MISSION:
The Food Working Group aims to create a central hub for food research on campus and to foster collaboration amongst Duke researchers working within the multi-disciplinary study of “food”.
SPRING 2015 SPEAKER SERIES:
In the spring of 2015, the Food Working Group is hosting a Speaker Series showcasing Duke faculty research in areas such as food policy, clinical approaches to obesity, civic ecology, and food safety. Speakers will discuss their latest work for one hour, with a short break for refreshments, followed by Q&A and a broader discussion.
May 1, 2015
Saskia Cornes, Duke Farm Manager
When & Where: Gross Hall 230E @ 3:00 pm
March 3, 2015
Kelly Alexander, Food Writer, Cultural Anthropology
Where & When: McKinley Seminar Room, Fuqua @ 4:00 pm
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Meeting Minutes
March 24, 2015
Matt Harding, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Sanford
When & Where: McKinley Seminar Room, Fuqua @ 3:00 pm
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Meeting Minutes
February 4, 2015
Ghada Ahmed and Danny “Dayne” Hamrick~”The Wheat Value Chain and Food Security in the Middle East and North Africa”
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SPRING AND FALL 2014 SPEAKER SERIES SESSION:
February 26
Gavan Fitzsimons~ Food Marketing
Meeting Minutes
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March 26
Sarah Armstrong~ Childhood Obesity
Meeting Minutes
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April 2
Kelly Brownell~ The Need for Coherent Food Policy
Meeting Minutes
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April 9
Nancy Zucker~ Psychiatry and Food
Meeting Minutes
April 23
Michelle Nowlin~ Food and the Law
Meeting Minutes
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September 3
Marianne Krasny~Reclaiming broken places: Community gardening, civic ecology, and subnatures
Meeting Minutes
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October 8
“Putting the Pieces Together: An Intensive, Multidisciplinary Obesity Treatment Model”
Meeting Minutes
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November 3
Gabriel Rosenberg~”Human-Animal Intimacy and the Political Economy of Meat”
Meeting Minutes
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December 3
Jonathan Wiener, Law ~“Precaution, Food Safety, and Risk Regulation in the US and Europe”
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FOOD RESEARCH HUB:
The Food Working Group is compiling information on food-related research and activities in order to create a one-stop resource for all things “food” at Duke. Through this resource, Duke researchers will be made aware of one another’s work and benefit from increased communication and knowledge sharing.
Request to be a part of our listserv to keep up-to-date on the latest happenings of the group.
Questions? Please email Sarah for more information.