ANN ARBOR – Food Literacy for All at the University of Michigan will be kicking off its fourth year in January.
The community-academic partnership is an evening lecture series that features guest speakers each week that address opportunities and challenges of the country’s various food systems.
According to the course website:
“The course is designed to prioritize engaged scholarship that connects theory and practice. By bringing national and global leaders, we aim to ignite new conversations and deepen existing commitments to building more equitable, health-promoting, and ecologically sustainable food systems.”
Lectures take place every Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the winter semester at Angell Hall, Auditorium B.
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U-M students can take the course for credit while members of the public are invited to attend for free.
Community members must register prior to each lecture. Click here to RSVP.
Here’s this year’s lineup:
Jan. 14: “Setting the Table for Health Equity"
Cindy Leung, Jerry Hebron, Lilly Fink Shapiro, Devita Davison, Winona Bynum
Jan. 21: “Health Inequities: The Poor Person’s Experience in America”
Jessica Holmes
Jan. 28: “Racial Justice and Equity in the Food System: Going Beyond the Roots”
Pakou Hang
Feb. 4: “Corporate Wealth or Public Health?”
Robert Lustig
Feb. 11: “De-colonizing Food Journalism”
Zahir Janmohamed
Feb. 18: “The Disruption of Traditional Food Media”
Nicole Taylor
Feb. 25: “The Hidden Plight of Modern Growers”
Panel discussion
Mar. 10: “Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty”
Leah Penniman
Mar. 17: “Meat, Antibiotics, and the Power of Consumer Pressure”
Maryn McKenna
Mar. 24: "To Impossible & Beyond: Are the New Plant Based Burgers Too Good to be True?”
Panel discussion
Mar. 31: “Promoting Wellness Through the Charitable Food System”
Marlene Schwartz
Apr. 7: “The Farm Bill and National Food Policy”
Terry Campbell
Apr. 14: “Big Soda vs. Public Health: Soda Taxes and Public Policy”
Jennifer Falbe
Apr. 21: Course Conclusion