COVID-19 Research – Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

U-M, Farm Bureau working together to reduce hunger in Michigan

This was originally published here by the UM School of Public Health. U-M, Farm Bureau working together to reduce hunger in Michigan New project from Kate Bauer, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences July 20, 2022 New project seeks to improve food assistance programs by empowering parents and elevating families’ expertise For long-time Ishpeming resident Lizzy Nevala, her […]

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SFSI Affiliates Co-author Report on COVID-19 Effects on Michigan Local Food Councils and Their Communities

The Effects of COVID-19 on Michigan Local Food Councils and Their Communities Download and read the full report published here. Authors: Lesli Hoey, Alex Judelsohn, Keerthana Vidyasagar, Lilly Fink Shapiro, and Liz Gensler. February 2021 Around the world, food insecurity has increased rapidly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while food systems workers, businesses,

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Dr. Perfecto Co-authors ‘Whose Agriculture Drives Disease?’

St Paul, October 5—A recent high-profile paper published in the journal Nature links zoonotic viruses, such as Ebola, HIV, and the SARS virus that causes COVID-19, with the fragmentation and destruction of forests. The authors show that with declining biodiversity, the remaining animals are more prolific disease hosts. Published: OCTOBER 5, 2020 Authors: Alex Liebman, Ivette

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Dr. Finn Speaks to Feeding Multitudes in Apocalyptic Times

This past November, SFSI affiliate and Lecturer for the University Courses Division, Margot Finn, gave a keynote for the conference Food Futures in the Anthropocene: Place-based, Just, Convivial hosted by the University of Tasmania. You can now access this talk on YouTube here. See the abstract of the talk below. Abstract for Dr. Finn’s Talk

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SFSI Solidarity with the COVID-19 Farmworker Study

Carrots are picked near Arvin, Calif., Aug. 20, 2020. (Brian L. Frank/The New York Times) Date: December 23, 2020 The impacts of the COVID-19 virus have deepened disparities, worsened health outcomes, and sacrificed the safety of the farmworkers that grow our food in the US. Policies that have been put in place are not often

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Food Insecurity Studies Reveal Increased Risks for Low-Income and Older Adults

In the wake of the pandemic, SFSI affiliates and faculty in the School of Public Health, Julia Wolfson and Cindy Leung, quickly implemented studies to understand how the pandemic was (and still is) impacting certain segments of the population in real time. Back in May Kara Gavin (kegavin@umich.edu) wrote a piece originally published here on a

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U-M ecologists call for protection of scientific diversity during and after pandemic

Author: Jim Erickson Date: June 16, 2020 A team of researchers including two University of Michigan ecologists has called on the international scientific community—and especially those in leadership positions—to support the retention and diversity of early career scientists during and after the COVID-19 crisis. In a letter to the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution published

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COVID-19 and the Urgency of Transforming the Food System

The most recent updates on the University of Michigan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic can be found here. The Maize and Blue Cupboard remains open, providing food, cookware, and other personal items with increased safety precautions at this time. See here for details. COVID-19 and the Urgency of Transforming the Food System Author: John Vandermeer SFSI

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SFSI Affiliates Discuss Food Security in the Time of COVID-19

Cindy Leung and Susan Aaronson, two SFSI affiliates, were interviewed back in May, 2020, on the impacts of the pandemic on food insecurity. Aaronson and Leung, in the School of Public Health, detail how these measures bring difficult new challenges for each of us, especially for vulnerable populations like the elderly, those with chronic illness

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SFSI Affiliate Assesses COVID-19 Impacts to the Global Food Supply Chain

Date: April 29, 2020 Author: Jeff Karoubj (karoub@umich.edu) FACULTY Q&A The global food supply chain has been rocked by the pandemic, leading to disruptions and shortages and adding to the problem of waste. There’s also the human cost, such as the economic harm to the laborers whose jobs or hours are cut and the growing problem

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