SAFN 2022 Awards!

Amanda Green (SAFN Award Committee) and Jennifer Jo Thompson (SAFN President) The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition … More

Film Reviews: El Cacao and No Place to Grow

Emilia Noel PtakThe University of Vermont The films El Cacao and No Place to Grow, directed by Michelle Aguilar, invite … More

SAFN in Seattle at AAA 2022!

Join SAFN at AAA this November in Seattle! We look forward to welcoming Dr. Mythri Jegathesan as our invited speaker at the … More

The Critic Retires: Fifty Years of Restaurant Writing

David Beriss What does it mean to be a restaurant critic for fifty years? I recently attended a dinner in … More

Building a “Web of Intrigue”: Teaching Food Studies

Pamela RunestadAllegheny College I presented a framework for building a Food Studies syllabus at the Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy … More

In Case You Missed It: Cultivating Connections 2022

Jennifer Jo Thompson, University of Georgia (SAFN President) After three years of planning, postponing due to COVID-19, and then planning … More

Review: Farms to Incubators

Wu, Amy (2021) Farms to Incubators. Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food is Grown. Fresno, California: Craven Street Books. Ellen … More

What Is Good, Clean, and Fair? Panel Discussion of the Choices We Make

SAFN member and food and environmental anthropologist Mark Anthony Arceño will be hosting a panel discussion next Wednesday, June 15th, … More

Review: The Automat

David Beriss The Automat, directed by Lisa Hurwitz. 2021, 1hr 18 minutes. I ate in an Automat only one time. … More

Review: To Boldly Grow

Haspel, Tamar (2022) To Boldly Grow. Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard. New York: G. P. Putnam’s … More