Tag: Experiential Learning

Getting Hands-On: Learning to Butcher Hogs

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by Bethy Whalen The picture that I sent my mother and sister was captioned: “I made a new friend!”  It was a picture of me, holding up a massive hog’s head in a plastic bag. On February 15th, I joined my friend Sarah and her family in Ruckersville, Virginia for their annual hog butchering.  Every […]

Tags: Butchering, Experiential Learning, Sensory Experience, Student Life, Where food comes from

Faculty Member Netta Davis Wins 2011 ASFS Pedagogy Award

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The BU Gastronomy Program was out in full force at the Association for the Study of Food and Society conference last week in Missoula, MT. Faculty members Ellen Messer, Catherine Womack, Rachel Black, Ken Albala, Warren Belasco and Netta Davis presented papers and participated in a number of activities. MLA Candidate Erin Ross also presented a paper. […]

Tags: ASFS, Experiential Learning, Food Studies, Netta Davis, Pedagogy, Sensory Experience, Sensory Learning