The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
The Southern Foodways Alliance drives a more progressive future by leading conversations that challenge existing constructs, shape perspectives, and foster meaningful discussions. We reconsider the past with research, scrutiny, and documentation.
Gravy
The trade in blue crabs remains an important part of the Eastern Shore economy.
Gravy
A one-wage system can help balance inequalities in the service industry.
Gravy Podcast
In restaurants, economics and sexual harassment are intimately entwined.
Film
Founding member Ann Abadie reflects on the growth of foodways in cultural studies.
Film
An SFA film by Joe York about Jenni Harris of White Oak Pastures Farm in Bluffton, Georgia.
Film
SFA founding member Marlene Osteen explains the power of SFA events.
Oral History
The Career Servers Oral History Project surveys men and women who built careers waiting tables in New Orleans, Louisiana; Charleston, South Carolina; and Atlanta, Georgia.
Latest
Watch films by two of our summer documentary film interns, Kat Hernandez and Zaire Love.
Latest
We are pleased to share the films from the 2019 SFA Documentary Film Workshop.
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