Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Vassar College/Hudson Valley Amenity Economy (Fall 2013)/Course description

Course Questions: Agriculture in the Hudson Valley is reviving after decades of decline. What innovations and new developments are directing its growth? What social developments, market characteristics and qualities of place make this region work for agriculture? How might the Hudson Valley offer models for environmentally, economically and socially sustainable agriculture?

Learning Objectives:
 * 1) To visit and appreciate the farms and agriculture of the Hudson Valley in their local particularity and broader significance.
 * 2) To critically analyze the food systems, human geographies, and cultural systems that mediate people's connections to Hudson Valley agriculture.
 * 3) To become expert in, and be held accountable for, some knowledge of the Hudson Valley through blogging and Wikipedia publishing.

Scenic Hudson – Grace Riley, Elena Smithies, Cansu Soysal

Glynwood Center (Cold Spring) – Jessica Cervantes, Yasani Spencer

Locusts on Hudson (Staatsburg) – Miranda Kay

Madava Farms (Dover Plains) – Leela Stalzer

Grazin' Angus Acres (Ghent) – Caitlin Munchick

Marina Abramovic Institute (Hudson) – Emily Deen

O+ Festival (Kingston) – Colin Cederna

Basilica Hudson (Hudson) – Leonard Nevarez

http://pages.vassar.edu/hvamenityeconomy/

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