Food: Nourishing Connections--To Food, Through Food
The Center includes a website that offers a networking resource for information about all aspects of food.
It will also sponsor a variety of projects documenting food traditions, presenting information on food, and promoting the mission of recognizing the potential food offers for connectedness.
The Center's mission is to promote a deeper understanding of how food connects us as individuals to our pasts, to places, and to other people. Such understanding enhances our appreciation of food and foodways (all the activities surrounding food), helps us recognize the ethical implications of our food choices, and enriches our quality of life.
Educational guides on composting; culinary tourism; and various food traditions are available on the website: www.foodandculture.org. The short documentary videos we produced on food traditions in northwest Ohio are available on youtube. They cover Polish food, Mexican American tortillas, sauerkraut, food from the wild, and composting.
