Food literacy for all videos by year 2019.
April 23, 2019 100 years ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today more than half of our seafood is coming from farms. This epochal shift is something we haven’t seen since humans first turned from hunter/gathering to terrestrial farming more than 10,000 years ago. In this talk, bestselling author Paul Greenberg […]
Paul Greenberg | “Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food” Read More »
April 16, 2019Kevin Frank, Bruce Ferguson, Helda Morales, Monique Thompson While nutrition and cooking classes are an important part of (re)educating the public about healthier food options, does it go far enough to motivate wider actions that address environmental problems, food injustices and other issues facing our food system? How can we teach children and
April 9, 2019 What will it take to truly transform the food system? What is ultimately our north star within the food movement? During this presentation, food movement activist and organizer Dara Cooper, National Organizer for the National Black Food and Justice Alliance, calls on the brilliance of Black feminist theory and praxis to ground
April 2, 2019 Much like in the rest of the country, food systems in Buffalo, NY have been overlooked in local government planning and policy. Yet, the food system has played a key role in the rustbelt city’s history and renaissance. This talk explores the ways in which ordinary, incremental, and collective action by community
March 26, 2019 This discussion will focus on what should be the intersectionality of food access and food literacy as they relate to people of color in the rural South. SouthWest Georgia will be presented as a case study. A profile of a 13 county area will be provided. Emphasis will be placed on the
March 19, 2019 Most people have plenty of room for improvement in the healthfulness of what they choose to eat and drink. The food industry has proven to be resourceful and clever in marketing a never-ending line of tasty, convenient and inexpensive products that tend to be unhealthy choices. Is the problem that people are
Christopher Gardner | “Stealth Nutrition” Read More »
March 12, 2019 In this engaging talk, author and activist Anna Lappé takes us down history lane, from the origins of our chemically dependent, petroleum-addicted agricultural system to the corporate conglomerates who dominate that system today. Lappé traces the many ripples of a way of farming that fights against nature and how communities around the
Anna Lappé | “Island Earth: Chemicals, Climate, and the Future of Eating” Read More »
February 26, 2019 Meg Burritt, Anthony Hatinger, Renee Wallace Hear from three Detroiters who are innovating solutions to address the problem of food waste. How do issues of wasted food affect our local and global food system? Are there ways to simultaneously address food waste and food insecurity?
Feburary 19, 2019 Elizabeth Yeampierre is a internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney and environmental and climate justice leader of African and Indigenous ancestry born and raised in New York City. She will be spoke about the intersection of climate justice and food systems in this political moment. Her talk discussed what frontline communities need to
Elizabeth Yeampierre | “Climate Justice: The Roots Will Weather The Storm” Read More »
February 5, 2019 Eric Kampe, Krista Isaacs, Antonio Rafael What is the significance of seeds in our food system? Who owns our seeds and why does it matter? What are GMOs and how does gene editing technology relate to issues of biodiversity, human health, culture, and power? In this panel, we will explore these issues
Panel Discussion | “The Politics, Ecology, and Future of Seeds” Read More »
