Collier Lumpkin, M.A. Food Studies
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy
For the spring of 2017, I completed an editorial internship in the Integrated Production and Pest Management division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Under the supervision of department staff, my AUR colleagues and I worked on crafting content and editing collaborators’ inputs on the Innovative Markets for Sustainable Agriculture guidebook, with a publication date slated for late fall 2017.
We spent the spring researching innovative models in agriculture for organizing, pricing, advocating, and packaging, amongst many other things, across the globe, with a concerted focus on finding examples of exemplary ideas created and produced in the global south. We worked extensively with collaborators from Uganda, Philippines, Colombia, and Tanzania, to name but a few, to create content that highlighted productive, novel global practices that support farmers as they transition from subsistence growing toward entrance in the global economic marketplace.
Throughout my time at UNFAO, I also attended numerous sessions, workshops, and lectures, and presented to a group of American Study Abroad students focused on food policy in the global landscape.
By the end of our internship, we had completed 10 out of the 12 originally slated chapters, and were working towards an all-contributor editing session in Havana, Cuba in late fall of 2017. After said editing, the guidebook should be complete for publication soon thereafter.
