To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
From: Charles Francis <CFRANCIS2@UNL.EDU>
Subject: Study Opportunity in Norway
Cc: pmurray1@UNL.EDU, Geir Lieblein <geir.lieblein@ipf.nlh.no>,
<Lennart.Salomonsson@VO.SLU.SE>,
"Hanne Olsen" <Hanne.Olsen@coem.kvl.dk>,
"Juha Helenius" <juha.helenius@helsinki.fi>,
"Richard Olson"<richard_olson@berea.edu>
FLASH UPDATE: An Agroecology Semester in Norway
How would you or one of your students like to experience a unique,
cross-cultural opportunity to study agroecology in the exotic country of
Norway?
What about learning a new culture and language, working with students from
the Nordic region, and getting beyond the fjord and troll stereotypes to
immerse in organic farming and food systems for four months?
All these dreams can become realities through the new NOVA University
semester-long course in Agroecology at the Agricultural University of Norway
located in Aas, just 25 miles south of Oslo. The first intensive course will
run from September to December, 2000. Instruction, exams, and project work
is in English. Places are still available for a few students from U.S. and
Canada to join those already signed up from Finland, Denmark, Sweden,
Norway, and the Baltic countries. We invite you to explore the possibilities
if this fits into your last year of undergraduate or early M.S. studies.
The course is centered at the NLH (Ag University in Aas), but involves many
field trips, group projects, and interaction with farmers, processors,
marketers, and consumers in the organic food system in Norway. Instructors
include faculty from NLH, farmers, and people active in the food system, as
well as an international cadre of well-known reseachers and educators from
around the Nordic region. The program is experiential, practical, and
current with the rules for organic farming in the countries in Scandinavia.
A systems approach is used throughout, and agroecology is defined in this
course as the process from production through processing to marketing and on
to the consumer, ultimately exploring the closing of nutrient and
information cycles. Local and bioregional food systems are explored and
contrasted with the current globalized model.
We invite you to visit the web site at KVL in Denmark for more details on
the course content and reference materials. You can apply for the course
through University of Nebraska -- Lincoln, or through other universities in
the U.S. and Canada that have cooperative agreements with NLH. Call or write
to me if you have specific questions.
Web Site: NEW:http://www.agsci.kvl.dk/coem/nova/ms.html
I look forward to hearing from you. Chuck Francis, UNL, 225 Keim Hall,
Lincoln, NE 68583-0949; tel. 402-472-1581, fax 402-472-4104, email
cfrancis2@unl.edu
Charles A. Francis
Director, Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
225 Keim Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68583-0949
Tel. 402-472-1581
Fax. 402-472-4104
e-mail cfrancis2@unl.edu
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