March 26th, 2024 In this Food Literacy for All session, Amy Bentley, Bob Valgenti, Chad Ludington, and Charlotte Biltekoff discussed “Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Debates.” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2024 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_diO8D1vIQVezN_hKY3FBhw#/registration
March 12th, 2024 In this Food Literacy for All session, Reem Kassis discussed “Cuisine in Context: The History, Evolution, and Challenges of Palestinian Food.” The statement below was read in the beginning of class and is also included in the recording: “The instructional team wants to acknowledge the ongoing genocide in Gaza and ensure that
January 23rd, 2024 In this Food Literacy for All session, Christy Spackman discussed “The Taste of Water.” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2024 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_diO8D1vIQVezN_hKY3FBhw#/registration
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April 18th, 2023 In this Food Literacy for All session, Jessica Kenyatta Walker, shakara tyler, and Lilly Fink Shapiro wrapped up the semester with a class synthesis.
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March 14th, 2023 Fast Food for Thought is an annual event where a group of interdisciplinary UM SFSI faculty and staff affiliates give a series of 5 minute talks related to food and/or agriculture. Register to attend future Food Literacy 2023 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0TGY1FaMRMSW2VzuP2pPDQ
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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January 10th, 2023 In this kick-off session, the Food Literacy for All leadership team will give a preview of the range of topics and guest speakers who will join us this semester. Register to attend future Food Literacy 2023 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0TGY1FaMRMSW2VzuP2pPDQ
David Michener (Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum) gives a tiny talk titled “Rematritaing Seeds – Tribal Sovereignty is Fundamental in Renewing Foodways” at Fast Food for Thought at the University of Michigan on April 12th, 2022. Introduction by Lilly Fink Shapiro, Sustainable Food Systems. Learn more about Food Literacy For All sessions here.
February 22nd, 2022 Dr. Hi’ilei Hobart is the author of Cooling the Tropics: Ice, Indigeneity, and Hawaiian Refreshment (forthcoming). She is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and examines the intersections of temperature, taste, and settler colonialism in Oceania. Dr. Hobart is interested in how personal and political investments in coldness facilitate
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June 10, 2021 Food Literacy for All 2021 was ended with guest speakers Patricia Escárcega and Leah Douglas. This series is co-led by Andy Jones (School for Public Health), Devita Davison (FoodLab Detroit), and Lilly Fink Shapiro (UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative). In this session, speakers discussed how they “Communicate” the Politics on Our Plate,
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