Just and healthy foods can be sautéed in a wok in the back of an Asian market, or wrapped in a tortilla at a street stand, or even fried with bacon grease in a grandmother’s kitchen. In this collection, each fellow has provided his or her own perspective on the influence of culture on food.
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Food and Culture
Valerie Segrest, Native Foods EducatorVideo |
Dishing Up Food and CultureMarch 2012 |
Local foods, the traditional waysPosted March 1, 2012 In Washington sate, Valerie Segrest is exploring the fruitful overlap between community, culture and healthy foods. |
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Community health through traditional foodsPosted February 10, 2012 A new video featuring the Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project shows that traditional foods tie a community to the land and provide a sense of place--the real key to community health. |
Bryant Terry Inspiring more than VegansPosted January 30, 2012 Bryant Terry's brand of sustainable, soulful vegan cooking is gathering hype yet again with The Inspired Vegan, his latest cookbook. |
Paula Deen’s missed opportunityBy Jane Black |
Fast Food's Dirty Little Secret: It's the Middle Class Buying BurgersBy Jane Black |
“Please Pass the Amaranth!” – Getting Back to our Food RootsBy Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard |
Field of TeensBy Fred Bahnson |
The African American food culture of Harris County, GABy Kelvin Graddick |
Meet the Fellows
Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard
Rebecca Wiggins-Reinhard works with La Semilla Food Center to improve access to healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate foods in southern New Mexico.Ideas in focus
Cultivating Leadership and Equity in the Food Movement
April 2013
The IATP Food and Community Fellows Program is coming to an end, but it's springtime for our work growing equity in the food system and cultivating diverse leadership in the movement.
