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April 8, 2025 Join the co-founders of Damian’s Craft Meats LLC, Damian Rivera and Rosemary Linares, as they recount their decade-long journey to establish a sustainable and equitable local meat processing business in Southeast Michigan. This presentation delves into the systemic barriers they encountered, the opportunities they leveraged, and the actionable strategies they developed to

April 1, 2025 Learn from three Michigan-based changemakers: Angie Sanchez, Kiddada Green, and Jaye Clement. The panelists will share their work on equitable and health-promoting breastfeeding and first foods initiatives. 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

March 25, 2025 In this talk, Jayson Maurice Porter will center black environmental communication on three levels: researching, writing, and teaching. First, we’ll discuss inequality and unevenness in environmental narratives and how to analyze new archives and proxies of black and Afro-Indigenous environmental histories. Second, we’ll dive into methods and waves in black environmental writing

February 25, 2025 “Barons” is the story of seven titans of the food industry, their rise to power, and the consequences for workers, eaters, and democracy itself. It paints a stark portrait of corporate consolidation, but it also shows that a fair, healthy, and prosperous food industry is possible—if we take back power from the

March 11, 2025 Kiese Laymon is a Black southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi. Laymon is the author of the genre-bending novel, Long Division and the essay collection, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. Laymon’s bestselling memoir, Heavy: An American Memoir, won the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the 2018 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose,

February 25, 2025 Dr. Hannah Wittman will discuss the concepts of agroecological transitions, food sovereignty, and planetary health. We will illustrate these concepts by exploring the work of agroecological networks in Ecuador and Brasil that connect growers and consumers through participatory certification, food literacy, and solidarity actions. We will discuss rights and responsibilities among diverse

February 18, 2025 Learn from four innovative panelists: jøn kent, Reneé V. Wallace, Hajime Sato, and Jamina Shupack, as they share their insights and diverse approaches to tackling food waste. 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

February 11, 2025 “The Power of Local Food Systems: How Chefs, Farmers, and Advocates Are Rebuilding America’s Food Economy” will explore how local food networks strengthen communities, boost sustainability, and transform how we eat. Katherine Miller will share stories of collaboration between chefs, regenerative farmers, and food advocates pioneering innovative approaches to revitalize our food

February 4, 2025 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