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Eat What You Learn

Studies of the science, the politics and health of food

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Sustainable food promoter Will Allen speaks to a capacity audience in the Reynolds Theater Wednesday.  Photo by Megan Morr/Duke University Photography

Why Eat Bad Food?

Farmer-in-chief of Growing Power challenges students to become farmers, change communities

Will Allen has a straight-forward mission: All people should have access to fresh, safe,...

PUBLISHED March 1, 2012 IN Campus , Academics
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Eat What You Learn

The inaugural university course on food studies helps students connect with what's on their plate

Eliza MacLean arrived to class a few minutes late. Her hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail...

PUBLISHED May 16, 2012 IN Campus , Academics , Working@Duke
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A student in Politics of Food shares his reflections on food

Students Have More than a Mouthful to Say About Their Food

Students in Professor Charlie Thompson's Politics of Food course started asking some big questions about their food

This spring, students in Professor Charlie Thompson's Politics of Food course started asking...

PUBLISHED May 11, 2011 IN Campus , Academics
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For cultural anthropologist Harris Solomon, food is a means by which to better understand changes in Indian culture.  Photo by Megan Morr

Harris Solomon: Studying Obesity in India

Cultural anthropologist explores the human side of medical problems

It's not only Michelle Obama and other Americans who are sounding the alarm about...

PUBLISHED August 23, 2011 IN Academics , Research
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Durham resident Chris Crochetiere, foreground, talks to Duke students about what is involved in raising chickens in the city.  Photo by Jon Gardiner/Duke University Photography

Putting the Chicken Before the Egg

Duke students go on city chicken coop tour

Big Mama is depressed. The petite brown hen moped in a corner of the chicken coop at Duke...

PUBLISHED October 29, 2012 IN Campus
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The Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden, dedicated this month, will instruct visitors about healthy eating and ecological practices. Photo by Jared Lazarus / Duke Photography

New Teaching Garden Instructs On Food, Ecology

Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden dedicated this month

Visitors will get a better taste of where our food comes from and ideal ecological practices in...

PUBLISHED May 30, 2012 IN Campus , Working@Duke
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Dissertation Desserts

How baked and bought food items relieve grad student stress at dissertation defenses

In the hours before Julia Gaffield's doctoral preliminary examination in 2009, she had...

PUBLISHED August 30, 2011 IN Campus , Academics , Research
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