Post Tagged with: "Food studies"

The Food For Thought Speaker Series presents Warren Taylor of Snowville Creamery on “Food Sovereignty: Language-Labels-Liberty” on Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room, Alden 319. A reception follows the talk. Food for Thought is sponsored by the Food Studies theme.

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents This Changes Everything on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 7-9 p.m. A panel comprising Dr. Nancy Manring, Associate Professor of Political Science and Sustainability Studies theme leader; Dr. Edna Wangui, Associate Professor of Geography; and Eddie Smith, Graduate Student Senate President. Discussion topics […]

By Cameron Fortin ’16 Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. Paul Patton, along with two undergraduate students (myself included), presented at the Bridging the Past, Cultivating the Future food studies conference at Chatham University in Pittsburg, PA this past summer, June 24-28, 2015. The theme that guided this year’s conference was […]

Welcome back to spring semester and a new book for the Food Studies theme Book Club, which will be reading Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey by Gary Paul Nabhan. Abstract: Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this […]

By Rachel Komich ’16 Food Matters, the campus student organization focused on food, was founded by recent graduates Anna Chleboun and Janice Brewer in Spring 2014 to enhance student and community experiences with the Food Studies theme at Ohio University. The club highlights the important role food plays in our […]

There will be five sections of the 1-credit course CAS1300x Themes in Action  offered in spring – each focused on a different curricular theme – to provide students with active learning opportunities concerning sustainability, local food, justice and social change, wealth and poverty, and international security. In addition to the […]

The Food Studies theme has two Spring Break 2016 study abroad opportunities through the Office of Global Opportunities. Both of these programs give students unique opportunities to get hands-on experience in food systems, while earning course credit. Food Justice in Athens ENG 3000X: Food Justice in Athens, OH is a […]