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Creating Economic and Agricultural Sustainability

Cynthia Kapple – “Community Based Agriculture and the Meaning of Supporting Local”
Cynthia Kapple started out in modern dance but now runs Midway Farms in Albany. Her work with the land moves beyond the notion of organic and is about working with the human and natural environment. At the age of eight, Cynthia Kapple started selling organically grown produce from their family garden to help them make ends meet. She pulled her little red wagon of fresh produce from neighbor to neighbor. “I remember the joy and excitement as the neighbors called each other when they saw me coming. They didn’t want to miss out.” In 1998, Cynthia started working 2.7 acres to supply her family and farm stand with fresh produce, cut flowers and eggs.

Carlos Martins-Filho - “Market for Organs.” “There exists a severe and growing imbalance between the demand and supply of cadaveric and live human organs available for transplantation. As a result of this imbalance thousands of people die each year in the United States while waiting for a needed organ. From an economic perspective the cause of this imbalance is clear: any payment to organ donors or their surviving family is prohibited and punishable by law, producing a price of zero for human organs. In his talk, Dr. Martins-Filho will argue that monetary incentives can play an important role in reducing the imbalance between supply and demand for human organs, potentially saving thousands of lives each year.” Dr. Martins-Filho is a Professor of Economics at Oregon State University.

3400 SW Willamette Ave

Corvallis, OR

Suggested $10 Donation

OSU Students are Free with I.D.

For more information contact: 541 230 1401

Between the Cracks: A Forum for Music, Science, Art, and Ideas
January 25th, 2:00pm
3400 SW Willamette Ave. Corvallis, OR 97333
(541) 230-1401
$10 Suggested Donation
Please RSVP by January 23rd due to limited space.

Jennifer Bachman – The Creative Mind
Jennifer Bachman is getting her doctorate in Science Education at OSU, specializing in Free-Choice Learning. Although “dull and uncreative herself”, she is particularly interested in how social, personal, and institutional factors impact the development of creativity. In previous lives Jennifer was a remote sensing analyst in Portland and a community college physical science instructor in Bellingham. She has a B.S. in physics from UCSD and a M.S. in geoscience from UCLA. She home educates her two children, one husband, and assorted animals.

Michael Coolen – The Pattern which Connects: Music, Mathematics, and Creativity
Michael Coolen is on the Music Faculty here at OSU, and he is an ethnomusicologist specializing in African music. His research and publication has focused primarily on the griot tradition of West Africa and the cultural and musical connections between the Senegambia and the American colonies. He led a variety of African and Latin percussion ensembles (including a steel drum ensemble) for several years around the region, as well as in Denmark.

Speakers/Performers are invited to discuss and answer questions from audience after presentation.
Light refreshments will be served.