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“Join the food revolution!” nutrition advocate Marion Nestle urged students and faculty as Linfield College’s 153rd year got under way.
“Food is about democracy,” she said. “It’s by the people, for the people. Grassroots, bottom-up.”
Nestle, whose work examines scientific, economic and social aspects of what we eat, said, “You have two choices — vote with your fork and make choices thoughtfully or change policy.”
She spoke Aug. 30 at the convocation marking the beginning of classes. Professors in academic regalia marched into Ted Wilson Gymnasium.
The audience included 555 freshmen. The new students make up Linfield’s biggest-ever freshman class.
Fifty-seven percent are female and 43 percent male. Fifty percent are from Oregon and 50 percent either from other points in the U.S. or one of a dozen foreign countries.
They have been preparing to start college at Linfield by reading Michael Pollen’s “In Defense of Food,” a book that will be discussed in their freshmen colloquium classes. With food and American consumption as the theme, Nestle — author of “Food Politics,” “Safe Food” and “What to Eat” — was chosen as convocation speaker.
Nestle works with every part of the food system, from production to consumption. But her principal focus is on nutrition and public health, her key issues including obesity, food safety and food insecurity.
The latter is a problem in much of the world, where food is scarce, but not so much in the U.S. “Obesity is a much more American problem,” she said.
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