IU Food Institute: Indiana University

Welcome to 2019 Spring Semester!

IUFI Calendar, Spring 2019

(Seminars held Fridays at 405 N. Park unless noted otherwise)

January 18 – IUFI Seminar: Elizabeth Grennan Browning, IU Environmental Resilience Institute’s Midwestern/ Indiana Community History Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, “Chlorpyrifos and Environmental Exposure in the Midwest”, 11am

January 25 – IUFI Seminar/Book discussion: Eric Holt-Gimenez, A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism, 11am

January 31, Thursday – Colleen Sen (with Dhar India Studies), "Medieval Indian Cookbooks: Between Tradition and Modernity", 5pm, GA1060

February 1 – IUFI Seminar: Kyle Billman, Gold Leaf Hydroponics, Bloomington, “The Importance of Growing Your Own Food & Eating Local in a Fast Changing Food Economy", 11am

February 8 – IUFI Seminar: Jordan Blekking, IU Geography, Doctoral Candidate, “Spatial Characteristics of Consumer Confidence and Food Security in Secondary Cities of Southern Africa”, 11am

February 15 – IUFI Seminar: Norman Su, IU Assistant Professor of Informatics, 11am

March 1 – IUFI Seminar: Christina Chung, IU Assistant Professor of Informatics, “When Personal Tracking Becomes Social: Supporting Healthy Eating Using Food Photos”, 11am

March 21-23, Thursday-Saturday
Critical Approaches to Superfoods Conference

March 27, Wednesday – Mathers Museum of World Cultures Brownbag Talk by James Farmer, IU Associate Professor of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 12pm

March 29 – IUFI Seminar: Madeline Chera, IU Anthropology, Doctoral Candidate, Future Faculty Teaching Fellow at IU South Bend, 11am

April 12 – Food Summit, Neal Marshall Center, 11am-2pm

April 19 – IUFI Seminar: Sarah Weiner, Good Food Foundation, 11am

April 25, Thursday – Mathers Museum of World Cultures Talk, Jordan Blekking, “Maize is Life: A Staple in South Africa”, IU Geography, Doctoral Candidate, 4:30pm

Keep Up To Date With Our Weekly Newsletter

Subscribe to Our Newsletter!

Exciting News!

IU awards research grant for food systems sustainability

In the face of environmental change and persistent public health issues, how do we develop more resilient sustainable food systems? This question, and more, is at the heart of the two research initiatives selected to receive 2018 Emerging Areas of Research awards from Indiana University Bloomington. The goal of the sustainable food systems Emerging Areas of Research initiative is to analyze food systems from varying perspectives and in both local and international contexts to identify what it takes to create environmentally sustainable, socially just and resilient systems for food, from production to procurement. The research team will receive up to $2.5 million for the four-year initiative.

The "Sustainable Food Systems Science" initiative is led by James Farmer, a faculty member in the School of Public Health-Bloomington, along with co-leaders Eduardo Brondizio, Analena Bruce, Daniel Knudsen, Jennifer Robinson and Peter Todd. The entire collborative team is made up of Angela Babb, Stephanie Dickinson, Brad Fulton, Stacey Giroux, Carl Ipsen, Sarah Osterhoudt, Julia Valliant, and Kurt Waldman.

The project will be centrally located at the IU Food Institute.

Click Here for the Full Press Release

Sign up to become an affliate!

We are now accepting sign-ups to become an official IUFI affliate. Affiliates are able to use the IUFI building, access our extensive food studies and cookbook library, and present their work at Institute events.

More information about affiliates Sign Up to become an IUFI Affiliate