With the title, “Latinx Foodways in North America,” we aim to put the series in a more international perspective, inclusive … More
Category: food security
SfAA Report: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Food Insecurity
Colin Thor West UNC Chapel Hill Anthropologists from around the world gathered last week at the Society for Applied Anthropology … More
Food Insecurity in a Globalized World: The Politics and Culture of Food Systems
This conference, taking place at Middlebury College on March 10-12, will be live streamed and recorded. The conference schedule is … More
The Flint Water Disaster: A Perfect Storm of Downplaying, Denial, and Deceit
Gregory V. Button Flint, Michigan, the city portrayed as the embodiment of a rust belt city abandoned by deindustrialization in … More
CFP: Dystopian Underbellies of Food Utopias
With visions of Soylent (or the original, here) in the news these days, who can resist the following call for … More
Global Food Security Opportunities
Interested in global food security? Here are two opportunities to deepen your knowledge and pursue your research. The U.S. Borlaug … More
Book Review: The Ju/’hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian Independence
Biesele, Megan and Robert K. Hitchcock (2013) The Ju/’hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian Independence. Development, Democracy, and Indigenous … More
New Prize: The Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Award
Post by John Brett, President, Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition The Society for the Anthropology of Food … More
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
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