Post Tagged with: "Food studies"

  The Food for Thought Speaker Series presents Dr. Paul Patton on April 21, at 5 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room, Alden 319. “Forgotten Plants, Forgotten People: Prehistoric Native American Food Tradition in the Ohio Valley.” Join the Food Studies Theme and the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology Assistant Professor of […]

The Food Studies theme includes a variety of courses that can help students fill Ohio University general education requirements, as well as College of Arts & Sciences distribution requirements. Summer 2016 ANTH 4911 Field School in Ohio Archeology MTuWTh 8-3 Patton CAS 4410 Seminar: How Food Works in the Community […]

Students in the ENG 3000X The Literature of Social Reflection Food Justice in Athens course set a record for the most boxes of food packed in the shortest time at the Southeastern Ohio Food Bank over spring break. They visited the food bank twice to discuss how hunger is being addressed […]

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents Seeds of Time on March 30. The panel facilitator is Janice Brewer. Topics include agriculture, food, seeds, policy, climate disruption, and saving seeds. The Common Experience Project on Sustainability is an initiative developed by University College. Partners include the Voinovich School for Leadership and […]

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents Inhabit – A Permaculture Perspective on March 9. Panelists are Dr. Therese Moran, Assistant Professor of English and Food Studies theme director; Paige Walters, International Development and Environmental Studies student; and Weston Lombard, Solid Ground Farm Athens County. Topics include permaculture, agriculture, farming, innovation, economics, governance, ecology. The […]

The Kennedy Lecture Series presents Dr. Marion Nestle on Monday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. Admission is free; doors open at 6:30 p.m. Nestle is a consumer advocate, nutritionist, award-winning author, and academic who specializes in the politics of food and dietary choice. Her research examines scientific, economic, and social influences on […]

Sustainability Studies theme brings Frances and Anna Lappé, a mother-daughter team internationally renowned for their work on sustainable food systems, food justice and grassroots democracy, to Ohio University in March to discuss “The Sustainable Food Movement Rising.” The founders of the Small Planet Institute will discuss sustainable food systems in […]