Doing a little course planning or looking for reading list additions? Revisit the Canadian Food Studies book reviews for some inspiration!

Start with Taarini Chopra’s review of Growing Resistance: Canadian Farmers and the Politics of Genetically Modified Wheat by Emily Eaton.
https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v1i1.38

Then pair it with Annabel Soutar’s theatre play, Seeds, which brings genetically modified crops into the realm of documentary theatre.
https://porteparole.org/en/plays/seeds/

#FoodStudies
#FoodBooks
#Theater
#DocumentaryTheatre
#GMOs
#GeneticallyModifiedFoods
#Wheat
#Farming
#Farmers
#Agriculture
#FoodPolitics
#SeedSaving

Check out the work of Dr. Jade Crimson Rose Da Costa to learn more about resistance and digital story telling!

Jade currently serves on the Canadian Association for Food Studies Board and on the Communications Committee.

Learn more about their work on their website: https://www.jadecrimson.com/

#MeetTheBoard #FoodStudies #FoodJustice #DigitalStoryTelling #Communications #FoodInsecurity

https://youtu.be/9Q8jT2uEX34

Read a good food studies book lately? Seen a food-art show or a kitchen design expo? Marathoned a food documentary series? Canadian Food Studies is always looking for book, media, art, and event reviews! Email the Reviews Editor (reviews [aht] canadian food studies [dawt] ca) or click on the “Submit a request” button on the journal’s landing page (canadianfoodstudies.ca).

#FoodStudies
#FoodArt
#FoodBooks
#FoodTV
#FoodDesign
#FoodFilms
#BookReviews
#FilmReviews
#TVReviews
#ArtCriticism
#Design
#ResearchCreation

image: David Szanto

Are you exploring Alternative Food Networks? You should check out the work of Dr. Alissa Overend!

Alissa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at MacEwan University. Their 2021 book Shifting Food Facts (Routledge Press) examined the shifting food truths of contemporary dietary discourse and was featured in a webinar on CAFS YT: “The Many Truths of Food and Nutrition.” Their current work explores alternative food networks in Alberta.

Alissa currently serves on the Canadian Associate for Food Studies Board in the role of Membership Engagement.

https://youtu.be/Zm0iiYqoQ5I

#MeetTheBoard #AlternativeFoodNetworks #FoodStudies #CriticalFoodStudies #DietaryDiscourse #CAFS #Sociology #SocialTheory #IntersectionalFeminism #MediaAnalysis #DiscourseAnalysis

Looking for some rich, hearty, and satisfying food studies readings? Check out the latest book reviews from Canadian Food Studies!

Eating Like a Mennonite: Food and Community Across Borders (by Marlene Epp), reviewed by Aqeel Ihsan
https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i2.743

Serving the Public: The Good Food Revolution in Schools, Hospitals and Prisons (by Kevin Morgan), reviewed by Jennifer Sumner
https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i2.744

Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity (by Jeffrey Pilcher), reviewed by Ethan Shapiro
https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i2.747

#FoodStudies
#FoodBooks
#Mennonites
#InstitutionalFood
#SchoolFood
#HospitalFood
#PrisonFood
#CarceralFood
#Beer
#Hops
#Brewing

Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 101: Introducing Meat Studies.

https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2172561/

Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores unite! Meat Studies has something for everyone (including #pescatarians, #vegans and #frugivores. But is meat a product, a process, or both?

This episode features Élisabeth Abergel and Ryan Phillips, guest editors of the Meat Studies themed section in Vol. 11 No. 1 of Canadian Food Studies. Alexia Moyer talks about the tools we use when eating meat—and how they have evolved over the year—and in the After Taste, grad student Emma Paisley responds to the article, “Meat politics at the dinner table” by Emily Kennedy, Shyon Baumann, and Josée Johnston.

#DigestingFoodStudies
#MeatStudies
#Veganism
#Vegetarianism
#PlantBasedMeat
#FoodStudies
#FoodPodcast
#FoodSystems

Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 100: Welcome to Food Studies.
https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2152655/

#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodStudies
#FoodPodcast
#FoodSystems

Step back in time and listen to the founding editor of Canadian Food Studies, Ellen Desjardins, talk about the creation of the CAFS journal! Plus, meet the CFS co-managing editor, Alexia Moyer, who shares a tasty tidbit from food humanities each episode, in her segment, the Amuse Bouche.

Enjoy the full plenary, "FOUNDATIONS—Food studies in Indigenous Territories and Canada," the first plenary from CAFS/ACEA 20th Annual Assembly: Foundations, Evolutions, Revolutions, held at George Brown College, June 2–5, 2025, here:

https://youtu.be/2Wqic9XsQEA

#Food #IndigenousTerritories #Canada #FoodStudies #AfricanNovaScotians #Mikmaki

Save the date!

2026 Common Ground Food Forum
Building a bigger table: Strengthening our relations
June 15 - 19, 2026

Lakehead University Orillia Campus
500 University Avenue, Orillia, ON

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Forum Alimentaire Terrain d’Entente 2026
Élargir la table : renforcer nos relations
15 au 19 juin 2026

Université Lakehead Campus d’Orillia
500, avenue University, Orillia (Ontario)

https://foodstudies.info/news-conferences/upcoming-conference/

#Food #FoodStudies #alimentaire #EtudesAlimentaires #FoodPolitics #PolitiqueAlimentaire
#TransitionAlimentaire #FoodTransition #AlimentationDurable #SustainableFood #EducationAlimentaire #FoodEducation #Agriculture #CAFS2026 #ACEA2026

"I have always admired Dr. Jennifer Clapp’s work and was fortunate to be able to work with her during my master’s and PhD. Dr. Clapp’s ability to see the big picture and identify causal forces that many overlook is always so impressive to me. Dr. Ryan Isakson is also a scholar that I look up to for his ability to skillfully communicate complex dynamics in our food system. Dr. Isakson is also my postdoctoral supervisor, and I should mention that both Dr. Clapp and Dr. Isakson have written a fascinating book on financialization in the food system, entitled Speculative Harvests." - Phoebe Stephens

The food studies landscape is rich with scholars whose work expands our understanding of the world in which we live. Whose work has challenged and guided your own?

#Mentorship #Research #FoodStudies #FoodScholarship #SpeculativeHarvests #FoodResearch #HigherEd

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