Alumni Café: The Power of Food

Examining the threats posed by industrial food production and ultra processed food, while also highlighting the opportunities emerging through sustainable food systems and healthier approaches to eating.

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Food shapes our lives in more ways than we often realize.

It influences not only our health, but also our environment, communities, and daily choices. Join us for a timely and engaging virtual lecture with Professor Jennifer Sumner as we explore the power of food and what it means for sustainability and human health today.
 
This special online event will examine the threats posed by industrial food production and ultra processed food, while also highlighting the opportunities emerging through sustainable food systems and healthier approaches to eating.
 
Professor Sumner will explore how food is connected to power across cultural, political, economic, social, and environmental dimensions, and how that power can be harnessed to support healthy and sustainable diets for everyone.

Why Attend?

  • Learn how food systems affect both planetary and human health
  • Gain insight into one of today’s most urgent sustainability conversations
  • Hear from a leading scholar in food studies and adult education

Register today and join us for an important conversation about food, sustainability, and the future of human health.


Have questions about this event?

Contact Carolyn Peralta, Alumni & Development Officer at carolyn.peralta@utoronto.ca

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