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

Hunting for Anthropologists: Deer Hunting and the Local Food Movement

By Elizabeth Danforth, MPH PhD, Iowa Food Systems Council The average hunter is white, rural and male. His father hunted, … More

As a service to our readers and with the permission of the editors of Anthropology News, we have decided to … More

Even before I wrote up the restaurant guide for the upcoming AAA meeting in New Orleans, people were asking me … More

The BP Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico (named, it seems, for the fictitious town invented by Gabriel Garcia … More

miles and miles of Washington wheat Last week I reported on the dramatic rise in wheat prices and suggested that … More

Two years after the vicious spike in food prices, global food prices are once again on the rise. Are we … More

There was a fascinating piece on the National Public Radio news program Morning Edition (on the August 2, 2010 show) … More

Last year, I planted a new garden in the backyard I share with my downstairs neighbors. One afternoon, we sat … More

Watching the BP Oil Spew slowly unfold, I started to wonder about our relationship to food and oil (“earl” if … More