Reading List: The Great Plains Center’s Plant to Table Conference

The Great Plains Center’s 48th annual interdisciplinary conference, Plant to Table, is happening now until April 20. This year’s conference focuses on Indigenous food sovereignty movements; the long-standing significance of the meatpacking industry; related topics of labor, immigration, and health … Continue reading Reading List: The Great Plains Center’s Plant to Table Conference

Publicist Picks: Regenerative Farming, Journalism, and other January Books

Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in January. Anna Weir: Living so close to UNL’s campus, where agricultural research is … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Regenerative Farming, Journalism, and other January Books

NEWS AND REVIEWS

Books Falafel Nation By Yael Raviv Applause from the Kirkus Reviews: “What’s in a falafel? By the lights of food-studies and nutrition adjunct professor Raviv, it’s not just chickpeas and pita bread, but also identity . . . The author is particularly good on pressing the point that such cuisines are seldom fixed but instead constantly adapt as new groups enter and as time changes.” The Heart of the Matter By Arthur Green Recommendation from CHOICE: “The why rather than the how of practicing Judaism is the central focus that draws together this collection of literary essays . . . Green engages with the intricacies of Kabbalah, Hasidic masters, classical … Continue reading NEWS AND REVIEWS