George Washington University is teaming with José Andrés to launch a Global Food Institute with a mandate to study inequities in hunger, nutrition and related issues, as well as identify solutions to problems with the world’s food supply.
at Berkeley, aims to expand access to healthy and affordable food and promote “sustainable and equitable food production.” Tufts University hosts aAnother food institute based at Indiana University recently closed, according to James Farmer, an associate professor of public and environmental affairs at the university in Bloomington, Ind. However, he said, that was an exception to the trend. “These are really important topics and issues,” Farmer said. “We study it from a variety of lenses.
At GWU, which has about 26,000 students, discussions with Andrés about the institute have been in the works for several years, said university Provost Christopher A. Bracey. He said the institute will tackle food-associated questions of policy, innovation and humanities. Faculty from various schools will be affiliated with it.Andrés, it is clear, will be more than a donor.
University officials are mindful that Andrés, a prolific entrepreneur in the restaurant business, has also developed broad political and philanthropic connections through his work on relief missions following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and other disasters.
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