Hamline's Land-Based Learning Celebrated in New Book

Hamline students' land- and food-based learning has been celebrated in two chapters in the new open-access book Gleanings from the Field: Food Security, Resilience, and Experiential Learning.  Chapter 8, Relational, Logistical, and Pedagogical Considerations in Developing Urban Food Cultivation “Land School” Programs, traces the land-based learning work of the Cross-Campus Food Access Coalition as they have connected the ethics and practices of their campus and community-engaged gardens, co-authored by Hamline's Valentine Cadieux, Saint Kate's Susi Keefe, and Jennifer Tacheny from the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet. Chapter 12, Pedagogy of Mess: Taking Action Despite Uncertainty, relates a student project engaging community members in "the maze of eating in connection" in Hamline's Center for Justice and Law as part of its Environmental Justice programming. Visiting artist Janaki Ranpura and Professor Valentine Cadieux facilitated and wrote up this project, which features many student (and now alumni!) projects. Both chapters are good reminders of the many ways to connect the everyday activities of eating and gardening to Hamline studies! Get involved in the Dining Committee, or join the Garden Club, which meets Wednesday afternoons at 4pm south of the Hamline Church (garden@hamline.edu).