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Food Studies at SU

Food Studies is one of the fastest-growing fields of study in North America. It has expanded to become a broad academic discipline, encompassing the study of food delivery systems, social stability, human rights, public health, human and landscape sustainability, and urban/regional design and planning.

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Civil Eats
a daily news source that captures the conversation around the evolving American food landscape
Farmers Market Legal Tool Kit
The Farmers Market Legal Toolkit includes legal resources, best practice recommendations, and case studies for market leaders on selecting and enhancing business structures, accepting SNAP benefits, and managing common risks.

Gender, Food and COVID-19 by Paige Castellanos (Editor); Carolyn E. Sachs (Editor); Ann R. Tickamyer (Editor)
Call Number: ebook (open access)
ISBN: 9781000515244
Publication Date: 2022

From Partnerships to Policy: Promising Practices (2022) for New Food Policy Councils
A newly updated guide from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future's Food Policy Network (FPN) that will help guide both new and experienced folks conducting food policy council work.
Nyeleni Newsletters
The international Nyéléni newsletter is the voice of the international movement for Food Sovereignty. Its main goal is to strengthen the grassroots of the movement, by providing accessible material on key issues and creating a space - for individuals and organisations involved in the struggle - to exchange their experiences and share information.

Podcasts

Counternarratives - Hidden Histories: Immigrant Farm Workers and Black Intellectual Histories
This collection of real stories of immigrants is a product of Dr. Vargas-Betancourt’s Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage. Margarita is the Latin American and Caribbean Special Collections Librarian at the George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida.
Farm Commons
When farmers and attorneys share knowledge, the entire local food system moves forward. Farm Commons fosters the discussions and connections that build a strong legal backbone for our community.
Foodie Pharmacology
"Foodie Pharmacology is a science podcast built for the food curious, the flavor connoisseurs, chefs, science geeks, plant lovers and adventurous taste experimenters out in the world! Join American ethnobotanist Dr. Cassandra Quave on this adventure through history, medicine, cuisine and molecules as we explore the amazing pharmacology of our foods."
Maintenance Phase
Michael Hobbes and Aubrey Gordon debunk the junk science behind health and wellness fads
Nourished Palate
Nourished Palate is an online community cultivating palates where food is love. Food is used as a medium of Love, justice and community. Ashia Aubourg is a Syracuse University (Food and Policy Studies) graduate. Learn more about the creative food projects she's involved with and grab a few fabulous recipes while you're at it on her website: www.nourished-palate.com.
Oxtales: Oxford Food Symposium Podcast
Celebrates, explores, and shares food research by scholars, enthusiastic amateurs, writers and chefs from around the world
Real Food Media
"[This] two podcast series brings stories from the food movement through a powerful combination of “book smarts” and “street smarts” (or is it soil savvy?)"
Rights Not Charity Podcast Series
"This podcast series is about a big idea—ensuring everyone has enough food; not as a charitable gift, but as a fundamental human right."
Toasted Sister
After contact, Indigenous foodways and knowledge were devastated, destroyed and replaced with foods that are far from the people. Andi Murphy, a Navajo radio producer, talks to chefs and foodies about what Indigenous cuisine is, where it comes from, where it’s headed and how it’s used to connect to their origins and traditions.
Virginia Foodie: Marketing for the Craft Food Industry
"...all about celebrating the good food, good people, and good brands in and around Virginia."

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An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System "This resources identifies literature that links the social construction of Whiteness and its intentional or consequential impact on structural racism within the United States’ local food movement. It is focused on recent peer-reviewed and gray literature* materials that are national, regional, and local in scope that included significant references."
Rethinking Market Studies (from the National Black Food & Justice Alliance) "he Market Studies Research Project is the continuation of many conversations within Black-led co-op spaces, most recently from a session at the 2022 Up & Coming Conference Black-led track. Participants discussed the need for culturally relevant market studies and principles that can aid Black co-ops in Black neighborhoods in obtaining funding. The current market study field is heavily reliant on data that diminishes the impact of Black spending and the demand for localized, community- operated food options in our communities. During the National Black Food & Justice Alliance June 2022 monthly co-op peer call, representatives from Black-led co-ops decided to initiate a project to challenge the existing anti-Black, capitalist standards around market research to make funding sustainable, Black-led co-ops more possible. The anticipated outcome of this project is to have a final product of culturally relevant market study principles, strategies, and recommendations to share with communities, cooperatives, funders, and stakeholders that will shift the power in funding Black-led cooperatives."
Special Report: Food Price Crisis How the failure to reform food systems has allowed the war in Ukraine to spark a third global food price crisis in 15 years, and what can be done to prevent the next one.