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TFS Fellow, L’Oreal Hawkes-Willams, is the founder of New Leaf Detroit. Learn more about it and how to help them cultivate relationships with nature for mutual healing here.

“For my summer internship, I worked for Pashon Murray and her company, Detroit Dirt, which was a hybrid position with the in-person portion taking place here on campus working with fellow SEAS student, Angie Sillah and by visiting the campus farm… I was part of a team that worked to develop a biomass waste market… Read more: Claire O’Dea: SFSI Summer Internship Reflection

“Growing up in Farmville, I thought it was a rite of passage to work in the tobacco fields during the summer. My mom, aunt, and grandparents had all spent time driving tractors or working in the barns; I assumed that I would eventually do my time as well. As I grew older, I began to… Read more: Macy Robinson: Farmville’s modern take on “Honoring Our Past, Shaping Our Future” through agribusiness transformation

This project sought to summarize the socioeconomic upheaval that has transformed Ireland over the past thirty years in particular. Centering Muck and Magic community garden, the idea of community gardens as ‘embodying the radical imaginaries’ of a more equal, anti-racist Ireland is explored. Full project here. About Jack: I studied Environmental Justice at the University… Read more: Jack O’Brien: Finding the Magic; Creating shared space in an increasingly unequal and racially divided Ireland

Date: January 11, 2022 Time: 2:00 pm EST Zoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/6605563009 Meeting ID: 660 556 3009 Passcode: 01112022 Title: Environmental Justice and Governance Dynamics of Supply Chains in the Livestock Sector Abstract: In 2006, the United Nations published Livestock’s Long Shadow, a landmark study that documented the global environmental impacts associated with livestock production (Steinfeld et al., 2006). Since then, academic studies, popular… Read more: Dessertation Defense: Environmental Justice and Governance Dynamics of Supply Chains in the Livestock Sector

Authors: Lauren Highleyman(MS, SNRE) and Cassidy Dellorto-Blackwell(MS, SNRE)Advisor: SFSI faculty affiliate Raymond De YoungApril 2017 The purpose of this project was to assess awareness of programs and explore opportunities for program development for The Farm at St. Joe’s (The Farm), part of The St. Joseph Mercy Health System. For this assessment, we surveyed community members… Read more: The Farm at St. Joe’s: Growing Healthy and Resilient Communities

Author: Elizabeth Bedrick, PitE, class of 2017 Advisor: SFSI faculty affiliate Margot Finn April 2017 There is a lack of transparency in the increasingly complex food system. Consumers tend to use environmental indicators, or eco-labels, to identify sustainable foods; however, many existing eco-labels do not clearly communicate the impact that food has on the environment. A… Read more: Cutting Carbon from the Shopping Cart: Consumer Perceptions of a Carbon Label on Food Products

Author: Jana Stewart, (MPH/MS) Advisor: SFSI affiliated faculty Raymond de Young April 2016 At a time when diet-related disease is at an all-time high, there is an opportunity for a paradigm shift in the healthcare system. The focus for decades has been the treatment of symptoms, but a new focus on the social determinants of… Read more: Farms and Health: A Guide to Farm & Garden Programs in Healthcare

Authors: Kelsea Ballantyne (MBA/MS), Rebecca Baylor (MS), Alice Bowe (MS), Jana Stewart (MPH/MS) Advisors: SFSI affiliated faculty Ivette Perfecto and SFSI affiliated faculty Lesli Hoey April 2015 The Greater Lansing Food Bank (GLFB) is a food bank in mid-Michigan that is rethinking its mission and service to the community. Rather than simply supply as much food as possible,… Read more: Expanding Food Bank Impact: Healthy Food Access and Sustainable Farm Production

Author: Garen Leung, PiTE class of 2016 Studies to date have examined consumer perception of various organic labels; however, the results are often ambiguous and much confusion remains surrounding the organic label. This study examined consumer perception of one of the most commonly recognized organic labels – the USDA organic seal – on five food… Read more: University Students’ Perception of the USDA Organic Label

Author: Rachael Lacey, PiTE class of 2016Advisor: SFSI faculty affiliate Margot Finn Entomophagy, or the consumption of insects, is widely practiced on a global level, but is uncommon in the United States. There has been promising research on the nutrition, safety, and sustainability of crickets as food, as well as research on cultural perceptions of entomophagy… Read more: Cricket as Food: The perceptions and barriers to entomophagy and the potential for widespread incorporation of cricket flour in American Diets