Team Members
Jared Aslakson, Emily Canosa, Jacob Grochowski, Isabella Herold, Lauren Hoff, Hayley Kerner, Christine Rickard, Kate Samra, Alexandra Weber
Advisor
Raymond De Young
Project Summary
The project team facilitated an environmental education workshop series to increase the flow of information about sustainable food systems between Washtenaw County community groups and faculty, staff and students at the University of Michigan (U-M). The U-M community has considerable experience about local food systems and is interested in a wider distribution of knowledge about this issue.
The series of workshops focused on action strategies to support long-term behavior change, as well as increasing knowledge of local food systems, and actionable steps towards increasing the sustainability of these systems. U-M Sustainable Food Program faculty, students and staff facilitated the development of workshops, and conduced participant surveys. The project team expects that by strengthening the local food systems, more positive economic, environmental, and equity changes will occur at U-M and throughout Washtenaw County.