The impact of journalism on how Americans eat

Foodies of any age and persuasion will find a flavor treat when The Knight-Wallace Fellows hosts a one-day food conference Sept. 15 to discuss the impact of journalism on how Americans eat.

Radio host Lynne Rosetto Kasper (Photo courtesy Lynne Rosetto Kasper)

Journalists, U-M faculty and experts from across the country will gather in Ann Arbor for "The Food Page: The Press and Public Policy," to discuss everything from journalistic excesses about food writing to technical issues of food distribution, the sociology of food, and why celebrity chefs typically are men.

Food columnists, experts and the general public will gather under a tent pitched between the Kerrytown Market and the Ann Arbor Farmers Market in the city's Kerrytown district, to hear discussions on such topics as:

* Food and American Culture

* Obesity/Childhood Obesity

* What Americans Used to Eat

* Nutrition

* The Sociology of Food

* The Culinary Culture of the Ancient World

* Slow Food

* What Political and Business Leaders of Today Eat

* Food Distribution

Panelists include:

* Susan Alcock, classicist, Kelsey Museum

Chef Ann Cooper (Courtesy Ann Cooper)

* Colman Andrews, editor of Saveur

* Johnny Apple, food writer for The New York Times

* Ann Cooper, chef, teacher and author

* Lee Dean, Minneapolis StarTribune

* Larry Gant, professor, School of Social Work

* Carol Haddix, Chicago Tribune

* Lynne Rosetto Kasper, host of Minnesota Public Radio's "The Splendid Table"

* Harvey Levenstein, historian, McMaster University

* Elizabeth Majestic, assistant secretary for health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

* Paula Allen-Meares, dean, School of Social Work

* Marion Nestle, New York University's Steinardt School of Education

* Ellen Ruppel Shell, health writer, Atlantic Monthly

* Kim Severson, San Francisco Chronicle

* Mimi Sheraton, food writer

The conference is free and open to the public and will run 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the conference is presented by the Knight-Wallace Fellows, the School of Social Work and Office of the Vice President for Communications.

While on leave from regular duties, veteran journalists participating as Knight-Wallace Fellows pursue custom-designed sabbatical studies and attend special, twice-weekly seminars in Wallace House—a gift of CBS newsman Mike Wallace and his wife, Mary.

More Stories

• New undergraduate admissions policy: Process to involve more information, individual review
• Campus deals with new round of spam, viruses and worms
• LSI nears move-in date, announces new faculty
• Traveling light


• Purchasing ethics group seeks specific input
• New faculty orientation
• Year 2000 plan helps in blackout of 2003
• U-M staff and faculty rise to the occasion during blackout
• Lecture, candlelight vigil to mark second anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
• Junior fellowship announced
• U-M remains in top 25 overall, 3rd among publics
• Medical School appoints Castle as department chair
• Weiss to assume additional duties
• National symposium honors Weber's environmental work
• U-M, Russian scientists developing system to detect chemical warfare
• New student convocation
• Spotlight: Kellogg staff member has flair for the dramatic
• Bus services changing
• Panelists to discuss affirmative action Sept. 17
• The impact of journalism on how Americans eat
• Trauma Burn Center patients attend Kids' Burn Camp
• Research notes
• U-M investment funds update
• Nobel Prize-winning geneticist returns to Biological Station
• A banner year
• After 10 years, International Institute's success evident now and in the future