Policy – Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

“Leveraging the USDA to tackle nutrition insecurity and systemic racism in the food system” with USDA Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean

Friday, April 19th, 2024 The UM Sustainable Food System Initiative, Transformative Food System (TFS) Fellows welcomed USDA Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean, to speak on her career path from a UM student at the Ford School of Public Policy to working inside the federal government to advance President Biden’s agenda to improve nutrition assistance for struggling families and individuals. […]

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John Vandermeer at Fast Food for Thought | “Inevitability of Surprise in the Food System”

John Vandermeer (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) gives a tiny talk titled “Inevitability of Surprise in the Food System” at Fast Food for Thought at the University of Michigan on April 12th, 2022. Introduction by Winona Bynum, Detroit Food Policy Council. Learn more about Food Literacy For All sessions here.

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Shirley Sherrod & Samina Raja | “Enact”

May 17, 2021 The third session of Food Literacy for All this year featured a conversation with Shirley Sherrod and Samina Raja, moderated by Devita Davison. 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 discuss

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Navina Khanna & Mónica Ramírez | “Organize”

April 15, 2021 Food Literacy for All featured a second session featuring Navina Khanna & Mónica Ramírez. 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 “Organize” for the Politics on Our Plate,

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Ricardo Salvador & Raj Patel | “Envision”

March 17, 2021 Food Literacy for All 2021 was kicked off with guest speakers Ricardo Salvador and Raj Patel. 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 “Envision” the Politics on Our

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Tiny Talk by John Vandermeer | “The Hurricanes of Puerto Rico”

John Vandermeer (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) gives a tiny talk titled “The Hurricanes of Puerto Rico” at the 6th annual Fast Food for Thought at the University of Michigan on October 1, 2019. Introduction by Amy Schulz, School of Public Health.

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Tiny Talk by Tim Lorek | “Looking for Utopia: Agriculture for Peace in Colombia”

Tim Lorek (Latin American and Carribean Studies) gives a tiny talk titled “Looking for Utopia: Agriculture for Peace in Colombia” at the 6th annual Fast Food for Thought at the University of Michigan on October 1, 2019. Introduction by Laurie Lachance, School of Public Health.

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Tiny Talk by Cindy Leung | “Warning: Soda is the New Tobacco”

Cindy Leung (School of Public Health) gives a tiny talk titled “Warning: Soda is the New Tobacco” at the 6th annual Fast Food for Thought at the University of Michigan on October 1, 2019. Introduction by Andrew Jones, School of Public Health.

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Samina Raja | “Rustbelt Radicalism Revisited: How Community Action Spurs Food Systems [Policy] Transformation”

April 2, 2019 Much like in the rest of the country, food systems in Buffalo, NY have been overlooked in local government planning and policy. Yet, the food system has played a key role in the rustbelt city’s history and renaissance. This talk explores the ways in which ordinary, incremental, and collective action by community

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Shirley Sherrod | “Food Literacy vs. Food Access: Can one be addressed in isolation of the other?”

March 26, 2019 This discussion will focus on what should be the intersectionality of food access and food literacy as they relate to people of color in the rural South. SouthWest Georgia will be presented as a case study. A profile of a 13 county area will be provided. Emphasis will be placed on the

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