TFS Fellow, L’Oreal Hawkes-Willams, is the founder of New Leaf Detroit. Learn more about it and how to help them cultivate relationships with nature for mutual healing here.
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“For my summer internship, I worked for Pashon Murray and her company, Detroit Dirt, which was a hybrid position with the in-person portion taking place here on campus working with fellow SEAS student, Angie Sillah and by visiting the campus farm… I was part of a team that worked to develop a biomass waste market
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Finding the Magic; Creating shared space in an increasingly unequal and racially divided Ireland This project sought to summarize the socioeconomic upheaval that has transformed Ireland over the past thirty years in particular. Centering Muck and Magic community garden, the idea of community gardens as ‘embodying the radical imaginaries’ of a more equal, anti-racist Ireland
“Growing up in Farmville, I thought it was a rite of passage to work in the tobacco fields during the summer. My mom, aunt, and grandparents had all spent time driving tractors or working in the barns; I assumed that I would eventually do my time as well. As I grew older, I began to
Circumpolar Northern Food Systems in a Changing World In the Circumpolar North, farming is generally limited due to its cold climate and short growing season. However, these trends may change. Due to climate change, these northern regions are warming at an accelerated rate, raising questions about future changes to land and water use patterns. In
Farmville NC’s modern take on “Honoring Our Past, Shaping Our Future” through agribusiness transformation My hometown in eastern North Carolina has a long history of excellence in the tobacco industry. Over the past fifty years, however, the economic growth in Farmville began to stall and tobacco production began to shift to other areas of the
This project sought to summarize the socioeconomic upheaval that has transformed Ireland over the past thirty years in particular. Centering Muck and Magic community garden, the idea of community gardens as ‘embodying the radical imaginaries’ of a more equal, anti-racist Ireland is explored. Full project here. About Jack: I studied Environmental Justice at the University
Author: Taylor Kaili McKenzie, SEAS, TFS Fellow, class of 2024Published originally here on April 27th, 2023 The biggest threat to food sovereignty is the current dependence on importation. This is a call to action: While we were learning how to live in a world with a new respiratory virus, we spent the time imagining what
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Published originally here on March 27th, 2023. Jennifer Blesh, Zia Mehrabi, Hannah Wittman, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Dana James, Sidney Madsen, Olivia M. Smith, Sieglinde Snapp, Anne Elise Stratton, Mohamed Bakarr, Abram J. Bicksler, Ryan Galt, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Ingo Grass, Marney E. Isaac, Innocensia John, Sarah K. Jones, Christina M. Kennedy, Susanna Klassen,
Published originally here on December 27th, 2022. Julia Wolfson, Aviva A. Musicus, Cindy W. Leung Key Points Question What effects do positive and negative climate impact menu labels have on the environmental sustainability of adult restaurant food choices in a nationally representative sample? Findings In this randomized clinical trial with 5049 US adults, 23% more participants in
