Wild Food in the Midwest

Flavors of Health and Remembrance: Practice and Politics of Wild Vegetable Gathering by Hmong Americans in the Upper Midwest — a talk by Marla Emery at 4:00pm on April 21, in Nolte Library, Institute for Advanced Study, East Bank UMN.

Marla Emery's research examines the everyday practices of wild vegetable gathering by Hmong Americans in the Upper Midwest, drawing on results of focus groups conducted in the Hmong language in LaCrosse, Wisconsin and the greater Twin Cities. Her collaborators in this research are Michele Schermann, University of Minnesota and David Bengston, US Forest Service, Minnesota.

Sponsored by: The Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, The Institute for Global Studies, The Institute for Advanced Study and the Agri-Food Reading Group