OSU Food in Culture and Social Justice

Coming Fall 2024...

𝗙𝗖𝗦𝗝 𝟰𝟬𝟲/𝟱𝟬𝟲. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲

This unique 1-credit cooking-centered experiential learning course brings together international and domestic students in OSU’s Global Community Kitchen and culminates in a signature event in the MU Ballroom during International Education Week.

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲!

For permission to join the course or accommodations for a disability, please email [email protected]

Book Talk - The Taste of Water

Dr. Christy Spackman, Arizona State University
25 April, 2024
2-4pm
Waldo Hall, room 240

Have you ever wondered why your tap water tastes the way it does? Come explore how tastes have been increasingly erased from drinking water over the twentieth century as Dr. Christy Spackman discusses her new book, The Taste of Water. Through examining the development of sensory expertise in the United States and France, in this talk Spackman will uncover how efforts to erase unwanted tastes and smells have transformed water into a highly industrialized food product largely divorced from its origins. Learn to question your own assumptions about what water does and should naturally taste like, as well as how extensive your own expertise is around water.

For accommodations for a disability, please contact: [email protected]

The Oregon Student Association and Oregon Student Public Research Group are inviting students to participate in a Student Lobby Day on February 14th. To participate, make sure to register by 5pm on Friday, February 9.

From their event description: “Join us for a day of lobbying as we advocate for basic needs funding, textbook affordability, and right to repair legislation. This event is a fantastic opportunity for students to actively engage with their state legislators and advocate for important issues affecting their education and daily lives. This is your chance to voice your concerns, share your experiences, and contribute to positive change for students in Oregon during the 2024 Legislative Session!"

Student Lobby Day (2/14/24) — Oregon Student Association (OSA) We are so excited to announce and invite students to participate in a Student Lobby Day on February 14th, hosted by the Oregon Student Association and the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group! Join us for a day of lobbying as we advocate for basic needs funding, textbook affordability, and

SAFN Awards: Undergrad and Grad Award Deadline March 31, 2024!
https://foodanthro.com/2024/01/25/safn-awards-undergrad-and-grad-award-deadline-march-31-2024/


foodanthro
January 25

Amanda Green, SAFN President

Welcome to the new year SAFN members!

We want to draw your attention to SAFN’s Awards, which are all due March 31, 2024, this year. (This moves the deadline up from previous years, heads up!)

All SAFN Awards focus on supporting graduate and undergraduate students. As the future of our field, SAFN has always valued supporting their work.

SAFN membership is free for students, as long as they have a AAA membership.

In addition, if your university is a AAA DSP member, your undergraduate students gain one year of free membership to the AAA and thus, to SAFN.

AWARDS

The Student Research Award supports the research phase of an original project focused on food and nutritional anthropology. This award is focused on decolonized, ethical research on food justice and food sovereignty.

The Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student Award supports research and writing that engages with food security and food sovereignty issues, honoring the legacy of Thomas Marchione.

The Christine Wilson Awards includes one award for undergraduate research papers and another award for graduate student research papers that examine topics within the perspectives of nutrition, food studies and anthropology.
Please share this information widely in your food networks so that we can support as many students as possible.

SAFN Awards: Undergrad and Grad Award Deadline March 31, 2024! Texas State Fair Awards. Photo: David Beriss Amanda Green, SAFN President Welcome to the new year SAFN members! We want to draw your attention to SAFN’s Awards, which are all due March 31, 2024, th…

Arrowleaf Consulting is seeking to hire a Social Science Research Associate to collaborate on a variety of regional food system development projects. Research topics include Climate Smart and regenerative agriculture, food security, infrastructure and values-based supply chain development, sustainable dairy systems, and Tribal and intertribal food systems.

Job description is available here: https://www.arrowleafgroup.com/grant-development-specialist

Subject: Arrowleaf is hiring a Social Science Research Associate

Hi everyone,

We're seeking to hire a Social Science Research Associate to join our team on a variety of food system and agriculture-related research projects. I've attached the job announcement. This is a remote position—the Research Associate could work from anywhere (but we will give preference to people in Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon). Please share this announcement widely through your networks.

Warmly,
Soren

Soren Newman, Ph.D.
She/her
Associate Director
Arrowleaf Consulting
www.arrowleafgroup.com
208-669-0684

Arrowleaf Consulting We provide grant writing, research, and capacity-building support so you can focus on achieving your goals and advancing your mission.

Do you eat food? Please read!

Imagine a South Corvallis united by the strength of its food systems, with every part of that system working to support a healthy and vibrant community.

The South Corvallis Food Hub Project, backed by years of engagement and a wealth of passionate food producers, aims to make this vision a reality - and we need your input! Food Matters to Everyone - please take this survey if you live, work, or eat in Benton County.

Take this 6-minute survey https://qualtricsxmvjhc9zqm8.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dcAc3iyTtJo2B94
to make the South Corvallis Food Hub project the best it can be - and for a chance at $50!

Then, forward this email to 10 friends!
Join our email list to stay in the loop!

What is a “Food Hub?”
Food Hubs can be organized in many different ways, but every model has a few things in common: they strengthen connections among producers (farmers, ranchers, and processors), commercial buyers (like markets and restaurants), and consumers (like you!).

Now picture a possible South Corvallis Food Hub, how it could function, and how it might support a healthy community. Imagine the possibilities...

With that vision in mind, we need your support through your input – right now - by taking this survey.

More about the project:
The City of Corvallis has received federal funds for the South Corvallis Food Hub project and the funds have to be committed soon. A local consulting group is undertaking a swift feasibility study that will be truly reflective of our community and its diverse voices. We’re starting with this survey. More opportunities for your input will happen - stay tuned.

We're seeking input from eaters, food/beverage businesses, growers, and processors – a broad and inclusive representation of our community. Leverage your trusted relationships to help us build a resilient and community-driven vision! Send this email to all of your networks!

Have questions? Want more information? Reach out! Your participation and advocacy mean the world to us. We're doing this work because we believe in a more delicious, vibrant, and healthy South Corvallis.
Thank you!

Questions about the project: Please email Rebecka Weinsteiger, Principal-in-Charge
Questions about this survey: Please email Aliza Tuttle

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Ten Rivers Food Web is busy expanding our programming and are searching for an intern (winter term) and student board member (January-June.)

Interns will work on two projects: our online local food directory and Big Bean Barn project. The directory will match our 3 county service area and will be launched in 2024 in partnership with Oregon Taste. The Big Bean Barn project aims to increase local bean and grain accessibility, production, and consumption in a way that supports farmers' needs and makes staple crops more affordable for consumers of all income levels.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- food producer outreach
- food producer survey response review and analysis
- participating in/conducting interviews of potential bean, brain and corn growers and buyers
- analysis of potential buyer and grower needs, constraints and ideas

Interns will work closely with the board vice president, Kirsten Miller. Our ideal candidate is both interested in and well-versed in local food systems, can execute tasks independently and wants to add their own perspective to the projects.

Student Board Members will help foster connections between OSU, LBCC, the student bodies, Ten Rivers Food Web and our greater community. If you feel comfortable speaking up about your unique point of view, opinions, and life experiences and would enjoy being a connector between your institution, spheres of influence, and Ten Rivers Food Web, we urge you to apply for this position. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month mostly on Zoom and sometimes in person in Corvallis. Position description found here.

To apply for either opportunity, please fill out this form by November 5.

Thank you for your consideration,

Kirsten Miller (she/her)
Ten Rivers Food Web
Board Vice President

Home | Ten Rivers Food Web Ten Rivers Food Web is an all volunteer organization. We run two cornerstone events — the Soil Amendment Sale in March and Fill Your Pantry in November — and we are expanding other programming.

Check out this fun 1-credit class for Fall 2023!

People of the Peppers Meet Katherine Chiou, an archaeologist who conducts research in Mexico and Peru to search for clues about humanity love of hot chili peppers.

Food Assistance Recipients Are Getting Robbed Of Benefits — And Struggling To Get Them Back Electronic benefit cards, intended to reduce the stigma of paper food stamps, are now a vulnerability for people barely getting by.

https://www.sapiens.org/culture/hong-kong-ecovillage/

Why These Hong Kong Urbanites Are Farming An anthropologist takes readers inside a Hong Kong ecovillage built around food, sustainability, and community.

If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact me at [email protected]

2022 WORLD DISCO SOUP DAY IS HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30!
World Disco Soup Day is the largest collective effort to combat food waste and climate change. It is the day when Slow Food Youth Network groups organize parties and turn food waste into a Disco Soup. It is an event to cook, eat and dance together, showing a fun way to save food, but also to seriously reflect on the amount that goes to waste and on the solutions we all have at hand.
In previous editions, Disco Soup activists transformed 50,000 kilograms of food into thousands of delicious meals, involving thousands of volunteers on all five continents.

Food banks are expected to pick up the slack despite SNAP delivering "roughly nine times more food than the entire Feeding America network" - read more about the looming "hunger cliff."

Food Banks Will Bear the Brunt of America’s Looming Hunger Cliff As the Covid-era SNAP emergency allotment program ends this month, providers are already seeing increased need.

OSU Food Justice students are thrilled to welcome you back to our traditional in-person Empty Bowls benefit, featuring a simple but delicious meal of soup and bread plus dessert, a silent auction with items from area artists and businesses, and activities for kids. Admission is on a sliding scale, $5-$20, and includes a keepsake ceramic bowl (while supplies last). This event benefits the food pantry at the Basic Needs Center- Oregon State University and the local nonprofit Fresh & Local, First.

When: Saturday, March 11th from 5-7pm
Where: McNary Dining Center
Cost: Sliding Scale ($5-$20)

The OSU Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Chapter will be hosting a fundraiser this week, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Feb. 15, SEC Plaza. They will be selling churros, hot chocolate, and champurrado. The purpose of this event is to raise money to support student attendance at the National Conference and also provide some warm drinks in honor of Valentine’s Day.

The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition offers five awards annually. Please follow the links below for application requirements, forms, procedures, and a full description of what is awarded for each.

Two awards with a March 30th Deadline:

The Future of Food Anthropology Fellowship, to amplify the research, community-engaged scholarship, or activism of junior scholars of color and catalyze more public engagement with food anthropology, while also building a more inclusive anthropology of food and nutrition.

The Student Research Award, to support the research phase of an original project focused on food and nutritional anthropology. This award is focused on decolonized, ethical research on food justice and food sovereignty.

Three awards with a June 15th Deadline:

The Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student Award, for research and writing that engages with food security and food sovereignty issues.

The Christine Wilson Awards, one award for undergraduate research papers and another award for graduate student research papers that examine topics within the perspectives of nutrition, food studies and anthropology.

Check them out here:

SAFN Awards The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition offers five awards annually. Please follow the links below for details on each award. The Future of Food Anthropology Fellowship, to amplify t…

Happy Monday! Join us for our next cooking class on Monday Dec 12, hosted by our dietetic intern! We will be learning how to make Gimbap, which is a Korean sushi roll 🇰🇷👩‍🍳LINK IN BIO 🔗

Socially just and delicious—exactly what we want.

How This Local Restaurant Is Taking The Patagonia Approach Patagonia’s owner “gave the company away” for a cause. Here’s how a cause acquired a local seafood restaurant in Newport, Oregon.

Come join us Thursday Sept 29th for our Fall Welcome Party from 4pm-8pm. This is a free event with a little something for everyone! Food, drinks, goodies, and lots of activities! 🎉🍁🍂

London Restaurant Threatens Outstanding Taqueria Sonora With Legal Action Over Use of the Word ‘Taqueria’ "If you can’t even call your taco place a taqueria, where do you even start?"

There aren't enough young farmers. Congress is looking to change that Attracting a younger generation is key to building a sustainable food system, but getting access to land is a huge barrier to entering farming, according to a new survey.

Why Do (Some) Humans Love Chili Peppers? An anthropologist traces the origins and world travels of one of his favorite kinds of plants: chili peppers.

“The future needs students who see themselves as change agents, who have a proven history of impacting their community in positive ways,” Hindes says. “At the Basic Needs Center, we’re empowering students to collaborate with their fellow students and work together in solidarity to figure out hard things.”

Students Helping Students: Basic Needs Center Provides Resources and Tools for Success Summer 2022 — When Kendal Oetken ’22 picked up her first Beaver Bag from the Basic Needs Center, the weekly free bag of healthy groceries and recipes was a turning point. She struggles with disordered eating and cooking healthy food is a challenge for her. “When the Basic Needs Center gave me ...

The Truth About "Sustainable" Palm Oil In West Papua, Indonesia, both conventional and “green” palm oil projects dispossess and exclude Indigenous people from their lands.

Ukrainian borshch added to UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage Ukrainian’s traditional beetroot soup, borshch, is now inscribed on UNESCO’s list of endangered intangible cultural heritage. On July 1, UNESCO approved a decision to add borshch to the list after Ukraine requested the agency fast track the procedure amid Russia’s war.

The Black Creole Chef Who Paved the Way for Food TV A belated celebration of Lena Richard

Deadline extended to Aug. 17

https://foodanthro.com/safn-awards/thomas-marchione-award/

Thomas Marchione Award The Thomas Marchione Food-as-a-Human-Right Student Award This annual award will be awarded to a student whose work continues and expands Dr. Marchione’s efforts toward food justice, food security a…

From: Arceno, Mark Anthony
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 1:13 PM
Subject: Free Documentary Screening and Panel Event 6/15

Good afternoon, everyone,

For those who may not have visited our website lately or followed along on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter), the Department of Comparative Studies is sponsoring an online panel discussion of the food choices we make (or don’t make) in regard to the meat industry. This event is being co-hosted with Slow Food Columbus.

You certainly do not have to watch the 38-minute documentary we’ll be discussing beforehand (“The Scottish Breed” – trailer here), but know that you are more than welcome to watch it for free. I will be sending out a link to the documentary to those who register by tomorrow (6/9); after that point, the documentary link should be visible when you register here.

I’ve also attached a flyer for the event, and additional information (including who’s on the panel) may be found here: What Is Good, Clean, and Fair? Panel Discussion of the Choices We Make | Department of Comparative Studies (osu.edu)

All the best,
Mark Anthony


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Mark Anthony ARCEÑO, Ph.D.
Academic Program Coordinator, Department of Comparative Studies
444 Hagerty Hall, 1775 S. College Rd., Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-688-0433
[email protected]

Food & Environmental Anthropologist
Ohio State APOP Lecture Series Team Leader
Culture & Agriculture Sensorium Editor in Chief

Pronouns: he, him, his
http://about.me/markanthonyarceno

Mark Anthony Arceño, Ph.D. on about.me I am a Food and Environmental Anthropologist in Dublin, OH. View my portfolio.