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The Food Matters Club, a student organization associated with the Food Studies theme at Ohio University, made a group trip to the Athens Farmers Market on Sept. 22. While many club members attend the market regularly, for some club members, the visit was their first time experiencing the Athens Farmers […]

In addition to her Food Studies theme public lecture on the history of pasta and Italian identity, Professor Karima Moyer-Nocchi led a pasta-making class in Human and Consumer Sciences’ Thomas Stevenson’s state-of-the-art test kitchen in the newly renovated McCracken Hall. Moyer-Nocchi, an Ohio native, has lived in Italy for 30 […]

Dr. David Bell, Associate Professor and Chair of Linguistics, and Dr. Theresa Moran, Director of the Food Studies theme, spent the early summer of 2018 giving talks in Umbria and Tuscany. At the 2018 Perugia Food & Sustainability Studies Conference: “Exploring Ethics through Food Choices” held, at the Umbra Institute […]

Margaret Sheskey and Flynt Smathers came to the OHIO Student Farm recently to harvest about 400 pounds tomatoes for the Nelsonville Food Cupboard, a food pantry serving all of Athens County. The Nelsonville Food Cupboard strives to have fresh produce, as well as other fresh staples such as eggs, available for […]

Students from the 2018 Food in Sicily study away spent almost three weeks studying the connection between food and culture on the Mediterranean’s largest island. They perfected pasta-making skills, took turns stirring vats of whey for ricotta and wove braids of mozzarella. They ate their share and then some of […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme faculty forum is Friday, Sept. 7, form noon to 1 p.m. in Baker 231. Each fall, faculty in the theme have an open forum to report what they’ve done the year before and seek input from Wealth & Poverty members about W&P activities.

The Wealth & Poverty theme presents a field trip, “Alternative Economies in Appalachia,” on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spots are limited and first-come, first-served. To sign up, email: Dr. Smoki Musaraj (musaraj@ohio.edu) or Dr. Rachel Terman (terman@ohio.edu) 2018 Fall Wealth and Poverty Field Trip: Alternative […]