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By Dawn Bikowski Director of the English Language Improvement Program How do the seed-saving practices in Southeast Ohio compare with the struggles and triumphs of food sovereignty in the Andes of Ecuador? Dr. Rommel Montúfar (Biological Sciences, Pontíficia Universidad Católica del Ecuador), and Michael Ayala (Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Central del […]

Food Matters Club ventured out to Green Edge Gardens on a late Friday afternoon to tour the beautiful 120-acre farm and learn about its operations. Green Edge Gardens, located in Amesville, Ohio, is a certified organic vegetable farm which specializes in producing year round micro-greens, mushrooms, and salad mix as well as […]

The Food Studies theme has recently been featured in a few publications highlighting the great work being done by our faculty and students. Please check out the links below to read the story of the learning environment Food Studies is fostering around food, community, and hands-on learning: Ohio Today Magazine […]

The Food Studies theme announces a summer 2018 internship program in the Cloud Forest of Ecuador. This four-week, three-credit internship in the Cloud Forest, an hour north of the capital, Quito, focuses on a broad set of issues connected to food, from sovereignty to security and access, to food culture and community […]

The Food Studies theme had the honor of being featured in the Winter 2018 issue of the OHIO Today alumni magazine. The article features interviews with Food Studies core faculty, including director Dr. Theresa Moran, and students such as Jack Demain and Joy Kostansek. The author, Mary Reed, has painted […]

Note: This event has been cancelled. The Food Studies theme welcomes Dr. Bryan McDonald on “The Rise & Fall of the Postwar American Food System” on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in Schoonover 450. McDonald is Associate Professor of History at Penn State University. His talk will focus on […]

The Food Studies theme, Food Matters student club, and the Athens Vegan Cooking Workshop host a free screening of the documentary Wasted! The Story of Food Waste on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema on Court Street. A brief panel discussion follows the film, with Ohio […]