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On September 19th, students from The American University of Rome’s (AUR) Master’s in Food Studies program were honored to attend the prestigious annual Globefish meeting hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

On the evening of September 17th, students and alumni from The American University of Rome’s (AUR) Food Studies MA program were honored to attend an exclusive reception at Villa San Sebastiano, hosted by Jeffrey Prescott, the U.S.

The Center for Food Studies is pleased to receive as part of the Visiting Scholar’s Program Prof. Elisabete Figueiredo during October 2024.    

With support from AUR’s Center for Food Studies, Professor Theron Patterson (Program Director for Film at AUR) and his students are producing a documentary in collaboration with (and based on the research of) G.R.A.S.P.O., an organization dedicated to researching, documenting, and saving rare nat

Food sustainability was at the core of the annual plenary meeting of “Schools Beyond Regions and Borders," a European-wide civic education project coordinated by Giuseppe Zorzi and Daniela Ferrari that promotes multicultural interaction am

Students from The American University of Rome joined peers from Luiss University, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, Sapienza University, Temple University, and John Cabot University for an intensive day of presentations, debates, and dialogue at FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Un

Graduate students from Dr. Giacomo Branca’s “Food Policy” course embarked on an insightful field trip to Consorzio di Bonifica Litorale Nord (CBLN) and Maccarese S.p.A., a prominent dairy farm in the Lazio region.

AUR Food Studies and Peace Studies master’s students Carlotta Cramer, Sophia Lovett, Marshall Everett, and Walda Umutomi were selected to participate in the 60th-anniversary celebrations of the Codex Alimentarius on 27 November at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rom

Professor Mefleh and graduate student Mimi Veness will participate in the May 2024 seminar 'Our Food, Our Health, Our Planet' in Padova for the project  'Schools Beyond Regions and Borders.' Professor Mefleh will talk about novel foods, and Mimi Veness will discuss her MA thesis

Cooperativa Agricola Co.r.ag.gio is an agroecological youth farming project in Borghetto San Carlo, at the heart of the Veio Natural Park.