Week 1: Welcome Foodies!

It was great meeting all of you on Tuesday! We are so glad you guys made it to the first class and decided to explore the food system with us!

A recap of our first class:

First the facilitators each did a little intro-

Cindy is a fourth-year Nutritional Sciences, Dietetics (CNR) major. She intends to become a “kickass” Registered Dietitian specializing in food innovation, design and marketing. She travels everywhere and has an awesome food blog which y’all should check out! http://ma-nutrition.blogspot.com/

Agnes is a second-year Public Health major. She works for the Berkeley Food Institute and she is passionate about the environmental aspect and policies of the food system.

Vicky is a junior studying Conservation and Resource Studies (CNR.) She is familiar with agriculture and food-related labor issues, the restaurant/food business world. She cooked for the famous Angeline’s Louisiana Kitchen, and staged at different fine-dining restaurants!

I am Hailey, blogger for our decal this semester! I am a second-year Nutri Sci Major, Dietetics track and pre-med. I am obsessed with food and sports. I hope to become either a sports nutrition-specialized dietitian or a sports physician with a nutrition therapy focus. I am also a peer advisor at CNR, come chat with me Mon 4-5 pm/ Wed 12-1 pm at 260 Mulford!!

I will be sending you weekly newsletters with a blurb of recap of the previous class, and updating the website/blog on both what we did in class and interesting food topics!

Here’s our blog- we’d love to feature your new finds or anything you want to share!

http://calfoodsystem.wix.com/decal

Then we went over the syllabus, emphasized on important info including the course structure, prospective weekly topics, and what you need to do to pass the class -- attendance of course, but also the greatest midterm, a creative art notecard, & final, a potluck, ever!

After that- Introduce yourselves and Icebreaker time!

It was great to see you all mingle together, meeting other cool foodies, forming the sushi-lover corner, Cal-spirit team, cat vs. dog people, and fruit addicts! Seems like we are also super diverse? CS majors yay!

And ----of course there’s gotta be food, always. We enjoyed some Vicky’s very-chocolaty macaroons, which she homemade till 1AM with love (ft. Agnes and Hailey), as well as chips, popcorn and drinks!

P.S. You guys are also welcome to bring in goodies if you feel like sharing (yep, talking to you good bakers/cooks out there)!

Lastly, we watched a short clip “Stop Animation” by Michael Pollan, which address some ongoing issues with food that we can explore this semester. Rewatch it here:

http://michaelpollan.com/videos/michael-pollan-on-stop-animation-video/

Please don’t hesitate to email us with topics/issues/people you would like to discuss in class or just share with everyone!

Anyone else can't wait for next Tuesday? Remember to bring in a piece of food news to win CHOCOLATE!

Study hard and eat & sleep well!

Best,

Hailey

Agnes, Cindy and Vicky