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April 15, 2025
On April 15, 300 students and community members attended virtually and in person for the 10th annual Fast Food for Thought, an event with ten 5-minute flash talks on food and agriculture! This year’s Fast Food for Thought speakers included Dr. Alexis J. Handal (School of Public Health), Abigail Merolle (SEAS), Dr. Allan Hruska (SEAS), Amber Bal (LSA, Romance Languages & Literature), Allyson Pérez (LSA, American Culture), Caylen Cole-Hazel (Hatcher Graduate Library), Dr. Rebecca Hasson (Kinesiology), Clara Gamalski (Student Life Sustainability), Dr. Alicia R. Ventresca-Miller (LSA, Anthropology), Dr. Miranda Brown (LSA, Chinese Studies).
After the talks, students and community members mingled in a reception with delicious bites prepared by Chef SouFy and Chef Angus Bush of Red Tail Catering. The reception menu was influenced by traditional Anishinaabe food ways and indigenous fusion. Thank you to the Fast Food for Thought speakers and Red Tail Catering for making the event possible, and to everyone who joined!
Launched in 2017, Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan supported by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, School for Environment & Sustainability, Program in the Environment, and CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund. From January to April 2025, Food Literacy for All features guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-8 PM EST) to address the challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The 2025 course is organized around the theme “Food and Care.” The course is co-facilitated by Dr. Bénédicte Boisseron (the course Faculty Instructor and UM Professor and Chair of Afroamerican & African Studies), Shiloh Maples (the course Community Co-Instructor and an Anishinaabe community organizer, seed keeper, and storyteller), and Sami Maldonado (the Course Coordinator and graduate student in the School for Environment & Sustainability), with support too from Lesli Hoey (Co-Director of the UM Transformative Food Systems Fellowship).
Learn more and register for free as a community member on the Food Literacy for All website. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainab…
