Gender – Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Vanessa Parish & Sunny Levine | “The Intersections of Queer Food”

February 7th, 2023 In this Food Literacy for All session, Vanessa Parish and Sunny Levine of The Queer Food Foundation discussed “The Intersections of Queer Food.” This discussion explored experiences that food work creates, how queerness is directly impacted in food spaces and how to support access through different channels. Vanessa Parish is a founding […]

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Raj Patel | “The Ants & the Grasshopper Q&A”

January 24th, 2023 In this Food Literacy for All session, Raj Patel discussed the film he co-directed/produced, “The Ants & the Grasshopper”. Raj Patel is an award-winning author, film-maker and academic. His first book was Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. His second, The Value of Nothing, was a New

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Priya Fielding-Singh | “How the Other Half Eats: the Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America”

February 15th, 2022 In this Food Literacy for All session, Priya Fielding-Singh discusses “How the Other Half Eats: the Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America”. Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. In this virtual presentation, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh draws on her

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Emily Contois | “Food Media, Dudes, and Athletes: What Can They Teach Us about Food Literacy and Liberation?”

January 18th, 2022 Instagram posts. TikToks. Food TV shows. Cookbooks written for men. Dude food. Wheaties, protein shakes, and electrolyte-enhanced waters. How do these various foods and media shape who we are and think we can be, how we want to feel, and what we hope to look like? Are they good for us, or

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Mónica Ramírez | “Seeding Justice: Ensuring Just Conditions for Those Who Feed the World”

January 22, 2019 Famworkers pick, pack and plant the food that we eat, but they often do not have enough food for themselves and their families. Mónica Ramírez, a prominent migrant rights advocate with more than two decades of experience, advocating on behalf of farmworkers across the United States, will share information about the working

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“Is Cooking a Poverty Trap for 3 Billion People?” Tiny Talk by Pam Jagger

Pam Jagger (School of Environment and Sustainability) gives a tiny talk titled “Is Cooking a Poverty Trap for 3 Billion People?” at the 5th annual Fast Food for Thought at the University of Michigan on October 9, 2018. Introduction by Julia Wolfson, School of Public Health.

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Saru Jayaraman | “Forked: A New Standard for American Dining”

March 14, 2017 With over 12 million workers, the restaurant industry is one of the largest and fastest growing segments of the US economy, but also the lowest paying. Restaurant workers in Michigan toil for a little over $3 an hour and suffer from the worst sexual harassment of any industry in the state. Saru

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