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Tom Philpott, a food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones, will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium, Tuesday, Nov. 29, on “Perilous Bounty: Emerging Crises in Industrial Agriculture.” .
Attorney and activist Saru Jayaraman, co-founder and president of One Fair Wage, will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Oct. 25, on “Labor and the Food System.” Jayaraman is director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., Jayaraman worked with displaced World Trade Center workers to co-found the Restaurant Opportunities Center, which grew into a national movement of restaurant workers, employers, and consumers. .
Historian Diana Garvin, who specializes in food and politics, will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Oct. 18, on “Kitchen Rebellion: Food under Italian Fascism and Everyday Resistance.” Garvin is an assistant professor of Italian at the University of Oregon. With a focus on Mediterranean studies, she uses food to explain the relationships between Italian history and the world. .
Chef, restaurateur and indigenous food advocate Sean Sherman will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Oct. 4, on “The (R)evolution of Indigenous Food Systems of North America.” A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Sherman was born and raised in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Cooking in kitchens across the U.S. and Mexico for over 30 years, Sherman is renowned nationally and internationally in the culinary movement of Indigenous foods, focusing on the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous food systems throughout North America and showcasing Native American cuisine in today s world. .