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By Julie Anna Scott Bachelor of Specialized Studies in Sustainable Agriculture and Herbalism Just off of West State Street, down a windy gravel road, there lies an abundant garden laden with squash, tomatoes and the usual crops one might find at any good farm. But this year, something new has […]

The Food Studies theme announces a new course: CAS 4413/5413 The Art of Craft Brewing: An Athens Case Study. The course will be taught by Art Oestrike, the founder and owner of Jackie O’s Brewery and an Ohio University alum who earned a B.A. in Russian and an M.A. in […]

Food Studies theme students and faculty hosted a visiting delegation from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador on Friday, April 6. The group, including five different deans of Ohio University, had a week-long visit to Athens hosted through the Center for International Studies. Food Studies spent the day giving the […]

The Food Studies theme recently held a focus group to engage the student perspective. Participants shared vibrant stories of how they found their way to the program, often being lead through their personal interests in food and health. After saying the best part of the program is director Dr. Theresa […]

By Dawn Bikowski Director of the English Language Improvement Program How do the seed-saving practices in Southeast Ohio compare with the struggles and triumphs of food sovereignty in the Andes of Ecuador? Dr. Rommel Montúfar (Biological Sciences, Pontíficia Universidad Católica del Ecuador), and Michael Ayala (Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Central del […]

The Food Studies theme has recently been featured in a few publications highlighting the great work being done by our faculty and students. Please check out the links below to read the story of the learning environment Food Studies is fostering around food, community, and hands-on learning: Ohio Today Magazine […]

The Food Studies theme announces a summer 2018 internship program in the Cloud Forest of Ecuador. This four-week, three-credit internship in the Cloud Forest, an hour north of the capital, Quito, focuses on a broad set of issues connected to food, from sovereignty to security and access, to food culture and community […]