Celebrate #BannedBooksWeek ! Join our #Readout on 10/4@2pm in Lockwood Lobby to read from a banned or challenged book & celebrate the freedom to read. Register @ tinyurl.com/33hbscue.
You may be surprised to see your favorite book on the list! tinyurl.com/u4wcyt75
#Ubuffalo

Food companies play an overt and covert role in people's food choices (and the food system).

How Centuries of Extractive Agriculture Helped Set the Stage for the Maui Fires via Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/08/23/how…

Urban farm day 2023! What a gorgeous day to share, learn, and weave a community!

UBFoodLab team is wrapping up its presentations and workshop at Urban Fruits and Veggies.

Our doctoral student Festus Agdebola is on! Festus is mapping disparities in the food environment in Buffalo.

UBuffalo students are invited to an Open House today, from 1:00-5:00 PM to learn about our work. 1/n

We are delighted to announce that Food Lab alum Alfred Gary III has won the Bill Emerson Congressional Hunger fellowship. Congratulations to Alfred and the new class of fellows! Hunger Center
hungercenter.org/people/alfred-…

Congress Puts Federal Support for Urban Farming on the Chopping Block via Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/08/07/con…

In a rebuke of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, the Common Council on Tuesday voted down a $563K loan to a downtown grocery store.

The grocery store had already received millions in public assistance, including a property tax break.

investigativepost.org/2023/06/27/cou…

The latest issue of Health Equity Beat is available from the Office of Health Equity: Let's Talk about Pregnancy.
Available in español (Spanish), عربى (Arabic), বাংলা (Bengali), Kiswahili (Swahili), & မြန်မာဘာသာ (Burmese).
All newsletters & translations:
www3.erie.gov/health/health-…

Wind currents are bringing smoke from 🇨🇦 wildfires to our area. Smoke/air pollution can make it harder for people w/ asthma, breathing diseases like COPD, & people w/ heart disease to breathe. Also, pregnant people, children/teens may be more sensitive to pollution effects. /1

Palgrave Handbook of New Directions in #Kashmir Studies is out! Contributors think beyond state-manufactured borders to explore new solidarities & linkages. Co-edited w/Mona Bhan Mona Bhan & Cabeiri Robinson Cabeiri Robinson. Cover photo by Murtaza Rafiqi
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

A wonderful visit and Colloquium from Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah and lovely to have Bill Blomquist back in the Workshop too! #OstromWorkshopResearch #OstromWorkshop50 Scott Shackelford

Kudos to the latest cohort of Food Lab team members who have graduated and/or transitioned to new positions. Stay tuned for announcements, world! For now celebrate Alfred Gary, Lorna Georges, Shireen Guru, and Rose Thomas for their extraordinary contributions to Buffalo!

In difficult times, sit with the elders and run alongside the young ones.

Forever grateful for this group that spent the semester organizing information to push for systemic change for equitable urban agriculture on the East Side.

Change will come.
#foodsovereignty

📷Attention Buffalo residents!📷 The Budget Workshops on the Mayor's recommended budget will be held Monday, May 15, 2023, starting at 10:30 AM in City Hall room 1417 Please review the scheduled lineup of Departments attending the workshops.

Event alert, Buffalo! Erin Sharkey will be speaking about her phenomenal book project at UB South on May 23, 6:00 PM, Hayes Hall.

We are delighted to confirm that Erin Sharkey will be reading from her book A Darker Wilderness on May 23, 2023 at 6:00 PM in Hayes Hall. Spread the word!

Community alert: Professor Alfred Price's Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, May 27th, 2:00 pm  at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Buffalo, NY. lombardofuneralhome.com/tributes/Alfre…

RIP, Prof Alfred D Price. Thank you for being one of the earliest supporters of our work on food justice at UB!

Read about this generous, compassionate, and witty urban planner and community leader: episcopalnewsservice.org/2023/05/02/rip…