8:00 am Registration and Coffee
8:30 am Greetings and Introduction
Ryken Grattet, Chair - Department of Sociology, UC Davis;
David Biale, Director - Jewish Studies Program, UC Davis
8:45 am Opening Lecture
Interdisciplinary Encounters: Food, Facts, and Friction at the Intersection of Science and the Humanities - Charlotte Biltekoff, UC Davis
Moderator: Madeline Weeks, UC Davis
9:15 am Session 1: Science, Technology, and Progress
Chair: Elizabeth Castner, UC Davis
Purity and Science in Progressive Era Food Movements – Jeff Haydu, UC San Diego
After the Outbreak: Organizing Food Safety in the U.S. and Germany - Kelsey Meagher, UC Davis
Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: A Technological Co-option of the Traditional - Halie Kampman, UC Santa Cruz
From Food Access to Equitable Food Access, The Role of Food in Patterns of Social Stratification - Victoria Torres Gonzalez, UC Davis
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Session 2: Culture, Consumption and Change
Chair: Li Schmidt, UC Davis
How Do Values Ultimately Shape Landscapes?: A Study of the Chez Panisse Network - Sasha Pesci and Catherine Brinkley, UC Davis
Disparities in Risky Attitudes, Knowledge, and Norms Around Sugary Drinks in a Diverse School District - Athena Roesler, UC Berkeley, and Dr. Jennifer Falbe, UC Davis
The Politics of the “Natural”: Eating Healthy in Deforested Amazonia, Ecuador - Akimi Ota, University of Manchester
Tasting as Agent: Why Noodles are Mother ́s Love in the Andes - Antje Baecker, University of Leipzig
Kafka’s Grindhouse Effect: The Politics of Meat – Ted Geier, UC Davis
12:45 pm Light Lunch
1:30 pm Session 3: Community-based Policies for the Food System
Chair: Hannah Poore, UC Davis
Food Policy Councils and Local Governments: Context-Specific Collaboration for Food Systems Change - Clare Gupta, Dave Campbell, Kate Munden-Dixon, Jennifer Sowerwine, Shosha Capps, Gail Feenstra and Julia Van Soelen Kim, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Cooperative Extension Marin County, California
The Community Table Project: Student Food Security as Sustainable Agriculture - Marisa A. Coyne, Abraham Cazares, Dana Ng and J. Carol Hillhouse, UC Davis
Gardens in the Growth Machine: Urban Planning and Community Gardens in Seattle - Charlotte Glennie, UC Davis
Identifying Priorities for Sustainable Diets through Stakeholder Engagement: A Case Study in Vietnam - Julia Rubin, Alejandra Sanchez, Holly Mayton and Ty Beal, UC Davis
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Session 4: Neoliberalism and the Food System
Chair: Angela Chapman, UC Davis
The Neoliberalization of Solving World Hunger - Alana Stein and Nadia
Smiecinska, UC Davis
Is the Local Food System a Small World Network? - Catherine Brinkley, UC Davis
Indigenous Farmworkers and Organic Food in Oxnard, California and Oaxaca, Mexico - Rachel Soper, California State University
Organic Food and Neoliberal-Environmentalism in Israeli Legislation: The Case of the Law for Regulation of Organic Produce – Rafi Grosglik, UC Davis
5:15 pm Break
5:30-6:00 pm Final Lecture
Food as Radical Empathy - Alison Alkon, University of the Pacific
Moderator: Mira Qi, UC Davis
6:15-8:00 pm Dinner for presenters and session chairs (Location TBA)
8:30 am Greetings and Introduction
Ryken Grattet, Chair - Department of Sociology, UC Davis;
David Biale, Director - Jewish Studies Program, UC Davis
8:45 am Opening Lecture
Interdisciplinary Encounters: Food, Facts, and Friction at the Intersection of Science and the Humanities - Charlotte Biltekoff, UC Davis
Moderator: Madeline Weeks, UC Davis
9:15 am Session 1: Science, Technology, and Progress
Chair: Elizabeth Castner, UC Davis
Purity and Science in Progressive Era Food Movements – Jeff Haydu, UC San Diego
After the Outbreak: Organizing Food Safety in the U.S. and Germany - Kelsey Meagher, UC Davis
Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: A Technological Co-option of the Traditional - Halie Kampman, UC Santa Cruz
From Food Access to Equitable Food Access, The Role of Food in Patterns of Social Stratification - Victoria Torres Gonzalez, UC Davis
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Session 2: Culture, Consumption and Change
Chair: Li Schmidt, UC Davis
How Do Values Ultimately Shape Landscapes?: A Study of the Chez Panisse Network - Sasha Pesci and Catherine Brinkley, UC Davis
Disparities in Risky Attitudes, Knowledge, and Norms Around Sugary Drinks in a Diverse School District - Athena Roesler, UC Berkeley, and Dr. Jennifer Falbe, UC Davis
The Politics of the “Natural”: Eating Healthy in Deforested Amazonia, Ecuador - Akimi Ota, University of Manchester
Tasting as Agent: Why Noodles are Mother ́s Love in the Andes - Antje Baecker, University of Leipzig
Kafka’s Grindhouse Effect: The Politics of Meat – Ted Geier, UC Davis
12:45 pm Light Lunch
1:30 pm Session 3: Community-based Policies for the Food System
Chair: Hannah Poore, UC Davis
Food Policy Councils and Local Governments: Context-Specific Collaboration for Food Systems Change - Clare Gupta, Dave Campbell, Kate Munden-Dixon, Jennifer Sowerwine, Shosha Capps, Gail Feenstra and Julia Van Soelen Kim, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Cooperative Extension Marin County, California
The Community Table Project: Student Food Security as Sustainable Agriculture - Marisa A. Coyne, Abraham Cazares, Dana Ng and J. Carol Hillhouse, UC Davis
Gardens in the Growth Machine: Urban Planning and Community Gardens in Seattle - Charlotte Glennie, UC Davis
Identifying Priorities for Sustainable Diets through Stakeholder Engagement: A Case Study in Vietnam - Julia Rubin, Alejandra Sanchez, Holly Mayton and Ty Beal, UC Davis
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Session 4: Neoliberalism and the Food System
Chair: Angela Chapman, UC Davis
The Neoliberalization of Solving World Hunger - Alana Stein and Nadia
Smiecinska, UC Davis
Is the Local Food System a Small World Network? - Catherine Brinkley, UC Davis
Indigenous Farmworkers and Organic Food in Oxnard, California and Oaxaca, Mexico - Rachel Soper, California State University
Organic Food and Neoliberal-Environmentalism in Israeli Legislation: The Case of the Law for Regulation of Organic Produce – Rafi Grosglik, UC Davis
5:15 pm Break
5:30-6:00 pm Final Lecture
Food as Radical Empathy - Alison Alkon, University of the Pacific
Moderator: Mira Qi, UC Davis
6:15-8:00 pm Dinner for presenters and session chairs (Location TBA)