Following the final thesis discussions, the Master in Food Culture and Communications: Human Ecology and Sustainability will come to an end on Friday, December 16.
26 students hailing from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway, Israel, Canada the United States, Colombia, India, Iran will receive their diplomas.
Below, their names and thesis titles.
Laura Isabelle Bartels, from Frankfurt am Main (Germany), will discuss the thesis “Connecting Consumers and Farmers – Behavioural patterns, preferences and needs in the organic industry’s target groups”.
Mikhal Benishti, from Tel Aviv (Israel), will discuss the thesis “The food industry paradigm – can we alter it to go hand in hand with Slow Food philosophy and is it necessary?”.
Pietro Bernardi, from Vimercate (Italy), will discuss the thesis “Tre Parchi in Filiera: a project of reconciling people with the environment”.
Eva Maria Breitbach, from Trier (Germany), will discuss the thesis “The importance of knowledge-sharing and collaboration for the development of food activism. A research on the student community of University of Gastronomic Sciences”.
Julia Johanna Crijnen, from Amsterdam (The Netherlands), will discuss the thesis “Farming the Future.
A Case Study of Young Alternative Farmers in Northern and Central Italy”.
Matteo D’Addazio, from Rome (Italy), will discuss the thesis “Project of developing a supply chain of sustainable agricultural in neighboring parks to big cities: The case of Parco Agricolo di Milano Sud”.
Camilla Francesca De Nardi, from Milan (Italy), will discuss the thesis “Poisoned Prosecco Vineyards and the Downside of an Italian Icon: analyses of pesticides’ impact on the environment and human health”.
Johan Henrik Kintzell Frøstrup, from Bergen (Norway), will discuss the thesis “Towards a more sustainable farming of Atlantic Salmon”.
Kay Beatrice George, from Birmingham (United Kingdom), will discuss the thesis “Monastic Food Produce in a Modern World”.
Autumn Alaina Goodman-Torrez, from Montana (United States), will discuss the thesis A Critical Assessment of Neoliberalism in International Trade and Finance Organizations. A View From Three Branches of Philosophy.
Christina Marie Gutierrez, from Ohio (United States), will discuss the thesis “Addressing Local Food Insecurity in Urban Areas: Comparing the Role of Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Alternative Food Markets in Creating More Sustainable, Healthy, and Food-Secure Systems in the U.S. and Italy”.
Karen Jull, from Toronto (Canada), will discuss the thesis “Sustainable Product Development
Native Canadian Wild Rice From earth to shelf: Two paradigms of production”.
Lukas Benedikt Keller, from Überlingen (Germany), will discuss the thesis “A comparison of different approaches towards a “natural wine“ applied to the region of Carso.”.
Wendy W Y Mah, from Edmonton (Canada), will discuss the thesis “Integration of Academic Sustainability with Culinary Education – Case Study: Stenden University”.
Alice Ellen Perella Marshall, from Bristol (United Kingdom), will discuss the thesis “An Alternative Model: The Role of Refugees and Migrants in Italian Agriculture’”.
Federico Mattei, from Venice (Italy), will discuss the thesis “Static versus dynamic approaches to agricultural biodiversity conservation; a review of Slow Food’s mission in the face of climate change”.
Zoe Eve Mcintyre, from Chipping Norton (United Kingdom), will discuss the thesis “Growing Well: The Role Played by London’s Community Food-growing Gardens in Building Healthy Communities”.
Carolina Modena, from Genoa (Italy), will discuss the thesis “TEREN DE VANZARE – Land for sale: Romanian peasants’ struggle between land grabbing and access to land”.
Datis Mohammadi, from Teheran (Iran/Germany),will discuss the thesis” Natural wine and art”.
Maria Gabriela Montañez Castellanos, from Cúcuta (Colombia), will discuss the thesis “Earth Market as an opportunity to develop a poor community in Cucuta, Colombia”.
Julie Amos Pedersen, from Frederiksværk (Denmark), will discuss the thesis “The Green Care Movement: Sustainable Development in Anthroposophic Social Therapy Communities”
Malavika Pratap, from Trivandrum , Kerala (India) , will discuss the thesis “Addressing Social Concerns in Organic Agriculture: A case study of Sikkim, India”.
Claire Susanna Ryan, from Blaricum (United States), will discuss the thesis “An Unpalatable Truth: Global Food Loss & Waste”.
Arianna Clare Stenta, from New York (United States), will discuss the thesis “Waste not, need not: a case study of Binghamton Food Rescue’s role in mitigating food waste and improving access to nutritious food through ‘just-in-time’ food rescue and redistribution”.
Liane Nicole Sullivan, from New Jersey (United States), will discuss the thesis “A Sustainability Assessment of the Slow Food Garden Projects in Uganda”.
Olimpia Ventura Montecamozzo, from Moncalieri (Italy), will discuss the thesis “Breakfast: the awakening among traditions, customs and culture”.
Sheelin Elizabeth Coates, from Eidsvold (Australia) also attended the course.