Top Food and Race Videos
Sean Sherman | “The (R)evolution of Indigenous Food Systems of North America”
January 29, 2019 Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge reservation, and the founder of the company The Sioux Chef is committed to revitalizing Native American cuisine. Through his research, he has uncovered and mapped out the foundations of the indigenous food systems through and indigenous perspective. Chef Sean has become renowned nationally and internationally in the culinary movement of indigenous foods and with an ever growing team of indigenous minded peers, is leading a movement to completely redefine North American cuisine through the understanding and utilization indigenous food knowledge.
Stacy Dean | “Leveraging the USDA to tackle nutrition insecurity and systemic racism in the food system”
April 19, 2023 Join us for a fireside chat with Stacy Dean, the Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at the United States Department of Agriculture. Learn about her journey from a UM undergraduate, to a Master’s student at the Ford School of Public Policy, to a budget and policy analyst. Dean now works to advance President Biden’s agenda to improve nutrition assistance for struggling families and individuals. Join us as she describes how she evaluates tough issues, like structural racism, in food and nutrition.
Leah Penniman | “Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”
March 10, 2020 Some of our most cherished sustainable farming practices – from organic agriculture to the farm cooperative and the CSA – have roots in African wisdom. Yet, discrimination and violence against African-American farmers has led to our decline from 14 percent of all growers in 1920 to less than 2 percent today, with a corresponding loss of over 14 million acres of land. Further, Black communities suffer disproportionately from illnesses related to lack of access to fresh food and healthy natural ecosystems.
Raj Patel | “The Long Green Revolution”
January 31st, 2017 Everything we understand today about the food system, from its influence on wage work to the nation-state, has its origins in the 15th century. By looking at these origins, the politics of feeding the world in the last century, and 21st century ways of re-imagining them, it becomes easier to see how food’s impact on the social fabric of everyday life too often remains hidden.
All Food and Race Videos
- “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… Read more: “Leveraging the USDA to tackle nutrition insecurity and systemic racism in the food system” with USDA Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean - Fast Food for Thought 2024
April 16th, 2024 10th annual Fast Food for Thought. Speakers include: Speaker Affiliation Talk Title Resources Benjamin Goldstein SEAS, Sustainable Urban-Rural Futures (SURF) lab “Comparing thecarbon footprints ofurban andconventionalagriculture” Comparing the carbon footprints of urban and conventional agriculture Keith Soster… Read more: Fast Food for Thought 2024 - Blain Snipstal | “Agroecology for the people, for life and Forever!”
April 9th, 2024 In this Food Literacy for All session, Blain Snipstal discussed “Agroecology for the people, for life and Forever!” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2024 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_diO8D1vIQVezN_hKY3FBhw#/registration - Marcia Chatelain | “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, A Talk about Food and Racial Justice”
April 2nd, 2024 In this Food Literacy for All session, Marcia Chatelain discussed “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, A Talk about Food and Racial Justice.” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2024 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_diO8D1vIQVezN_hKY3FBhw#/registration - Reem Kassis | “Cuisine in Context: The History, Evolution, and Challenges of Palestinian Food”
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… Read more: Reem Kassis | “Cuisine in Context: The History, Evolution, and Challenges of Palestinian Food” - “In Conversation with Ashanté M. Reese and Jessica Walker, How Nostalgia Shapes Food Stories”
March 5th, 2024 In this Food Literacy for All session, Ashanté M. Reese and Jessica Walker discussed “How Nostalgia Shapes Food Stories.” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2024 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_diO8D1vIQVezN_hKY3FBhw#/registration - shakara tyler, Jerry Hebron, Joe Cialdella, gabrielle knox | “The History and Future of Food in Detroit”
February 6th, 2024 In this Food Literacy for All session shakara tyler, Jerry Hebron, Joe Cialdella, gabrielle knox , discussed “The History and Future of Food in Detroit.” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2024 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_diO8D1vIQVezN_hKY3FBhw#/registration - Dianne Glave | “Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Heritage”
April 4th, 2023 In this Food Literacy for All session, Dianne Glave discussed “Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Heritage.” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2023 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0TGY1FaMRMSW2VzuP2pPDQ - Kiki Louya & Ederique Goudia | “Equity Matters: The Rise, Fall & Future of Detroit’s Restaurant Industry”
April 4th, 2023 In this Food Literacy for All session, Kiki Louya & Ederique Goudia discussed “Equity Matters: The Rise, Fall & Future of Detroit’s Restaurant Industry.” Register to attend future Food Literacy 2023 sessions here: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0TGY1FaMRMSW2VzuP2pPDQ - shakara tyler | “The Story of the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund: Decolonization and Abolition in Practice”
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… Read more: shakara tyler | “The Story of the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund: Decolonization and Abolition in Practice” - Joseph Stanhope Cialdella | “Deep Roots: Potatoes and the History of Growing Food in Detroit”
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… Read more: Joseph Stanhope Cialdella | “Deep Roots: Potatoes and the History of Growing Food in Detroit” - Fozia Ismail | “Food Culture as Companion“
January 31st, 2023 In this Food Literacy for All session, Fozia Ismail discussed “Food Culture as Companion.” This lecture was inspired by work with elders on Somali weaving cultures, much of which is connected to preservation and making of Somali… Read more: Fozia Ismail | “<em>Food Culture as Companion</em>“ - 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… Read more: Raj Patel | “<em>The Ants & the Grasshopper</em> Q&A” - Malik Yakini | “Building Black Food Sovereignty: An Update”
March 15th, 2022 In this Food Literacy for All session, Malik Yakini discussed “Building Black Food Sovereignty: An Update”. Malik Yakini is a co-founder and executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which aims to combat food… Read more: Malik Yakini | “Building Black Food Sovereignty: An Update” - Anthony Ryan Hatch | “Metabolic Cages for New World Animals, Small and Large”
In this Food Literacy for All session Anthony Ryan Hatch discussed “Metabolic Cages for New World Animals, Small and Large”. Anthony Ryan Hatch, Ph.D, discusses metabolism cages and how they are key experimental infrastructures in human and animal studies used… Read more: Anthony Ryan Hatch | “Metabolic Cages for New World Animals, Small and Large” - Leah Penniman | “Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”
March 10, 2020 Some of our most cherished sustainable farming practices – from organic agriculture to the farm cooperative and the CSA – have roots in African wisdom. Yet, discrimination and violence against African-American farmers has led to our decline… Read more: Leah Penniman | “Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty” - Dara Cooper | “Black Feminist Freedom Dreams: Food Sovereignty and the Urgency of Intersectional Movement Building”
April 9, 2019 What will it take to truly transform the food system? What is ultimately our north star within the food movement? During this presentation, food movement activist and organizer Dara Cooper, National Organizer for the National Black Food… Read more: Dara Cooper | “Black Feminist Freedom Dreams: Food Sovereignty and the Urgency of Intersectional Movement Building” - Sean Sherman | “The (R)evolution of Indigenous Food Systems of North America”
January 29, 2019 Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge reservation, and the founder of the company The Sioux Chef is committed to revitalizing Native American cuisine. Through his research, he has uncovered and mapped out the foundations of… Read more: Sean Sherman | “The (R)evolution of Indigenous Food Systems of North America” - “Peanuts in the Collards: The Everyday Racialization of Food” Tiny Talk by Jessica Kenyatta Walker
Jessica Kenyatta Walker (American Culture) gives a tiny talk titled “Peanuts in the Collards: The Everyday Racialization of Food” at the 5th annual Fast Food for Thought at the University of Michigan on October 9, 2018. Introduction by Tom Princen,… Read more: “Peanuts in the Collards: The Everyday Racialization of Food” Tiny Talk by Jessica Kenyatta Walker - Kimberly Seals Allers | “First Food Justice: Building an Equitable Food System From Birth”
February 20, 2018 The same inequities and systemic barriers that exist in the broader food system also impact the first food environment and, therefore, the most vulnerable among us–infants. In this presentation, Kimberly Seals Allers combines her experience as an… Read more: Kimberly Seals Allers | “First Food Justice: Building an Equitable Food System From Birth” - Chef Kabui | “Colonized Plate: A Tale of African Activism in the South”
February 13, 2018 Rooted in personal and family experience, Chef Kabui will discuss the role of race in the food movement. He asserts that food is the new instrument of oppression. Chek Kabui’s talk will cover family history, philosophy about a new… Read more: Chef Kabui | “Colonized Plate: A Tale of African Activism in the South” - Michael Twitty | “Culinary Justice: Defining a Theory of Gastronomic Sovereignty”
March 28, 2017 Food justice, social justice, environmental justice, food sovereignty—and entire language has developed around how we want to see and live in a better world where fairness and right action prevail. In an extension of these concepts, Michael… Read more: Michael Twitty | “Culinary Justice: Defining a Theory of Gastronomic Sovereignty” - Monica White | “Freedom Farmers: Black Agricultural Cooperatives and Building Sustainable Communities”
March 21, 2017 Monica White examines the work of Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers of the late 1960s who fought for the right to participate in the food system as producers and to earn a living wage in the face… Read more: Monica White | “Freedom Farmers: Black Agricultural Cooperatives and Building Sustainable Communities” - Raj Patel | “The Long Green Revolution”
“The Long Green Revolution” Everything we understand today about the food system, from its influence on wage work to the nation-state, has its origins in the 15th century. By looking at these origins, the politics of feeding the world in… Read more: Raj Patel | “The Long Green Revolution”
