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Food Values Research Group in Hobart
The increasing prominence of food politics and visibility of formerly ‘marginal’ food practices provided a focal point for the diversity of issues, from ethical consumption and alternative food networks to food culture in the digital age, addressed by speakers at the ‘Food Politics: From the Margins to the Mainstream’ conference in Hobart on 30 June – 1 July 2016.
Catalyst looks at CRISPR, with expert comment from Prof Rachel Ankeny
On Tuesday the 30th of August, the ABC’s science program Catalyst ran a piece on gene editing, with a particular focus on one of the newest tools CRISPR-Cas9.
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Food Values Researchers in Toronto
Food Values Research Group convener Professor Rachel Ankeny and member Dr Jessica Loyer recently presented papers at Scarborough Fare: Global Foodways and Local Foods in a Transnational City.
The Conversation article
Smoothies as Talismans: The Allure of Superfoods and the Dangers of Nutritional Primitivism
The Conversation article
Tastes like Moral Superiority: What Makes Food 'Good'?
The Conversation article
'Mummy, Where Does Steak Come From?' How Australian Families Talk About Meat
Engaging the Public in Food Policy Deliberation
Food is of central importance in human lives, and has meanings beyond basic nutrition such as pleasure and community identity.
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Seminar - February 2016
Nutritional Primitivism and Superfoods: Between Commodification and Critique/Media, Nostalgia and the New Food Industries
Prof Rachel Ankeny talks about public attitudes to GM in agriculture on ABC Rural
In a recent article and radio interview with ABC Rural, Prof Rachel Ankeny explained that the public does not necessarily oppose the science and technology of genetic modification (GM), but is concerned with its use in agriculture.
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Article by David Ellis
'Ethical' Shoppers Find Food Labelling Inadequate
