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Arjun Guneratne (Anthropology), Susan Green (Chemistry), Hannah Ramer (Environmental Studies), will present “Teaching about Food and Agriculture."  Interest in food and agriculture at Macalester has grown dramatically over the past 15 years, prompting new courses and even a new concentration in Food, Agriculture, and Society.  But what changes in a classroom when you use a cookbook as the textbook in a Chemistry course?  What does it mean to use food as the primary vehicle to understand other cultures, or to use farming as a lens to make sense of environmental change?  Join us for a lively roundtable discussion of some of the ways that people are using food and agriculture to rethink what they do in the classroom.  All faculty welcome.  Lunch will be provided.