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Do you know if your seafood is “sustainable”? (Don’t worry, neither do I)

Post by Lillian Brown, PhD student in Anthropology and Food Studies at Indiana University I recently started a crowd-funding campaign for … More

Anthropology, Anthropology of Food, crowd-funding, fish, microryza, research, seafood

Did Feasting Promote Cooperation in the Ancient Andes?

post by Kasia Szremski Vanderbilt University Since 2008, I have been studying the relationship between intergroup interaction and agricultural production on … More

agriculture, Andes, Anthropology, archaeology, farming, feasting, Peru

Zucchini as a Gateway Drug: Cultivating food security in Iowa through gardening

Elizabeth Danforth Richey, PhD, MPH and Angie Tagtow MS, LD, RD Iowa Food Systems Council, info@cultivateiowa.org Do more with less. … More

Anthropology of Food, economics, food pantries, Food policy, Food security, gardening, nutrition, obesity, sustainability

Connecting Students with Real Food and Real Farmers

By Kellen Gilbert, David Burley, Bonnie May, Timothy McCarthy, Sole Sanchez, Erica Dickerson, Danate Moses and Benny Milligan (Southeastern Louisiana University, … More

Anthropology, culture, economics, Food policy, food studies, Louisiana

Solving the World Food Crisis

SCIENTIFIC, SPIRITUAL, AND MORAL CHALLENGES IN SOLVING THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE Fifty-ninth Annual Summer Conference Silver Bay, New York July 27 to … More

Anthropology, call for papers, conference, culture, economics, food insecurity, Food policy, Food security, food studies, starvation, sustainability, sustainable food

Smokin’ Fish, Smokin’ Culture

by David Beriss Is it possible to be an authentic Indian in a society overrun with tourists who want to … More

Alaska, culture, fish, food, Food policy, Food security, food studies, globalization, Indian, seafood, sustainability, Tlingit

Dreamworlds of the Store-Bought Loaf

guest post by Aaron Bobrow-Strain, as part of his White Bread Blog tour! “And which side does an object turn … More

bread, food, Food policy, food studies, history, nutrition

Dumpster-Divers and the Smoothies of Wrath

by David HGB Giles, Fellow, Society of Scholars, Simpson Center for the Humanities Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology University of … More

Anthropology, dumpster diving, Food policy, Food security, food waste, freegans, garbage, grapes of wrath

Food Stamped, The Documentary

by Janet Chrzan A few days ago I provided a shout-out about Food Stamped to several listserves (including SAFN). In … More

Anthropology, food insecurity, Food policy, Food security, food stamps, food studies, SAFN, Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition

Strained Yogurt and People In Greece

by Leo Vournelis This past weekend another prominent politician became the victim of “yaourtoma”. This time it was the minister … More

Anthropology, debt crisis, economics, Food policy, food protest, Food security, Greece

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