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Canadian Association for Food Studies/ L’Association canadienne des études sur l’alimentation

https://foodstudies.info/

Canadian Food Studies/La Revue canadienne des études sur l’alimentation

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/
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A Shared Lunch, continued! Fieldwork yields so much more than data, as Jennifer Temmer shares with this mashup of Northern food and Mexican inspiration...

"While this is not my current lunch, I wish it were!" says Temmer...

photo: Jennifer Temmer
A homemade tortilla topped with guacamole, red meat, diced tomatoes, and onions sits on a white plate with a green foliage motif. To the right of the taco is a squeezed quarter of a lime.
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Digesting Food Studies—Episode 113: Eating and Social Isolation

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Do you eat alone, or with others? Is it by choice, or are your commensality options dictated by your social condition, your domestic situation, your access to shared space?

photo: Patrick Ma
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Eating and Social Isolation over a photo of the back of a man’s head wearing headphones in a community restaurant.
January 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Shared Lunch! Next up, Chloe Alexander, whose article in CFS addresses food loss and waste as it meets jurisdiction. How do the federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments in Canada address food loss and waste? canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cf...

photo: Chloe Alexander
On an oak wood tabletop, a shallow, robin’s-egg-blue pasta bowl, flecked with darker blue spots, is filled with strips of pasta topped with a tomato-based eggplant and mushroom sauce, a generous dollop of ricotta, and a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.
January 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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A Shared Lunch! Vol. 12 No. 3 of Canadian Food Studies is about being “in it” together, so we thought we’d follow that ethos and share our lunch with you… Or actually, our authors’ lunches.

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photo: Elaine Power
A lunch setting on a green tablecloth with small pink and purple flowers, including a wooden cutting board with cheese slices and apple wedges, and a white cloth napkin next to a white bowl filled with parsnip and carrot soup, topped with dried Aleppo chili.
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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#TheEcopoliticsPodcast
#TheGroundUp
#SecondTransitionPodcast
#EatYourHeartlandOut
#HandpickedStoriesFromTheField
#MakingAMealOfIt
#BlueDotStudio
#LaGastronomieSociale

graphic: Nikin on Pixabay
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Toward 2026 over a black and white graphic of a podcasting microphone and emanating wavelengths.
December 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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CFS as food studies matchmaker? Yep! We’re putting together a book review and a memoir for your weekend reading pleasure…

What are the true costs of an industrial food system? How can we get a better perspective by taking both an insider and outsider look at farming?
Cover image of Farmageddon with the title in white and subtitle in black on a green background, and above the title, an illustration of a Holstein cow with a bar code stamped across its left flank. Cover image of Brian Brett’s Trauma Farm with the title across the centre of the page and, in the background, the door and wall of a rustic red barn. Sitting on a windowsill, in the centre right of the image, is a rooster, with white plumage and a red comb.
December 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Check out Vol. 12, No. 3 of Canadian Food Studies (canadianfoodstudies.ca), now out! Six articles, a Choux Questionnaire, an editorial from Sara Edge, and beautiful cover art from illustrator and sustainable food systems consultant, Laurence Deschamps-Léger (laucolo.com).
Cover image of Volume 12, Number 3 of Canadian Food Studies, featuring the title of the journal and the issue title, "We're All(ium) in this Together", over an illustration of alliums including an onion, shallot, garlic, leek, green onion, scallion, and chive.
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Digesting Food Studies—Episode 112: Centralization of Power in Food Systems

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Do you ever wonder about the amount and varieties of power in food and food systems...?

image: Johnson Martin on Pixabay
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Centralization of Power in Food Systems over a green wireframe illustration of a celestial wormhole or stylized black hole.
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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As the fall 2025 university and college semester wraps up, what inspires you about teaching or learning food studies? Perhaps a Canadian Food Studies article on pedagogy?

image: Lucy Godoy
A riff on the Rosie the Riveter poster, made of chocolate, showing a female chef in her whites and wearing a toque while brandishing a whisk, and the words “We Can Do It” over her head.
December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Digesting Food Studies—Episode 108: Un-learning and Re-Learning

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Should all food knowledge be freely shared? When we learn in university contexts, what structures shape our understanding? What should we try to un-learn? To re-learn? To reimagine?

photo: Bonnie McDonald
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Un-learning and Re-Learning next to a close-up photo of a small cluster of ripening Saskatoon berries hanging from a branch.
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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#FoodStudies
#InstitutionalFood
#SchoolFood
#Religion
#Secularism
#Halal
#Haram
#Kosher
#Treyf
#CBC
#Québec
#NationalSchoolFoodProgram

photo: David Szanto
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December 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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#FoodStudies
#InstitutionalFood
#SchoolFood
#Religion
#Secularism
#Halal
#Haram
#Kosher
#Treyf
#CBC
#Québec
#NationalSchoolFoodProgram

photo: David Szanto
Close-up of an Osterizer beehive blender filled with scraps of paper, sitting on a meeting room table with a screen, flipcharts, chairs and other tables in the background.
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Kids’ lit and food… L’alimentation et la littérature pour enfants… Food studies starts early! Il existe parfois des parallèles inattendus entre nos articles et nos critiques de livre par-delà le temps et les langues.
Image de couverture de Gastronomie québécoise et patrimoine. Le titre apparaît en haut, au-dessus d’une photographie d’une vaste collection soigneusement rangée de livres de cuisine historiques en français du Québec. Les noms des éditrices, Marie-Noëlle Aubertin et Geneviève Sicotte, figurent en dessous de la photographie, sur fond blanc. Cover image of the children’s book, Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus-Challenge, by Dian Day and Amanda white, with the title and authors’ names over an illustration of two young people, one holding a skateboard and the other walking a bicycle. A cat appears from the right margin holding a banner with the title of the book.
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#SchoolLunch
#Lunchboxes
#SchoolFood
#FoodPrograms
#StudentSuccess
#PrimarySchools
#SecondarySchools
#SchoolBoards
#Hunger
#MentalHealth
#CulturalIdentity
#Families
#TheSixMillionDollarMan
#SteveAustin
#CareBears
#SchoolCafeterias
#FoodPodcast

photo: David Szanto
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Lunch Box Identities next to a black-and-white, high-exposure photo of a set of stacking tiffins.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Concentré d’études sur l’alimentation (le podcast de la RCÉA)—épisode 107 : Les pesticides et la politique

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C’est quoi ça dans ta bouche ? Des pesticides ? D’autres produits chimiques ? Fais attention à ce que tu manges !

photo : Kath Clark/USC Canada
Logo du podcast Concentré d’études sur l’alimentation avec une forme blanche incurvée et le titre de l'émission, ainsi que les mots « Pesticides et la Politique » superposés sur une photo de deux mains qui tiennent des graines diverses.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Then, pair it with "The Dorothy Perkins Canadian Garden Book." archive.org/details/McGi...

More questions ensue: How does one stake up one’s tomatoes? What are the benefits of a cold frame? And is Dorothy Perkins the author’s real name?
Cover image of an archival copy of The Dorothy Perkins Canadian Garden Book, with a tattered yellow book jacket featuring a green halftone of a garden and the subtitle: "A Timely and Helpful Handbook for the Amateur Gardener. Written by a Canadian for Canadians, and adapted to our climatic conditions."
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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How did Canadian housewives become “housesoldiers”? And can food actually win wars? Read on!

Canadian Food Studies suggests you start with Jennifer Brady’s review of Ian Mosby’s first book, "Food Will Win The War: The Politics, Culture and Science of Food" (doi.org/10.15353/cfs...).
Cover image of Ian Mosby’s book, Food Will Win the War: The Politics, Culture, and Science of Food on Canada’s Home Front. At the centre of the page, on a teal-coloured medallion, is the black and white drawing of a woman dressed for foodwork. She is wearing an apron and a broad smile. Her left hand holds a wooden spoon while her right hand salutes the viewer.
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#SchoolFood
#FoodPrograms
#StudentSuccess
#PrimarySchools
#SecondarySchools
#SchoolBoards
#Hunger
#MentalHealth
#CulturalIdentity
#FoodSovereignty
#FoodSecurity
#FoodCulture
#SchoolCafeterias
#LunchLadies
#FoodPodcast

Image: Alexia Moyer
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words School Food Programs over a photo of a plate of food including chick peas, deviled eggs, and sliced tomatoes, pickles, and radishes.
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Digesting Food Studies—Episode 105: Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Although Indigenous food sovereignty has been attacked by multiple colonial histories, rebuilding it can happen—through intergenerational learning and land-based practices. rss.com/podcasts/dig...

Image: Jacques Gaimard on Pixabay
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Indigenous Food Sovereignty over an illustration of a purple-blue camas flower.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Then pair it with Annabel Soutar’s theatre play, Seeds, which brings genetically modified crops into the realm of documentary theatre.
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#FoodBooks
#DocumentaryTheatre
#GMOs
#GeneticallyModifiedFoods
#Wheat
#Farming
#Farmers
#Agriculture
#FoodPolitics
#SeedSaving
Cover image of Emily Eaton’s book, Growing Resistance, with a light-filled photograph of a wheat field and the book title sitting at the horizon line between field and sky. Cover image of Annabel Soutar’s play, Seeds, featuring an ominous skyscape over a field, and the title of the work set in a biohazard symbol at the centre of the image.
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#Feminism
#FeministStudies
#FoodSystems
#Gender
#Power
#SocialClass
#Racialization
#DomesticLabour
#Recipes
#HomeEconomics
#FoodWaste
#InfantFormula
#WomensWork
#FoodPodcast

Image: OpenClipart-Vectors on Pixabay
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Feminist Food Studies over an illustration of a raised fist and a stylized green sunflower.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Read a good food book lately? Seen a food-art show or design expo? Marathoned a food doc? CFS is always looking for media and event reviews! Email (reviews [aht] canadian food studies [dawt] ca) or click on the “Submit a request” button at canadianfoodstudies.ca.

image: David Szanto
An abstract artistic image with swirling beige, brown, white, and cream colours on a black background.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 104: Infant Food Security

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photo: Erik De Leon; visual effects: Natalie Doonan
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, and the words Infant Food Insecurity over a photo illustration of a woman breastfeeding a baby on an airplane.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodArt
#FoundArt
#FoodSystems
#Materiality
#Milk
#Bread
#BreadBagTies
#DomesticLabour
#Poetry
#HouseholdManagement
#Cutlery
#Tableware
#Gender
#WomensWork
#covid
#FoodPodcast

image: Susan Goldberg
An artwork made of multi-coloured plastic bread bag tie-tags, entitled "Tank Tops", made by artist Susan Goldberg.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 103: Food Art & Material Practice

What can we learn about #foodsystems from making #art and getting our hands on the #materiality of food? Oh so very much!

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image: Susan Goldberg
Digesting Food Studies podcast logo with a white swoop and the show title, as well as the words Food Art and Material Practice over a photograph of a collage artwork made of bread bag tags.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM