Post Tagged with: "Food studies"

Students in a new Food Justice course spent spring break learning firsthand that it’s not just the distance food travels to the plate—sometimes it never makes it to the plate. Hunger. Poor nutrition. How does that happen around Athens, a fertile region once filled with farms and ranches and known […]

The Food for Thought speakers series presents Sandor Katz, a fermentation revivalist, on “The Art of Fermentation” on April 2, at 5:30 p.m. in Baker Theater. A reception featuring local fermented toppings on pizzas from Avalanche follows the talk. Katz is the author of New York Times bestsellers Wild Fermentation and […]

The Food Studies theme presents a mouthwatering menu of summer classes that will have students digging in the forest, brewing in the chem lab, and maybe even harvesting some wheat in the Ohio University garden. Students who want to get their hands dirty may want to practice sustainable agriculture with […]

Interested in an internship with Community Food Initiatives, Rural Action with Sustainable Agriculture, Snowville Creamery, or Shagbark Seed & Mill? New for Summer 2015, the Food Studies theme offers an internship and seminar on How Food Works in the Community. CAS 4410 Seminar in How Food Works in the Community […]

The Food for Thought speakers series presents Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, on “Eating Away at Austerity: Ireland and the Local Food Movement” on March 17 at 5 p.m. in Alden 319 (Friends of the Library Room). Scanlan’s Fulbright experience in Ireland last year provided opportunities to witness […]

The Food Studies Theme, along with the Common Project on Sustainability and the Making and Breaking the Law Theme, is sponsoring a free showing of the documentary Food Chains on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. A panel discussion follow the film presentation. This event is free […]

Dr. Art Trese, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, is the first speaker featured in the spring 2015 Food For Thought Speaker Series. Trese presents “Hands Off My Seeds!” Understanding Food Sovereignty on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 5 p.m. in Alden 319 (Friends of the Library Room). Refreshments will […]