Photos from the Green Restaurants Research Team class field trips. (Photos and slide show courtesy of Ethan Tate.)

1. Environment, Agriculture and Food: Advanced
Economic and Policy Analysis
PBPL 26531 ENST 26531
Photos by Ethan Tate

2. Jim Freeland, a consultant to Lou Malnati’s, gives a tour of the south loop location’s
kitchen to members of the Winter 2011 course. Mr. Freeland managed the
complex certification process for the franchise and discussed it over lunch.
Pictured (left to right): Jim Freeland, Alex Murray, Kelli Maleckar, Andrew Stevens

3. Several advisors were present for the Winter mid-project presentation, in which students
groups updated the class and select faculty on research to date.
Foreground: Jeff Maimon–assistant to Mr. Rick Bayless, Helen Cameron–co-owner of Uncommon Ground, Eloise
Karlatiras–director of development-GCRCBackground: Professor Sabina Shaikh–director and designer of the course
and Mark Lycett– Environmental Studies chair

4. The class watches on in the basement kitchen of Uncommon Ground as Helen
Cameron discusses the inner-workings of the “Greenest Restaurant in America.”

5. At the start of Spring quarter, students met at the Shedd Aquarium for a
presentation by Brooke Havlik who gave an in-depth look at what seafood is
sustainable and what standards she believed the class could use.

6. Louis John Slagel regards a goat as he gives students a tour of Slagel Farms in
Fairbury, Illinois. On the visit, he discussed family farming and the effects that
local, sustainable farming and the effects it can have on the city of Chicago.

7. Dave Snyder, an urban organic farmer, discusses the rooftop farm at Uncommon Ground which
he constructed with Mike and Helen Cameron. The farm provides produce for the restaurant
during the summer and is considered the country’s first certified organic rooftop farm.

8. Students took advantage of previous life experiences to gather information for the course.
Peter Berkowitz (Public Policy/Philosophy ’13) and Ethan Tate (Public Policy ’13) interviewed
Jason Vincent, head chef at Nightwood where Peter is a former employee.

9. Spring 2012 Class
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