Food Security and Social Justice Network - FSSJN

Food Security and Social Justice Network - FSSJN We facilitate information-sharing, solidarity, and collaboration among researchers and practitioners in the UA, Tucson, & broader Borderlands community

The mission of the Food Security and Social Justice Network is to facilitate information-sharing, solidarity, and collaboration among food systems and social justice researchers and practitioners at the University of Arizona and from the Tucson and broader borderlands community.

07/12/2018

The University of Arizona is offering two new undergraduate degrees related to food: a Bachelor of Arts in Food Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Systems. Each degree will provide distinctive learning outcomes for students with different areas of interest in food. Food studies....

Job posting at U of Arizona: https://uacareers.com/postings/29268
05/23/2018

Job posting at U of Arizona: https://uacareers.com/postings/29268

The mission of the Department of Nutritional Sciences (NSC), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona, is to lead in providing cutting-edge Research, outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Instructional Programs, and Cooperative Extension activities that advance the disc...

04/18/2018
This excerpt from Charles Mann's new book provides a great overview of the history of agricultural development and the f...
01/26/2018

This excerpt from Charles Mann's new book provides a great overview of the history of agricultural development and the future of food.

Humanity has 30 years to find out.

11/14/2017

Thanks to everyone who showed up today to our Food Waste in the Borderlands discussion today. The panelists were fantastic and the crowd and tamales as well!

11/11/2016

Check out the latest installment of Arizona Spotlights' Feeding Our Future miniseries and listen to great interviews with leaders from Flowers and Bullets and Tierra y Libertad.

Home-grown efforts to improve Tucson’s struggling neighborhoods start with vegetable gardens.

10/26/2016
The lunchtime panel on April 20th brought community members together over tamales to learn about and discuss the challen...
10/26/2016

The lunchtime panel on April 20th brought community members together over tamales to learn about and discuss the challenges facing workers in the food chain and avenues towards building a more just food system for all.

Our lunchtime Food Labor Panel brought community members together over tamales to learn about and discuss the challenges facing workers in the food chain and avenues toward building a more just food system for all. We shot video of our first two presenters, Abby Rosen and Jill Guernsey de Zapien! Check it out!

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