History Post-Doc hosts: "Bees to Beef: Animals in Environmental History" - CHESS 2012

This year the University of Guelph hosts "Bees to Beef: Farm(ed) Animals in Environmental History", the Canadian History and Environment Summer School. Organized by History Department post-doctoral researcher Jennifer Bonnell, the event features Guelph faculty from Environmental Biology, Animal and Poultry Science, Geography and History, environmental historians from around the North American northeast, tours of the OVC and Rowe Farms, talks on the history of mink farming, chicken breeding, urban markets, among many other people and things. This event is designed to provide a forum for interaction between graduate students, post doctoral fellows, faculty members and others, and is held in conjunction with the Network in Canadian History & Environment in a different city each spring. Get the final program (.pdf) or visit: http://niche-canada.org/chess2012