Food Studies RFG

Conveners Ali Hendley, Sociology, ahendley@umail.ucsb.edu Lisa Jacobson, History, jacobson@history.ucsb.edu Erika Rappaport, History, rappaport@history.ucsb.edu The Food Studies Research Focus Group brings together faculty and graduate students to discuss ongoing research on a variety of food-related topics. These include: the cultural, social and political meanings of food in diverse settings and...

Robert Gottlieb (Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College) Thursday, November 4 / 11:30 AM HSSB 1233 In today’s food system, farm workers face hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast food franchises, and food products are developed to be convenient rather than wholesome. Opposing...

Saturday, October 2 / 1:00 PM Plaza de Vera Cruz across the street from the Saturday Farmers Market Please join the IHC’s Food Studies Research Focus Group for a field trip to the Sol Food Festival, a one-day community-created festival to raise awareness of the Sustainable,...

Monday, May 24 / 3:00 PM McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB Presentations: Mexican Immigrant Farmers and Collaborate Networks in Santa Barbara County Teresa Figueroa (Chicano/a Studies, UCSB) Organizing MILPA’s (Mexican Immigrant Labor and Producers’ Association) Association in Santa Maria Global studies and chicano/a studies undergraduates Erika Herrera, Julio Vera, Jocelyn Gutierrez,...

Wednesday, April 28 / 2:00 PM Shepherd's Farm, Santa Barbara Join the Community Sustainable Food Group for a visit to Shepherd's Farm here in Santa Barbara.  Transportation will be provided.  Location of departure to be announced.  Please contact Megan Carney at megcarney@gmail.com for more details. Sponsored by Community...

Bonnie Crouse (Dining Services, UCSB) David Cleveland (Environmental Studies, UCSB) Monday, February 22 / 1:00 PM IHC Seminar Room, HSSB 6056 Bonnie Crouse with be present a talk entitled, "UCSB Dining Services' Sustainability Initiative." A representative from Dining Services will discuss their sustainability initiative and will address issues such...

Megan Carney (Anthropology, UCSB) Stefanie Stauffer (Sociology, UCSB) Monday, February 8 / 2:00 PM SSMS 3122 Megan Carney’s “Food Sovereignty Movements: Implications for Gender Inequality, Citizenship and the Human Right to Food” examines repercussions of food insecurity in the United States, in particular, the experience of households in...