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Greg de St. Maurice Ryukoku University Chefs today wield a great deal of influence. They are (or are expected to…
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February 2: A lot of thought-provoking food news this week, FoodAnthro readers! As always, if you have a link you’d…
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Ellen Messer Tufts University (Part 1 of this 2 part series is here.) As a possible antidote or balance for…
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Ellen Messer Tufts University Krimsky, Sheldon and Jeremy Gruber, eds. 2014. The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know About the…
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Early in my fieldwork, I met Kameron (pseudonym) at Denny’s, the only sit down restaurant in Ward 7 at the…
What Food Anthropology Is Reading Now: January 24 Edition
January 24, 2016: Hello FoodAnthropology readers. Doubtless, some of you are getting buried in the East Coast snowpocalypse, and others…
The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the obfuscation of measurement
Andrea Wiley Indiana University The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were finally released on January 7 2016 to the…
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…
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