COMMUNITY N O T E S the editorial boards of the journals Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems and Agriculture, Food Systems & Community Development.
Heather Anderson has joined COA as the public relations manager, and is delighted to call herself a Mainer again.
In September, for the annual meeting of the Waterbird Society in Germany, John Anderson, William H. Drury, Jr. Chair in Evolution, Ecology and Natural History, organized and co-chaired a symposium on the decline of gulls in the North Atlantic. With him were Kate Shlepr '13 and Lindsey Nielsen '13, who gave oral papers. John is now archivist of the society, and a reviewer for the journal Waterbirds and for the University of Chicago Press. In May he spoke on the history of natural history to the first Northeastern Natural History Gathering in Vermont, and spoke about the importance of the visual arts in natural history and conservation to the annual meeting of the Guild of Natural History Illustrators. On sabbatical during winter 2013, John gave a seminar on the interactions of gulls and eagles and their implications for conservation biology at the University of Otago in New Zealand, and participated in a round-table discussion on the role of traditional ecological knowledge in conservation. COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE
Molly Anderson, Partridge Chair in Food and Sustainable Agriculture Systems, presented on food system indicators for the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in September, served on a panel on climate change at MOFGA's Common Ground Country Fair, and also gave an invited paper at the Yale Food System Symposium. In July she cofacilitated a workshop on developing indicators for Farm to Institution New England, in June presented at the New England Food Summit in Portland, ME, and the Agriculture, Food & Human Values conference in Michigan, and participated in the annual conference of the Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders in Rhode Island. In May she joined a charrette on northeast food system responses to climate change at CUNY and moderated a food and climate change forum in Camden, ME. Molly also co-authored papers on food system adaptation to climate change and food sovereignty, available online at the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development. She wrote on the right to food and nutrition in the US for the international Right to Food and Nutrition Watch, and helped an international team report on agriculture technology for development for the UN's Department on Economic and Social Affairs. Molly joined the international advisory council for the Sustainable Food Centre in Ontario, Canada, and the advisory board of the national organization Food Tank, as well as
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, arts faculty member Nancy Andrews and producer Peter West completed a three-week shoot of the live-action elements of The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes, Nancy's first feature film. It stars Michole Briana White and Jennifer Prediger '00, with Marco Accardi '14. The film crew includes arts faculty member Dru Colbert as production designer, Rohan Chitrakar '04, director of photography, Lauren Benzaquen '14, production assistant and assistant animator, Ben Moniz '14, assistant grip, and Adrian Garber '05, costume supervisor. It also features a scene with Coke Weed, the band of staff member Zach Soares '00. Zach helped create much of the film's music. Many other community members were also involved. Watch for a release in spring or summer 2014. Nancy is also one of 21 artists in the 2013 deCordova Biennial in Lincoln, MA, through April. Her work is in Animation Sketchbooks by Laura Heit, published by Chronicle Books in the US, and Thames and Hudson in the UK, showcasing the private sketchbooks of 50 current independent artists working in animation. In September Nancy launched the University of California Berkeley/Pacific Film Archives series Alternative Visions, with screenings of two of her films. 43