Student Scholarship
- L’Oreal Hawkes-Willams, Founder of New Leaf Detroit
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. - Claire O’Dea: SFSI Summer Internship Reflection
“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… Read more: Claire O’Dea: SFSI Summer Internship Reflection - Macy Robinson: Farmville’s modern take on “Honoring Our Past, Shaping Our Future” through agribusiness transformation
“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… Read more: Macy Robinson: Farmville’s modern take on “Honoring Our Past, Shaping Our Future” through agribusiness transformation - Jack O’Brien: Finding the Magic; Creating shared space in an increasingly unequal and racially divided Ireland
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… Read more: Jack O’Brien: Finding the Magic; Creating shared space in an increasingly unequal and racially divided Ireland - Dessertation Defense: Environmental Justice and Governance Dynamics of Supply Chains in the Livestock Sector
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… Read more: Dessertation Defense: Environmental Justice and Governance Dynamics of Supply Chains in the Livestock Sector - The Farm at St. Joe’s: Growing Healthy and Resilient Communities
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),… Read more: The Farm at St. Joe’s: Growing Healthy and Resilient Communities - Cutting Carbon from the Shopping Cart: Consumer Perceptions of a Carbon Label on Food Products
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… Read more: Cutting Carbon from the Shopping Cart: Consumer Perceptions of a Carbon Label on Food Products - Farms and Health: A Guide to Farm & Garden Programs in Healthcare
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… Read more: Farms and Health: A Guide to Farm & Garden Programs in Healthcare - Expanding Food Bank Impact: Healthy Food Access and Sustainable Farm Production
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… Read more: Expanding Food Bank Impact: Healthy Food Access and Sustainable Farm Production - University Students’ Perception of the USDA Organic LabelAuthor: 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… Read more: University Students’ Perception of the USDA Organic Label
- Cricket as Food: The perceptions and barriers to entomophagy and the potential for widespread incorporation of cricket flour in American Diets
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,… Read more: Cricket as Food: The perceptions and barriers to entomophagy and the potential for widespread incorporation of cricket flour in American Diets
