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DESCRIPTION:Consumers are increasingly concerned with what products go into
  their food and are demanding a healthier and more ecologically focused fo
 od system. However\, labor is rarely part of the so-called sustainable foo
 d discussion. This talk considers the thorny question of labor exploitatio
 n across the food system\, examining the historical and contemporary condi
 tions\, contexts and forms of resistance that workers experience and contr
 ibute to in today’s food sector jobs.Teresa Mares is an associate professo
 r of anthropology at the University of Vermont. She received a Ph.D. from 
 the University of Washington in 2010. She is the author of&nbsp\;Life on t
 he Other Border&nbsp\;(University of California Press\, 2019) and co-autho
 r of&nbsp\;Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain&nbsp\;(Universi
 ty of California Press\, 2025) Dr. Mares’ research focuses on the labor in
  the food system\, food security and food sovereignty\, and migration from
  Latin America.This presentation is part of the fall 2025 colloquium serie
 s by the Geography and the Environment Department.
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SUMMARY:New Openings for Worker Justice in the Food System: A Call for Cent
 ering Labor in Food Justice
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Consumers are increasingly concerned with w
 hat products go into their food and are demanding a healthier and more eco
 logically focused food system. However\, labor is rarely part of the so-ca
 lled sustainable food discussion. This talk considers the thorny question 
 of labor exploitation across the food system\, examining the historical an
 d contemporary conditions\, contexts and forms of resistance that workers 
 experience and contribute to in today’s food sector jobs.</p><p>Teresa Mar
 es is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Vermont.
  She received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2010. She is th
 e author of&nbsp\;<em>Life on the Other Border</em>&nbsp\;(University of C
 alifornia Press\, 2019) and co-author of&nbsp\;<em>Will Work for Food: Lab
 or Across the Food Chain</em>&nbsp\;(University of California Press\, 2025
 ) Dr. Mares’ research focuses on the labor in the food system\, food secur
 ity and food sovereignty\, and migration from Latin America.</p><p>This pr
 esentation is part of the fall 2025 colloquium series by the Geography and
  the Environment Department.</p>
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