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Food and Farming Systems in Sicily

Thanksgiving Break Student Trip

Office of International Agriculture,

College of Agriculture, Auburn University

in cooperation with

University of Catania, Sicily, Italy

FALL 2008 tour leaves Auburn on Friday 21 November & returns Saturday 29 November

View Pictures from the Fall 2007 edition of this tour

Faculty: Joseph J. Molnar, Professor, DAERS 301 Comer Hall 334.844.5615 molnajj@auburn.edu

DEPARTURE: NOON Friday 21 November 2008 from Comer Hall. We will travel by van to the Atlanta airport. The van will also pick us up in Atlanta and bring us back to Comer Hall.

OBJECTIVE: Visit markets, farms, and other features of the Italian food system. Visit conducted in collaboration with University of Catania (UC). Sicily is the largest of the Mediterranean islands. It is a land beautiful in its mountains and its beaches, its Greek temples and Baroque churches. It is here in Sicily that the origins of European cooking lie. The island has been dominated by Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Normans, French and Spaniards, from whom, in different measures, the Sicilians acquired new learning and skills, often adapting and improving them. During the Spanish rule, Catania underwent a cultural revival, symbolized by the founding of the University of Catania in 1434, then called the 'Siculorum Gymnasium'. This rich history is clearly reflected in Sicilian cooking. When it comes to food Catania is probably one of the luckiest places on earth. It is a port city with a huge fish market and the center of the most agriculturally rich area of Sicily. This means that the basics of fish, meat, olive oil, vegetable, herbs and fruit are always fresh and plentiful. The Catania fish market - as old as the city itself - is famous for variety and freshness.

AUSPICES: Trip is organized as a non-required adjunct activity to RSOC 3700 Agricultural and Society taught in fall 2007

CREDIT: Students wishing to receive academic credit for additional reading and a term paper on a topic related to the field experience can register for the hours and complete the work in the spring semester

DATES: Leave ATL Friday 21 November, 2008

Return ATL Saturday 29 November, 2008

PROSPECTIVE ITINERARY

ESTIMATED COSTS:

TIMELINE: August – September -- information plus recruiting

• Obtain your passport NOW -- forms at Post Office, apply at Lee County Justice Center
• Thursday 13 September 5:30PM 211 Comer meeting of tour participants
• 15 September ticket purchase deadline from Fair Winds Travel (Montgomery) Vivian Good 1-800-228-4155
• 15 October $600 check to Auburn University due with photocopy of passport
• 16 November Departure

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