Solar Cooking Symposium Set at UNMG

For Release - June 10, 2009

The Symposium for Solar and Retained Heat Cooking will take place at the University of New Mexico-Gallup on Monday, July 20, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Health Careers Center, Room 105.

The symposium will feature guest speakers who will discuss global solar cooking projects, solar oven construction and healthful cooking methods. Solar food will be cooked and available for tasting at the end of the day.

Among the guest speakers will be Paul Funk, agricultural engineer with New Mexico State University, who will discuss his solar projects and the testing of solar ovens; John Welles, a teacher at Gallup High School who will talk about oven construction and solar ovens his students have completed; Rosemary Anslow, who will focus on cooking for diabetics and vegetarian cooking; and Vicky Paklito, who will solar cook some dishes for the tasting.

A certificate of attendance will be given to all participants, and a light lunch provided.

The event is funded through a grant from a National Institute of Health Biomedical and Behavioral Research Initiative grant awarded to UNM-Gallup.

Registration will be limited to 50 participants. For more information contact Deane Johnson at (505) 863-7664.

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