Published originally here on July 27th, 2022 JA Sullivan, DG Brown, F Moyo, M Jain, A Agrawal Abstract Improving agricultural productivity is a foundational sustainability challenge in the 21st century. Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) have important effects on both well-being and the environment in the Global South. Their impacts on agricultural productivity and subsequent effects […]
Published originally here on August 8th, 2022. By Jim Erickson | Michigan News | ericksn@umich.edu The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way grocery stores do business, with online sales rising more than 50% from 2019 to 2020 in the United States. As shoppers searched for safe and convenient ways to get essential items, grocers adapted to
Published originally here on April 4, 2022. Despite Detroit’s reputation as a mecca for urban agriculture, a new University of Michigan-led analysis of the city’s Lower Eastside, which covers 15 square miles, found that community and private gardens occupy less than 1% of the vacant land. Even so, gardens on Detroit’s Lower Eastside, which has
September 13, 2021 Authors: SFSI affiliates Lesli Hoey, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Kathryn Colasanti, Alex Judelsohn, Mrithula Shantha Thirumalai Anandanpillai, and Keerthana Vidyasagar Completed in August of 2021, this report offers a snapshot of national trends and a directory of food systems plans and charters that exist at state and regional levels across the United States.
Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, while choosing to eat a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes of extra healthy life, according to a University of Michigan study. The study, published in the journal Nature Food, evaluated more than 5,800 foods, ranking them by their nutritional disease
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SFSI affiliate Dr. Lesli Hoey co-authored an opinion article entitled “UN food systems summit leaders must not remain silent on its inadequate rules of engagement with commercial actors” on Sept 1, 2021 (see original publication here). The pre-summit to September’s United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), held in Rome at the end of July 2021, confirmed the
Figure 4. Prototype interface for the urban farms GUI REDESIGNING ON-LINE FOOD CONSUMPTION TO ENHANCE RACIAL AND SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH GENERATIVE PRODUCTION NETWORKS Keesa V. Johnson1, Ron Eglash2* 1Penny Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA ABSTRACT The food
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Figure 4. A Spatial Analysis of Good Food Stories in Michigan. Stories as indicators: Lessons learned using the Most Significant Change method to evaluate food systems work in Michigan Authors: Lilly Fink Shapiro, Lesli Hoey, and Kathryn Colasanti ABSTRACT Food systems initiatives regularly use stories as a communication tool to showcase and gain attention for
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Placing warning labels on beverage dispensers might be enough to help college students cut back on sugary drinks, according to a new study. The study by the University of Michigan School of Public Health and University of California, Davis, found that labels helped reduce consumption by nearly 15%. “Warning labels may be effective tools for
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Authors: SFSI Faculty Affiliates Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer along with EEB students Zachary Hajian-Forooshani and Alexa White Published July 2020 in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment ANN ARBOR— The most recent publication by the Perfectomeer lab of Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer details the affect of lizards and ants on the biological control of the coffee leaf miner in
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