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"How the Other Half Eats" - An Author-in-Conversation Event about Food Justice

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Senior Fellow Priya Fielding-Singh in November 2021 publishes her book entitled How the Other Half Eats.

Join us for this special Author-in-Conversation Event about Food Justice which will be hosted by Priya Fielding-Singh and Aditi Mehta, also a Senior Fellow.

According to Priya and Aditi, with the issue coming to a head during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, food and nutritional inequality have become an increasingly dire problem in America. “Inequalities in what and how we eat have largely been blamed on food deserts – but new research shows that the real roots of these disparities run much deeper,” the Senior Fellows explain.

In this virtual conversation, Aditi (Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, University of Toronto) will interview Priya (Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah) about Priya’s powerful and timely new book, as well as the implications and possibilities for achieving food justice in the United States and beyond.

Being rich or poor in America impacts something even more fundamental than the food families can afford: it affects the meaning of food itself.

In her book, Priya Fielding-Singh takes us to the frontlines of how food shapes the human experience through the eyes of four families across income, educational, and ethno-racial backgrounds. By diving into the nuances of families’ lives, Fielding-Singh lays bare the limits of efforts narrowly focused on improving families’ access to healthy food. Instead, she reveals how being rich or poor in America impacts something even more fundamental than the food families can afford: it affects the meaning of food itself and how caregivers use food differently to express love, protect, educate, and preserve heritage with their children.

Join us for what will be a timely and thoughtful conversation as we discuss the broader implications of Fielding-Singh’s research for parents, teachers, policy-makers, doctors, and health care workers during the global pandemic. Register for free via this link.