POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN FOOD STUDIES AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON The Food Studies Program and the Institute for Advanced Study at … More
Category: food security
New York in June! Save the Date!
Global Gateways and Local Connections: Cities, Agriculture, and the Future of Food Systems Join us for the Joint 2012 Annual … More
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
Bread, Milk, and the Greek Parliamentary Record
by Leo Vournelis Two weeks ago the Greek government announced a new round of austerity measures targeted primarily at civil … More
Christine Wilson Student Award 2011
Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition 2011 Christine Wilson Student Paper Award The Society for the Anthropology of … More
Eating in Times of Financial Crisis
File it under “strange and unusual.” That’s what Reuters did in putting up the photo of one of many Yemeni … More
Anthropological perspectives on migration, food and nutrition
With the permission of the editors of Anthropology News, we republish SAFN’s monthly news column from that publication. This is the May 2011 column, edited … More
Cool tool to track food prices
“The price of everything is getting higher and higher these days” – person in Jimma, Ethiopia. A new tool gives … More
Food Prices and Uprisings
There is unrest in Egypt. And Tunisia. These uprisings are being partly fueled by rising food costs, especially bread. The … More
Contaminated cuisines and the omnivore’s dilemma
As a service to our readers and with the permission of the editors of Anthropology News, we have decided to … More