Food Systems News

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Sustaining home on the range: Adapting to the 21st century at C Bar Ranch in Wilcox, AZ

This blog post was written by ASU graduate student Sarah Lemon. In addition to studying Food Policy and Sustainability Leadership at ASU, Sarah is a beginning rancher, who just finished

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Uplifting indigenous voices for a sustainable future in food

This article was written by William H. Walker VI, a sophomore in the School of Sustainability.  Modern consumers have lost touch with how food is more than a commodity and

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The wisdom of indigenous foodways

To equitably transform our food systems and tackle climate change, we must include indigenous voices and decision-makers. That’s why the 2020 Food Tank Summit, co-sponsored by ASU’s Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, focused on the wisdom of traditional knowledge systems.

ASU partners with Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings to initiate Global KAITEKI Center

A unique center officially opened on April 3 at ASU, housed within the ASU Wrigley Institute. The Global KAITEKI Center focuses on research aimed at realizing the concept of KAITEKI — “the sustainable well-being of people, society and our planet Earth.”

Sustainability scientist to explore farm labor shortages, immigration policy

ASU Now An ASU Now story discusses the complicated matrix of farm labor, wages, costs and consumer prices when it comes to getting produce onto our plates. The growers who