Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

SAFS Listserv Items

• MSU College of Education Learning Initiative -Beyond Borders: Understanding the Undocumented Experience

  Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 18:58:31 +0000
  Author: Cotton, Julie

  Given the many intersections of immigration, agriculture, and the food system, I thought some of you might be interested in this event series.
  
  Julie Cotton, M.S. (she/hers)
  Coordinator and Instructor
  Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Minor
  1066 Bogue St, Room A264
  Plant and Soil Sciences Building
  
  cottonj@msu.edu
  517-488-7841 (m)
  
  Program website: safs.msu.edu<https://www.canr.msu.edu/safs/>
  
  Begin forwarded message:
  
  From: "Flores, Amanda" <flores64@MSU.EDU>
  Subject: College of Education - 2026-27 Learning Initiative
  Date: September 1, 2026 at 2:52:12 PM EDT
  To: <SPECIALISTS@LIST.MSU.EDU>
  Reply-To: "Flores, Amanda" <flores64@MSU.EDU> [...]

• Oct. 5th Hamm-Norris Seminar: The Role of Restaurants and Chefs in Addressing the Climate Crisis

  Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 17:50:36 +0000
  Author: Cotton, Julie

  Community Sustainability, Hamm-Norris Seminar:
  Taylor Reid, Professor of Applied Food Studies at the Culinary Institute of America
  (and MSU Alum)
  "The Role of Restaurants and Chefs in Addressing the Climate Crisis"
  October 5, 2026, 2:30 to 3:30pm
  Natural Resources 338
  Zoom login info: https://www.canr.msu.edu/csus/events/
  
  The food system is responsible for 1/3rd of the global climate footprint and across the planet people are increasingly eating food prepared by restaurants and institutions. This presentation will discuss both the effect of global climate change on restaurants and chefs and the impacts of the decisions made within restaurants on the size of their climate [...]

• APPLICATIONS DUE TODAY: Global PhD Platform Feed-Protect-Care for Sustainable Futures

  Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 12:00:02 +0000
  Author: Cotton, Julie

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  Call for Applications: Feed-Protect-Care for Sustainable Futures Global Collaborative PhD Platform
  
  International Studies and Programs and the Graduate School at MSU are pleased to announce a call for applications for the third cohort of the Feed-Protect-Care for Sustainable Futures Global Collaborative PhD platform.
  
  Students applying should be in their second year of a Ph.D. program at MSU, must be in good academic standing, making suitable progress on their research, and have the approval of their advisor. Their research must be related to the cohort theme: [...]