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CIW Announces 2016 Workers’ Voice Tour

This March, farmworkers and consumer allies, coordinated by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, will mobilize to demand worker-driven social responsibility from Wendy’s.

"Tomato Aspic," oil on panel by Lina Tharsing.

Electric Jell-O

I’ve long believed in the alchemical properties of Jell-O, a powder made from ligament and bone.

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Writing and Righting Wrongs

The Southern food conversation is taking place in academic institutions, on the radio, in films, on blogs, on social media, in restaurant kitchens, and at live events. These nontraditional spaces are just as ripe for the subversion of gender inequality as long-established print media outlets.

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Now Accepting John Egerton Prize Nominations for 2016

The John Egerton Prize recognizes artists, writers, scholars, and others–including artisans and farmers and cooks–whose work, in the American South, addresses issues of race, class, gender, and social and environmental justice, through the lens of food.

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