Food For Thought Series

Food for Thought Film and Speaker Series: 2012-2013

UW-Stout's Sustainability Office, in collaboration with UW-Stout's Ally Initiatives, UW-Stout's Center for Applied Ethics, Sustainable Dunn, and the University Library, host the annual Food for Thought Film and Speaker Series.  This series, which runs from September to May, looks at various issues in sustainability -- transportation, food, energy, climate change, waste, and water -- and showcases films and speakers that focus on these issues to create a dialogue the encourages sustainable community development.   

**Free parking is available in all campus commuter lots after 4pm.  More parking info can be found below. 

Below is the schedule of events.  ALL EVENTS BEGIN AT 7PM.

September -- Food + Public Health -- Multiple locations (see below)

  • 12th: Farm to School Panel Discussion -- Great Hall, Memorial Student Center, 302 10th Ave. E., Menomonie
    • Karen Brummer (New Richmond School District Food Services Director)
    • Judi Smith (Menomonie School District Food Services Director)
    • Alaine Sonnenberg (Sonnenberg Rolling Acres, a local grass-fed beef farm)
    • Joe Lawrence (Little Sprouts Academy, Menomonie)
  •   25th: Lunch Line (film) -- Harvey Hall Theater, 721 3rd St. East, Menomonie    

October -- Sustainable Transportation -- Great Hall, Memorial Student Center, 302 10th Ave. E., Menomonie

  • 17th: Kjensmo Walker of Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit, The Future of Sustainable Transportation (speaker)
  • 29th: Scott Rogers of West Central Wisconsin Rail Coalition, Why Passenger Trains Will Be Part of West Central Wisconsin's Future (speaker)

November -- Water Issues -- Harvey Hall Theater,  721 3rd St. East, Menomonie

  • 13th: Cheryl Clemens of Harmony Environmental, Connections: Clean Lakes and Rivers (speaker)
  • 27th: Waterlife (film) 

December -- Waste Reduction -- Harvey Hall Theater,  721 3rd St. East, Menomonie

  • 4th: Tapped (film) 
  • 18th: Mark Vinall of Veolia Environmental Services, Composting with Veolia (speaker)

January -- Water Issues -- Harvey Hall Theater,  721 3rd St. East, Menomonie

  • 8th: Last Call At the Oasis (film)
  • 22nd: Taste the Waste (film)   
    • Due to the continued difficulties in receiving this film from the German distributor, we were unable to show Taste the Waste.

February -- Alternative Energy -- Great Hall, UW-Stout Memorial Student Center, 302 10th Ave. E., Menomonie

  • 12th: Freedom (movie)
  • 26th: Pam Dixon and David Anderson, Dave's Brewfarm, The Role of Renewable Energy in Business (speakers)
    • To view the Dave's BrewFarm PowerPoint presentation, click here [PDF].

March -- Green Building -- Great Hall, UW-Stout Memorial Student Center, 302 10th Ave. E., Menomonie

  • 12th: The Greening of Southie (film)
  • 26th: West CAP, Residential Green Building in Menomonie (speaker)

April -- Climate Change -- Multiple locations (see below)

  • 9th: The Island President (film), Ballroom B, UW-Stout Memorial Student Center, 302 10th Ave. E., Menomonie
  • 23rd: Katy Walter of Clean Wisconsin, The New Normal: Predicting Climate Impacts and Building Resilient Communities (speaker), Harvey Hall Theater,  721 3rd St. East, Menomonie

May -- Food + Community Development -- Harvey Hall Theater,  721 3rd St. East, Menomonie

  • 7th: Homegrown Revolution (short film) and Ken Meter of Crossroads Resource Center: The Role of Local Foods in Economic Recovery (speaker)
  • 21st: Urban Roots (film)
    THE SHOWING OF URBAN ROOTS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT IS PLANNED TO SHOW IT IN THE 2013-2014 FOOD FOR THOUGHT SERIES

If you would like to watch any of the film trailers, just click on the images below.

Lunch Line    Waterlife    Tapped    Last Call at the Oasis    Taste the Waste 

Freedom    The Greening of Southie    The Island President    Homegrown Revolution    Urban Roots

Sponsors include Tainter Menomin Lake Improvement Association, UW-Stout Parking & Transportation Office, Organic Valley, Menomonie Market Food Co-op, Xcel Energy, Veolia Environmental Services, Dunn County Environmental Services, Lucette Brewing Company, Mayo Clinic Health System, Cedar Corp, The Raw Deal, Waterfront Bar & Grill.

Click here for directions to Harvey Hall Theater.  Parking is free in Lot 1 (on Wilson Ave and 3rd Street E) after 4:00pm.  View the parking lot map here.

Click here for directions to Memorial Student Center.  Parking is free in Lot 18 (near 10th Ave E and 6th Street E) after 4:00pm.  View the parking lot map here.