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2nd Annual ACORN Producer and Buyer Forum: Local to Global Market Access

Sponsored by:
Environmental Studies
This forum is focused on helping farm and food businesses access new markets while grappling with external pressures and learning how to benefit from or influence a new trend. Speakers will address the intricacies of opening up new markets between producers and buyers, current trends in farm and food production relationships, learning to make the most of your business skills. Two panels will focus on both local and regional markets and larger global variables. Round-table discussions with buyers and sellers will target opportunities to develop relationships and market access.

Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

Open to the Public

Animal Rights: The Environmental and Ethical Impacts of the Animal Industrial Complex

Sponsored by:
Environmental Studies
Animal Rights: The Environmental and Ethical Impacts of the Animal Industrial Complex.

Renowned Australian philanthropist , environmental, and animal rights activist Philip Wollen will discuss the environmental and ethical impacts of the animal industrial complex on the atmosphere, water, forests, the oceans, and the existential threat to the survival of humans and up to a million other species. The 90 minute event will include a presentation by Philip Wollen, a Q & A Session and some time for action planning.

Virtual Middlebury

Open to the Public
Worldwide Climate Justice Teach-In Poster

World Wide Teach-In on Climate and Justice

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs, Economics, Environmental Studies, and Center for Teaching, Learning and Research
Participate with Midd in the World Wide Teach-In on Climate and Justice! Middlebury will be joining more than 350 educational institutions around the world (in more than 50 countries and most US states) in the teach-in. On or around Wednesday, March 30, 2022, faculty will devote at least five minutes of classroom time to a conversation about climate solutions and justice. Continue the conversation from this fall’s Clifford Symposium – Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency – and engage our students, who are coming of age in an age of planetary crisis and transformation.

Middlebury College

Closed to the Public

Environmental Studies Program Spring Social

Sponsored by:
Environmental Studies
Learn more about the Environmental Studies major and opportunities in the program and get any questions answered prior to fall registration. Prospective majors and minors are also encouraged to attend.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public