{"id":2472,"date":"2014-08-06T10:21:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T10:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/template\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-03-13T01:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T01:23:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"796\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-9677\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/cropped-scaled.jpeg\" style=\"object-position:52% 30%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"52% 30%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/cropped-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/cropped-300x93.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/cropped-1024x318.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/cropped-768x239.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/cropped-1536x477.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/cropped-2048x636.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>The University of Michigan Sustainable Food Systems Initiative engages an interdisciplinary mix of students, faculty, and communities at local and global levels to learn from and build food systems that are health-promoting, economically viable, equitable, and ecologically sound.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Keep in touch!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp\" data-blog-id=\"207348592\">\n\t\t<form\n\t\t\taria-describedby=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_consent-text\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<input\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Enter your email\"\n\t\t\t\t\tplaceholder=\"Enter your email\"\n\t\t\t\t\trequired\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Enter your email\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"email\"\n\t\t\t\t\tname=\"email\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-button wp-block-button\" style=\"\"><button class=\"wp-block-button__link\" style=\"\" data-id-attr=\"mailchimp-button-block-1\" id=\"mailchimp-button-block-1\" type=\"submit\" data-wp-class--is-submitting=\"state.isSubmitting\" data-wp-bind--aria-disabled=\"state.isAriaDisabled\">Join my email list<span class=\"spinner\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M12,1A11,11,0,1,0,23,12,11,11,0,0,0,12,1Zm0,19a8,8,0,1,1,8-8A8,8,0,0,1,12,20Z\" opacity=\".25\"\/><path d=\"M10.14,1.16a11,11,0,0,0-9,8.92A1.59,1.59,0,0,0,2.46,12,1.52,1.52,0,0,0,4.11,10.7a8,8,0,0,1,6.66-6.61A1.42,1.42,0,0,0,12,2.69h0A1.57,1.57,0,0,0,10.14,1.16Z\"><animateTransform attributeName=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" dur=\"0.75s\" values=\"0 12 12;360 12 12\" repeatCount=\"indefinite\"\/><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"is-visually-hidden\">Submitting form<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<p id=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_consent-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_notification wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_processing\" role=\"status\">\n\t\t\t\tProcessing\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_notification wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_success\" role=\"status\">\n\t\t\t\tSuccess! 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It brings communities and cultures together because we all eat, and everyone knows about food to some degree.\u201d<\/em> Read the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seas.umich.edu\/news\/seas-masters-student-sami-maldonado-connecting-food-and-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full article&nbsp;<\/a>about our wonderful FLFA Course Coordinator, Sami Maldonado!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/kate_bauer_feature-e1742737885183.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12661\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2025\/03\/23\/faculty-spotlight-katherine-kate-bauer\/\">Faculty Spotlight: Katherine (Kate) Bauer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Katherine (Kate) Bauer is an Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Learn more about how she ended up working in the nutritional sciences field, her current research interests, and more in the following <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2025\/03\/23\/faculty-spotlight-katherine-kate-bauer\/\">interview<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Fall 2025 Food Systems Courses Page is Live!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-4-min-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-4-min-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-4-min-556x720.png 556w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-4-min-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-4-min-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-4-min.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-1-min-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-1-min-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-1-min-556x720.png 556w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-1-min-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-1-min-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/06\/Fall-2025-Course-Offerings-1-min.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in taking a sustainable food systems course next semester? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/fall-2025-sustainable-food-systems-courses\/\">here<\/a> for a comprehensive listing of food system course offerings offered at University of Michigan at the Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/sarah-mills-e1741976540945.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12329\" style=\"width:303px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2025\/04\/08\/faculty-spotlight-sarah-b-mills\/\">Faculty Spotlight: Sarah B. Mills<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah B. Mills, Ph.D is the Director of Graham\u2019s Center for EmPowering Communities and Associate Professor of Practice in Urban and Regional Planning at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Learn more about her research on renewable energy development on farmland and her work in rural communities in the following <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2025\/04\/08\/faculty-spotlight-sarah-b-mills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nwd0akplHMQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/01\/TFSF-Thumbnail-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/01\/TFSF-Thumbnail-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/01\/TFSF-Thumbnail-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/01\/TFSF-Thumbnail-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/01\/TFSF-Thumbnail-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/01\/TFSF-Thumbnail-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click the image above to watch a short video developed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/transformative-food-systems-fellows\/\">TFS Fellows<\/a> as part of their effort to ensure that aspiring food systems change makers continue to have access to this innovative, cross-unit program in the future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/Interviewee_Photo-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/Interviewee_Photo-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/Interviewee_Photo-1-scaled.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/Interviewee_Photo-1-675x720.jpg 675w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/Interviewee_Photo-1-960x1024.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/Interviewee_Photo-1-768x819.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/Interviewee_Photo-1-1440x1536.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/Interviewee_Photo-1-1920x2048.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2025\/03\/13\/um-alumni-spotlight-becca-harley-21\/\">Alumni Spotlight: Becca Harley &#8217;21<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Learn about how Becca&#8217;s passion for food production and youth education has taken her from working at the UM Campus Farm to becoming the Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/childrensfarms.org\/home\">Children\u2019s Farms in Action<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1911\" height=\"2465\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/TL-3low-final-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12766\" style=\"width:395px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/TL-3low-final-1.jpg 1911w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/TL-3low-final-1-558x720.jpg 558w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/TL-3low-final-1-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/TL-3low-final-1-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/TL-3low-final-1-1191x1536.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2025\/03\/TL-3low-final-1-1588x2048.jpg 1588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1911px) 100vw, 1911px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2025\/03\/25\/taylor-lafave-17\/\">Alumni Spotlight: Taylor LaFave \u201917<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height-reduce has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor LaFave (he\/him\/his) is the Chief of Food Policy and Planning and Food Policy Director for the City of Baltimore. Learn more about his experience in the UM MURP Program, the projects he has worked on as a Food Systems Planner at the height of COVID-19, and more in the following <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2025\/03\/25\/taylor-lafave-17\/\">interview<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Follow us on Social Media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-huge-icon-size is-style-default is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-3e41869c 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to the farm cooperative and the CSA \u2013 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full margin-reduce\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/male-speaker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8882\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2017\/01\/31\/the-long-green-revolution-raj-patel\/\">Raj Patel | &#8220;The Long Green Revolution&#8221;<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s impact on the social fabric of everyday life too often remains hidden. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full margin-reduce\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/08\/Female-speaker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8884\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/2017\/03\/14\/forked-a-new-standard-for-american-dining-saru-jayaraman\/\">Saru Jayaraman | &#8220;Forked: A New Standard for American Dining&#8221;<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 14, 2017 With over 12 million workers, the restaurant industry is one of the largest and fastest growing segments of the US economy, but also the lowest paying. Restaurant workers in Michigan toil for a little over $3 an hour and suffer from the worst sexual harassment of any industry in the state. Saru Jayaraman will speak about new initiatives moving in Michigan and nationwide to change the industry, and how these intiatives are even more critical under the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" data-id=\"6809\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/02\/MGP_1608-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/02\/MGP_1608-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/sustainablefoodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1010\/2022\/02\/MGP_1608-1-300x200.jpg 300w, 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