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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.
Aniket Aga | “Poor Monsanto”
October 25, 2016 Professor Aniket Aga discuss the role of Monsanto in India at the 3rd annual Fast Food for Thought at the University of Michigan. Animate Aga is in the School of Natural Resources and Environment
Eric Holt-Giménez | “Do Foodies Need to Know About Capitalism?”
January 16, 2018 Everyone who wants to end hunger, who wants to eat good, clean, healthy food, needs to understand capitalism. This talk will address how our food system and capitalism co-evolved. Using political economics we will discuss why—even as local, organic, and gourmet food have spread around the world—billions go hungry in the midst of abundance; why obesity is a global epidemic; and why land-grabbing, global warming, and environmental pollution are increasing.
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- “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 - 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.… Read more: John Vandermeer at Fast Food for Thought | “Inevitability of Surprise in the Food System” - 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… Read more: Shirley Sherrod & Samina Raja | “Enact” - 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… Read more: Navina Khanna & Mónica Ramírez | “Organize” - 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… Read more: Ricardo Salvador & Raj Patel | “Envision” - 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… Read more: Tiny Talk by John Vandermeer | “The Hurricanes of Puerto Rico” - 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… Read more: Tiny Talk by Tim Lorek | “Looking for Utopia: Agriculture for Peace in Colombia” - 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… Read more: Tiny Talk by Cindy Leung | “Warning: Soda is the New Tobacco” - 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… Read more: Samina Raja | “Rustbelt Radicalism Revisited: How Community Action Spurs Food Systems [Policy] Transformation” - 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… Read more: Shirley Sherrod | “Food Literacy vs. Food Access: Can one be addressed in isolation of the other?” - Elizabeth Yeampierre | “Climate Justice: The Roots Will Weather The Storm”
Feburary 19, 2019 Elizabeth Yeampierre is a internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney and environmental and climate justice leader of African and Indigenous ancestry born and raised in New York City. She will be spoke about the intersection of climate justice… Read more: Elizabeth Yeampierre | “Climate Justice: The Roots Will Weather The Storm” - Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) | “Importance of the Farm Bill”
April 10, 2018 Congressman Blumenauer will discusses his goals to “Fix the Farm Bill” and reshape national agricultural policy. Blumenauer’s Food and Farm Act calls for a more equitable Farm Bill that supports healthy food access, the environment, and small and mid-size… Read more: Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) | “Importance of the Farm Bill” - Panel Discussion | “Food Policy and Health Outcomes”
March 13, 2018 In this panel session, speakers discuss policy and its impact on community health. The distinguished speakers are: Winona Bynum, RDN, PMP, CSM, Executive Director, Detroit Food Policy Council Alicia Cohen, M.D., M.Sc., Clinical Lecturer, University of Michigan Medical School… Read more: Panel Discussion | “Food Policy and Health Outcomes” - Eric Holt-Giménez | “Do Foodies Need to Know About Capitalism?”
January 16, 2018 Everyone who wants to end hunger, who wants to eat good, clean, healthy food, needs to understand capitalism. This talk will address how our food system and capitalism co-evolved. Using political economics we will discuss why—even as local,… Read more: Eric Holt-Giménez | “Do Foodies Need to Know About Capitalism?” - Kelly Brownell | “Creating Better Food Policy: The Need for Connection”
“Creating Better Food Policy: The Need for Connection” Food policy affects the lives of all the world’s inhabitants. The ability to feed the world’s population, the preservation of finite resources such as water and arable land, the protection of the… Read more: Kelly Brownell | “Creating Better Food Policy: The Need for Connection” - Wayne Roberts | “Make America’s cities great again: How food policy can heal and overcome deep social divides”
April 4, 2017 One dominant element of the American spirit is positive-ism. How much time do social cause leaders spend promoting the positive, as distinct from opposing the negative? How much energy is invested in being for, not against, making… Read more: Wayne Roberts | “Make America’s cities great again: How food policy can heal and overcome deep social divides” - 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” - Ricardo Salvador | “A Healthy, Sustainable, Fair, Humane and Affordable Food System is Within Reach. How You Can Make It Happen”
A Healthy, Sustainable, Fair, Humane and Affordable Food System is Within Reach. How You Can Make It Happen. The U.S. food system has become the model replicated globally. Unfortunately, the system selectively serves those wealthy enough to command its benefits,… Read more: Ricardo Salvador | “A Healthy, Sustainable, Fair, Humane and Affordable Food System is Within Reach. How You Can Make It Happen” - “Poor Monsanto” Tiny Talk by Aniket Aga
Aniket Aga (School of Natural Resources and Environment) discusses the role of Monsanto in India in his talk, “Poor Monsanto” at the 3rd Annual Fast Food for Thought. Introduction by Ivette Perfecto, School of Natural Resources and Environment - “Legal Support for an Equitable Food System” Tiny Talk by Alicia Alvarez
Alicia Alvarez (Law School) discusses the legal issues involved with urban agriculture in her talk, “Legal Support for an Equitable Food System” at the 2nd Annual Fast Food for Thought. Introduction by Lilly Fink Shapiro - “A New Plan for the Revolution in Agriculture: In 5 Minutes” Tiny Talk by John Vandermeer
John Vandermeer (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) shares his plan for the revolution in agriculture “A New Plan for the Revolution in Agriculture: In 5 Minutes” at the 2nd Annual Fast Food for Thought. Introduction by Jennifer Blesh, School for Environment and Sustainability. - M. Jahi Chapell | “Food Sovereignty and Deep/ Deliberative/ Participatory Democracy”
University of Michigan Food Sovereignty Conference: Local Struggles, Global Movement (May 28-29, 2015). Hosted by the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainabl… - Monica M. White and Eric Holt-Gimenez | “Public Discussion: Persistent Structures Looking Forward”
University of Michigan Food Sovereignty Conference: Local Struggles, Global Movement (May 28-29, 2015). Hosted by the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainabl… - Philip McMichael | “Connecting Local Struggles with Global Activism in Intergovernmental Arenas: The Importance of the Food Sovereignty Narrative”
University of Michigan Food Sovereignty Conference: Local Struggles, Global Movement (May 28-29, 2015). Hosted by the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainabl… - Christina Schiavoni | “Food Sovereignty in the US Context: The Politics of Convergence Among Movements”
University of Michigan Food Sovereignty Conference: Local Struggles, Global Movement (May 28-29, 2015). Hosted by the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainabl…
