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i expected to learn and what i did learn in this course couldn t have been more different i came into this course expecting to learn about ways in which we can be more environmentally responsible like recycling in fact we didn t learn much about that at all we discussed how food impacts the environment not only did we learn about general knowledge of environmental food issues like the difference between local and organic but we contributed to the community as well this semester we were able to work the newly formed douglas county food policy council for our service learning project for me this was the best part of the class i am in another service learning course this semester and the satisfaction that comes from helping someone in the community while learning is tremendous when you are able to have a hands on experience you learn so much more than you could by reading a book hands on experiences help you connect and see how things work and impact your life through this experience i was able to learn about the impact of local foods to many local farmers and ku students i didn t realize its impact on so many people before this class local foods didn t really cross my mind i knew they existed but i didn t realize they were that big of an issue i thought eating them was something people did nonchalantly from this experience i realize it s larger than that for some people it is their life through my interviews i also learned about and toured a hoop house a hoop house is a plastic roofed greenhouse photo courtesy of http www growingformarket com this experience impacted me the most because of our involvement with the community though after all is said and done i feel satisfied knowing that i contributed to the community and that all my hard work will pay off for someone else too not just me as compared to a non service learning course where i m just earning a grade for myself it makes me feel good that i am helping someone else out jackie mcclellan 1 comment reflections on the semester the whole enchilada by jmuselmann april 30 2010 3 25 pm filed under about us business politics energy climate food health j500 week 14 justice outreach society media waste recycling tags consumption environmental food green hunger j500 jacob muselmann journalism littering recycling reporting food is at the fiber of our very being it is passed around piping hot with potholders it is handed to us self contained through the car door in paper sacks and divvied accordingly it s what we eat because our family does our friends have tried our mothers can afford we throw it away and we raise it high above our heads for to honor a friend or deity as an intentional sacrifice boxed up it is heaved and flown across the world passing some to bless others one way or another people get their hands on food and then we all have the decision of what to do with it some have the luxury of waiting to eat it others use it as currency or a positioning of power while for many others who have not been able to make the decision in quite some time it is always this put it into the holes in our faces in time to prolong death of course by this point we know we aren t just talking about food but rather how food passes and intersects with our needs for a healthy environment and body whole the need for change is dire and yet lingers on the idea of going green is gaining unprecedented momentum and yet in many ways it s not all it s cracked up to be people can easily eat their organic cake and not recycle and we let them but even within the green universe there lies a wad of inconsistencies and tradeoffs to be sifted through and decided upon it s a voyage that has caused more than one breakdown in the grocery store where i m stunned into inaction clutching my wallet in front of the onions biting my lip at the global repercussions often i leave almost empty handed pressure too great people say the choice is up to us as consumers but it sure is hard without good legislative infrastructure to guide food ways it shouldn t be surprising that it veers toward the same reckless trajectory as other things in this country trailing irreversible damage in the wake of progress and profit take me for example at least in some point in my life i have recycled i have also littered oh and i have been the one calling into report the tags of those i see throw things out of their cars while driving approximate time of infringement rough location type of violation what kind of model and the company make i guess this class has shown me that maybe i don t need a number in my glove box to bring about change i need only open my fridge instead jacob muselmann leave a comment food service and industry by sean t april 30 2010 1 05 pm filed under j500 week 14 society media tags chestnut charlie douglas county food policy council lawrence city commission lawrence ks wakarusa river farms are magical places no matter what season it is something is happening in winter you plan in spring you plant in summer you grow in fall you harvest through working with douglas county food policy council i learned how busy farmers stay keeping up with nature s cycles we can t control the elements but we can help them out keeping our soil and water clean for the most part douglas county has great soil this and a local market encourages farmers to start new operations or continue with old ones after i interviewed farmers i learned that soil is a resource that can be easily tainted chemical runoff from neighbors and erosion from heavy wind and rain constantly irritate farmers if we want our rich soil to stay valuable we as a community need to have a no nonsense approach to chemical pollution of our soil and streams through my interviews i learned that water is another vital resource every farm i visited had a different water source one had a spring fed well two farmers got county water from clinton lake the last one i talked to had no choice but to collect rainwater for plants her well water was too salty and her land was not near a water line preserving this water and soil is essential to a local food system chemical fertilizers and pesticides decrease our farmers ability to succeed without water nothing can grow including ourselves we have to protect water sources as the wells of our livelihood development is another issue as the city commission approves farmland for business parks they must think of consequences charlie novogradac s chestnut grove near the lawrence airport is at risk of flooding if development continues it s because he has low lying land his neighbors are at higher elevations if the areas above him don t have open ground to soak in rain it will rush downhill and drown his trees this is hardly the thank you note he deserves for providing the lawrence area with organic nuts for over 10 years community support is something that all farmers appreciated it is what they need to sell their product to grow community support we should start an education mission for local foods we need to get into grade schools high schools and college campuses in the area big farms spend millions of dollars in advertising every year we need our local government to step up and spend to promote our local growers the parking lot for the farmers market is an example of support but a small one we need to see gardens in abandoned city lots get the commissioners to tend to a garden we need to get local food visible if every citizen is a small scale producer then we will be more apt to buy local when we can t grow it ourselves we have to start spoiling ourselves when it comes to local organic food farmers work hard enough to maintain resources through working with the dcfpc i learned most of all that local food needs all of our help we have to contribute to reap its delicious rewards we need to start serving those who serve us the wakarusa river via clinton lake provides most county farm water we need to protect our water and soil to ensure a local food system for douglas county source flickr com sean t leave a comment after all s said and done by bendcohen april 30 2010 12 26 pm filed under food health j500 week 14 local events action society media tags food inc mass media new york times npr the pitch i wasn t entirely sure what to expect when beginning a class on media and the environment those are two very broad things that obviously have a relationship but finding an interesting way to discuss that relationship in a semester long college course could be difficult in order to really understand the way that mass media and the environment are connected the right way to do it in such a time frame is to focus on a specific area and as i quickly discovered that is what we were doing admittedly it is not one which i considered myself well versed in i always hear about the importance of buying local for the economic reasons if nothing else buy local food and you support people in your community while reducing the power and influence of corporate giants like wal mart having once won 50 for making a poster making fun of wal mart their smiley face logo had dollar signs for eyes and the slogan became everyday low morals i m obviously quite enthusiastic about this what i got a grasp on from reading about the various aspects of local foods was that there are many more affects to take pride in beyond simply malicious joy at harming a chain store local food systems provide the potential for work community bonding and healthy diets in places they otherwise would not be food producers with a smaller market to worry about do not need to take such a concern with mass production and thus have less problems with animal cruelty overuse of pesticides and antibiotics and disruption of nearby communities i found it strangely appropriate that the pitch a kansas city based free magazine published a story about a major pork producer in missouri losing a court case regarding how the smell from its plant disrupted the lives of the people living nearby right after we discussed major meat producers in class that brings us to the media aspect of this class while the focus of in class discussions was often on local food itself everything was prompted by an article either on a blog or a major media outlet having briefly flirted with becoming a journalism major early in my college career i happily went with political science instead the role the media plays as a gatekeeper in any subject interests me the semester previous to this one i took a class on media and politics and got to examine how media outlets both big and small portray people and issues i started this class curious about the kinds of rhetoric i d hear regarding the environment within mass media though my attention sort of shifted to simply who was covering food systems i mentioned the pitch a decidedly alternative publication before and have noticed that most places which give food the time of day are also smaller alternative sources when a major outlet like npr or the new york times pays attention it is in the form of a special interest story or a response to something else like a critical npr review of food inc from somebody who soon learned had yet to actually see that film the sole promotional image from my short lived campaign for governor of kansas as a small player in the news media myself i m going to be looking with more interest having taken this class at how food is portrayed from here on and as a wannabe politician maybe i ll get to have a say in the things that make the news someday time will tell ben c 1 comment media the environment food and me by bpirotte april 30 2010 10 12 am filed under j500 week 14 local events action society media thinking about the environment through the lens of food source http www gamestown2010 ca if i m being honest i ll have to admit i had no idea what i was getting into in this media and the environment class i had heard it being promoted before but assumed the topics covered would be about sustainable practices wind energy solar panels climate change or even biodiversity but food i had never even thought of our environment through the lens of food before and had no idea the amount of issues that impact our daily lives through food if i m still being honest it took me quite a while to start caring toward the beginning of the semester i thought that all this talk of vegetarianism organically grown foods and cage free chicken ranges was a lot of something i didn t really care about or take much interest in but when i realized that when i left the class to go eat dinner my fridge was full or lacking of what we had talked about in class and i began to realize it actually affected me without this class i never would understand what it means for food to be local organic hormone free but now i can be a responsible shopper and have even started participating in the growth of a local movement not only am i doing so through the purchases i make each time i visit the grocery store but i am able to participate in the beginning of what i know will be something great the douglas county food policy council or dcfpc by participating in a service learning project to help start a local food system for lawrence ks and the surrounding areas in douglas county i am truly giving back to society and helping the environmental movement where i live so what did i gain from a semester of jour 500 media and the environment at the university of kansas a new way to see understand and help my community and the world ben p leave a comment learning through service by micolea april 30 2010 1 53 am filed under j500 week 14 society media tags environment environmental issues service learning i am astounded by the vast amount of knowledge i have acquired from this course when i enrolled in this class i expected to come away having learned about various ways to be environmentally conscious and knowing definitions of environmental terms what i didn t expect to happen was to gain valuable insight on issues ranging from factory farms to food labels to the cleanliness of water from day one of this class i discovered that environmental issues are also human issues before i thought of it as completely separate concerns one having nothing to do with the other i was under the impression that environmental issues didn t affect me which made me in part disconnected from my surroundings i assumed that my daily routines and practices were too minuscule to have an effect on others or the world around me i was mistaken throughout the course i started to see and understand the importance of the connection between people and the planet my point of view began to change by using food and agriculture as our lenses through which we viewed environmental matters it brought about the realization that environmental issues are also day to day concerns such as purchasing produce sprayed with pesticides pumping gasoline into our cars and discovering the by products in drinking water photo by 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