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A conference exploring the intersections between social, economic, and environmental justice and the food system

Poster Session and Exhibit Hall Participants

Posters

  • Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar Ali, University of Asia Pacific
    • The poster will focus on the right to safe food and propose how such a right would be enforceable.
  • Rahul Bhargava, MIT Center for Civic Media
    • The poster features a collaborative mural that the MIT Center for Civic Media designed with the Somerville Food Security Coalition, a novel example of bringing community together around data to design a data-driven mural.
  • Catherine Bukowski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
    • The poster will focus on community food forests by outlining the motivations behind creating community food forests, key stakeholders, and what these stakeholders can accomplish.
  • Chelsea Clarke, Tufts University
    • The poster will graphically illustrate 30+ existing sustainable dietary guidelines from governments, non-profit organizations, and universities around the world.
  • Katie Goodall, Wellesley College
    • The poster will focus on shade tree and epiphyte conservation, carbon sequestration, and farmer decision-making processes among smallholder coffee farmers.
  • Michelle Hand, The Ohio State University
    • The Impact of Community Gardens on Social Capital: A Systematic Review
  • Sarah Hill, Boston University
    • Waste Not, Want Not: case study from the UK on the impact of livestock on climate change
  • Jessie Johnson, Cornell University Institute of Public Affairs
    • The poster will describe the stigma associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and assess how the level of accurate information about hunger in America correlates to public opinion of SNAP recipients.
  • Molly Lawrence, Boston University School of Public Health
    • Evaluation of the Cambridge Food and Fitness Policy Council: Lessons learned and considerations for other collaborative bodies
  • Caitlin Matthews and Hannah Sobel, Tufts University
    • Inclusive Local: Case Studies and Recommendations for More Equitable Local Food Retail in Massachusetts
  • Ashley McCarthy, Tufts University
    • Climate Change and Cranberry Production in Massachusetts: a look at the importance of the cranberry industry in the Commonwealth and how the industry may be impacted by projected changes in climate
  • Liat Racin, Postdoctoral Fellow, A Sustainable Future for Exuma, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
  • Melanie Q. Riddle, Marylhurst University
    • An Analysis of Farm Labor Depiction: Is the local food movement highlighting farmers while obscuring farmworkers?
  • Alison Tramba, Harvard GSD Urban Planning Program
    • The poster frames opportunities for greater collaboration among advocates for local food production and those driving the "healthy cities" movement.

Exhibit Booths

  • Benjamin Cohen, Lawrence Malinconico, Sophia Feller, Alexa Gatti, Andrew Goldberg, Bonnie Winfield, and Rachel Leister, West Ward Neighborhood Partnership and Lafayette College
    • What if the Ice Cream Truck Delivered Veggies? A Project for Just Distribution, Environmental Health, and Community Strength in the Lehigh Valley
  • Matt Crawford, Boston Area Gleaners
    • Boston Area Gleaners: Harvest for the Hungry Since 2004
  • Kathleen Dietrich Weil, Executive Director of Food Bus
    • Food Bus reduces food waste in elementary schools by donating the unused food to local food pantries. 
  • Tiffany Hayden and Xavier Hailey, Family Agriculture Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.)
    • The Decline of African American Landownership
  • Rasheed Hislop, Deputy Director of New York City Parks Department GreenThumb
  • Amie Lindenboim, Northeast Organic Farming Association: Massachusetts
  • Rachael Mamane, Chef/Founder of Brooklyn Boullion and Cuisine Director at Stewardship Farms
    • Adding Value to Responsible Harvests
  • Bridget Meigs, Farm Manager at The Farm at Stonehill
    • Cultivating a Just Food System at The Farm at Stonehill
  • Talia Ralph, Producer of Heritage Radio Network
  • Mónica Ramírez, Founder of Justice for Migrant Women
    • The Bandana Project: Standing with Farmworker Women Against Workplace Sexual Violence
  • Nora Saka, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
  • Barbara Shepard-Kim and Kathleen O'Brien, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Policy and Science and Everett Community Health Partnership
    • Urban Agriculture in Everett, MA: A Story Map
  • Jamie Silverstein, Boston Food and Farm
  • Karen Spiller, Coordinator of the Ambassador Program at Food Solutions New England
  • Timothy Tucker, Salvation Army Culinary Arts Training Program at the Kroc Center
    • Healing the Body and Mind with Food