Food Week

October 19, 2012

Williams College celebrated Food Week with exciting events from October 19th–27th, 2012.

 

Williams College Food Week

Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson, Campus Executive Chef

October 19-27, 2012

Participate in Food Week events!

Dining Services is offering an all-campus dinner that will showcase local, organic, and humanely-raised food in honor of Food Day on October 24. Food Day is a nationwide annual celebration and movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. At Williams, groups including the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives, the Queer Student Union, and Real Food Williams have collaborated to present events including guest speakers, discussions, and film screenings in celebration of “Food Week” from October 19-16; view the complete calendar here.

Friday, October 19th

  • Williams After Dark: Make Your Own Herb Planter. Paresky Center, 7:00 p.m.

 We’ll provide the soil, seeds, and flower pots along with materials to decorate!

Saturday, October 20th

  • Visit the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and volunteer. Meet at the circle in front of Chapin Hall, 8:15 a.m.
  • BBBBB! Paresky Steps, 8:00 a.m.

Enjoy a bike ride to the Blue Benn Diner in Bennington!

Sunday, October 21st

Williams sustainable workers working on a garden
Williams Sustainable Growers work in the Parsons garden.
  • Garden Work Party. Parsons garden, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

Come join the Williams Sustainable Growers to work on Parsons garden on Dodd Circle. No experience necessary!

Monday, October 22nd

  • Gender and Food lunch discussion. Paresky Center 116, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Discussion open to students, faculty, and staff.

  • Barton Seaver: “Bristol Bay: A World of Challenges and Opportunities.” Griffin Hall, Room 3, 6:30 p.m.
Chef, author, and speaker Barton Seaver
Barton Seaver will speak on salmon habitat in Bristol Bay, AK.

Barton Seaver is a chef, author, speaker and National Geographic Fellow, speaks about restoring our relationship with the ocean, land and each other — through dinner.

Tuesday, October 23rd

  • Potluck and Food Week Storytime Special! Dodd Dining Hall, 6:00pm dinner;  7:00pm Storytime

Bring some food to eat with friends and stay on for a Food Week Story time.

  • Food Inc. screening. Paresky Auditorium, 9:00 p.m.

A 2008 Emmy Award-Winning American documentary film about corporate farming in the US.

Wednesday, October 24th : National Food Day!

  • Vendor Fair. Paresky Center, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
    Vendor fair at Paresky
    Suppliers to Williams Dining will present locally produced products on Wednesday during the Vendor Fair in Paresky Center.

Meet local vendors and farmers, visit the squash animal petting zoo created by students from Williamstown Elementary School, and learn more about national Food Day! Featuring: Ginsberg’s Foods, Quandt’s Food service Distributors, Black River Produce and allied producers, Peace Valley Farm, Vermont Bena Crafters, Gammelgården Creamery, Paradise Farms, and more.

  • All Campus Food Day Dinner. Towne Field House, 5:00 p.m.–7:30 pm

Williams Dining presents an all-campus dinner featuring local sustainable food. Guest-led discussion table topics including fermentation, nutrition and animal husbandry.

Food Day Dinner Menu:

Team Poueck’s Award Winning Hake Dish
Peace Valley Farm Roasted Fingerling Potatoes
Rhode Island Stuffed Clam Casino
Peace Valley Farm Dilly Beans
Peace Valley Farm Butternut Squash Salad
Peace Valley Farm Asian Mix Salad
Drew’s Dressings
Equinox Farm Spinach Salad
Maplebrook Fine Cheese Feta and Mozzarella Burrata
Vermont Soy Tofu with Peace Valley Farm Swiss Chard
Bill’s Pickled Red Onions
Freebird Chicken with Hunter Sauce
Ancient Grains Salad
Black Queen Angus Farm Beef Stew
Apple Crisp
Nitty Gritty Grain Company Sun-dried Tomato Focaccia
Maple Vanilla Gelato
Hot Chocolate made with Highlawn Farm Milk
Apple Cider from Paradise Farms

Dinner discussion tables:

1) Gordon Clark
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
Theme: Food security issues/Emergency food programs
2) Yael Dolev
Independent food coach
Theme: Nutrition “fast food”
3) Pia Kohler
Center for Environmental Studies Professor
Theme: Pesticide use/Environmental policy impacting food
4) Brent Wasser
Sustainable Food & Agriculture Program
Theme: Fermentation
5) Sy Schotz ’10
Small diversified farm in Cummington, MA
Theme: Animal husbandry/mushroom cultivation
6) Maria Cruz
Campus nutritionist
Theme: Ask the nutritionist
  • Queer Student Union Panel. Henze Lounge, 7:00 p.m.

Join a conversation with farmers about the queer movement and agriculture.

  • Real Food Stressbusters. Goodrich Hall, 9:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m.

De-stress with local, sustainable, and fair food!

Thursday, October 25th

  • Go eat some real food!!

Friday, October 26th

  • Log lunch: Sailing, Soaring and Saving: A look Into Cetacean Research and Rescue. Presented by Bob Lynch, Research Assistant at Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. The Log, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
  • Eat the Invaders! Wege Auditorium, 4:00 p.m.
    Author and Biologist Joe Roman
    Joe Roman will speak on eating invasive species.

This presentation on eating invasive species in an effort to control them features a sushi demonstration and tasting. How do you make vegetarian sushi with invasive species? Learn from biologist and writer Joe Roman, and chef and environmental activist Bun Lai.

  • Shabbat Dinner. Jewish Religious Center, 7:00 p.m.

Celebrate food week with friends and attend a delicious Shabbat dinner.

Saturday, October 27th

  • Food and Craft Fair. Goodrich Hall, 1:00 p.m.–4:00pm

An art, food, and craft market showcasing student vendors.