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The Food Studies theme presents its September events. *The Grover Market at Atrium Cafe veggie sales every Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 7, 5:35 p.m.:     Classics Colloquium, Dr. Paul Patton “In the Weeds: Archaeobotany and Solutions to Food Insecurity” Sept. 12, 11-4 p.m.:    Global Opportunities Study Away Fair in […]

Dr. Paul Patton and Dr. Sabrina Curran co-authored an article on “Archaic Period Domesticated Plants in the Mid-Ohio Valley: Archaeobotanical Remains from the County Home Site (33at40), Southeastern Ohio” in the Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 41 (2): 127-158. Patton is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Food Studies and Director of […]

By Madeline Weir Michael Outrich’s passion for geography is apparent the second the word comes up. “I always had a passion for maps and geography,” says Outrich, who began his undergraduate career as a Meteorology major before pursuing Geographic Information Science, in which he recently earned his bachelor’s degree. “Everything […]

The Food Studies theme is proud to present the new Food and Society Certificate undergraduate program. The Food and Society Certificate represents a series of courses that challenges students to think critically about an aspect of their lives simultaneously deeply personal, public, and political. The certificate promotes an interdisciplinary understanding of how what’s […]

The Office of Global Opportunities used its annual office retreat local for an immersive experience of the Athens food system. The retreat was inspired by the Food Studies theme’s spring break experiential course, “Food Justice in Athens, OH: Literature of Social Reflection,” as well as the increasing campus interest in growing our […]

Dr. Art Trese, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, collaborated with the Athens non-profit Community Food Initiatives on a seed-saving workshop at the 5th Annual Real Food Real Local Conference in the Eclipse Company Town this summer. Trese describes his informational session as having covered the “challenges of using […]

The Food Studies theme offers a menu of courses  for Fall 2016. CAS 4911 How Food Works in the Community Internship Students will get hands-on experience in small-scale sustainable agricultural production at the Plant Biology Learning Gardens through planting, tending, and harvesting, along with marketing and selling produce at the weekly […]