Written by Annie Lu
Fall 2017
Every time I reflect on my experience delving into the Food Systems Minor engagement project this past summer, I remember how deeply our food systems impact our communities, and I feel my academic work reinvigorated with renewed purpose. During that summer, I had the distinct privilege of expanding my understanding of food systems from a theoretical classroom concept to a lived experience through the culmination of not one but three internships, each intertwining with the others to give me a taste of how policy, business strategy, and on-the-ground advocacy come together to shape our food production, distribution, and access.