{"id":535,"date":"2014-07-11T17:14:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T17:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/facultyhighlights\/?p=535"},"modified":"2014-07-14T19:43:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T19:43:01","slug":"faculty-members-reinvigorate-trinfo-cafe-community-garden-connect-courses-to-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/facultyhighlights\/2014\/07\/11\/faculty-members-reinvigorate-trinfo-cafe-community-garden-connect-courses-to-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Members Reinvigorate Trinfo Caf\u00e9 Community Garden, Connect Courses to Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Susan Masino, Vernon Roosa Professor of Applied Science, saw the community garden at Trinfo Caf\u00e9, she saw an opportunity to beautify a Trinity space, provide the neighborhood with access to healthy food, and engage Trinity\u2019s students and faculty in their community. With the help of a Mellon Grant, faculty members, students, and the Trinity neighborhood, Masino has reinvigorated a centerpiece of the College\u2019s engagement with its community.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause faculty members have so many demands on their time, something like this is hard to keep going [with just one faculty member],\u201d Masino said. \u201cBut with an academic focus and multiple faculty involved, it can thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project \u2013 called Fresh Food, New Connections \u2013 was awarded a Mellon Grant to execute this model: a rotating group of faculty members maintaining and utilizing the community garden and incorporating an academic focus. The faculty members involved come from a variety of disciplines: psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, language and culture studies, and economics.<\/p>\n

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Susan Masino, Vernon Roosa Professor of Applied Science, speaks to the crowd at the opening of the Trinfo Cafe Community Garden.<\/p><\/div>\n

While studying the economics of farmers markets, students in Carol Clark\u2019s ECON 101 course helped to get the community garden up and running, as did eight students pursuing an independent study. In the coming academic year, students in Dario Del Puppo\u2019s \u201cFood in Italian History, Society, and Art\u201d course will spend time utilizing and maintaining the garden. Participating faculty members have set up a four-year schedule that will help to sustain the garden and interact with the community.<\/p>\n

While working on the garden, Masino discovered that a neighboring unused parcel was also owned by Trinity. She worked with the College to clean up the space, which will be used as an outdoor classroom and sculpture garden featuring the work of Trinity students.<\/p>\n

On July 10, the community celebrated the opening of the garden and the outdoor classroom. Dozens of members of the Trinity community and the neighborhood explored the space, enjoying food, live music, dancing, and conversation with friends, colleagues, and neighbors. Joanne Berger-Sweeney, President and Trinity College Professor of Neuroscience, was among those in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a real sign of the liberal arts reaching beyond the hedges and into the community,\u201d said Berger-Sweeney. \u201cI am so proud to be a part of this effort and a part of this College.\u201d<\/p>\n

To view more photos of the July 10th community garden opening, click here<\/a>. Photos by John Atashian.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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