international experiential education that emphasizes the nexus of food, agriculture, and society.