Posts about food policy and food systems – includes events, student work and projects, courses, etc.
Local to Global Food Values: Policy Practice and Performance will be offered through Boston University’s Summer Term 2. This class will meet on Monday and Wednesday evenings, beginning on July 6 with a final class on August 10. To register, please visit http://www.bu.edu/summer/courses/gastronomy/ . What are “good” foods and trustworthy standards and measurements of value? Who regulates […]
This is the second post in a series highlighting the ways students utilize Boston University’s many resources to cater the Gastronomy program to fit their own unique interests and needs. Read the first post here. by Debra Zides As a Gastronomy student who has grown up in a world very far from the foodies, I continually […]
by Ariel Knoebel I stared down at the entangled green tendrils in the dirt, thinking to myself “What is tatsoi, anyway?” I was embarrassed to ask. Everyone else seemed to know exactly what they were doing as they crouched between the rows of bushy greens, chatting while weeding with expert hands until perfectly straight rows […]
Student Elizabeth Nieves reflects on a trip to Haiti and continues her research in Global Food Policy.
Gastronomy student Kendall Vanderslice shares a story on Kate Stillman, owner of Stillman’s Quality Meats, opening a stall at the Boston Public Market