COMPOUND OBJECT (2 Items)
Marion Nestle interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2010-06-29 Item Info
- Title:
- Marion Nestle interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2010-06-29
- Interviewer:
- Judith Weinraub
- Interviewer Biographical Note:
- Judith Weinraub is a writer, editor, and historian. Over the course of her career at The Washington Post, she served as both a reporter and section editor, spending her final decade at the paper focusing on food coverage. Her work examined everything from food safety and farmers markets to the rise of immigrant farmers and the impact of local food movements on American culture.
- Interviewee:
- Marion Nestle
- Interviewee Biographical Note:
- Born in 1936 in Brooklyn, she spent her early years moving through different parts of New York. Her family lived briefly in Brooklyn before relocating to Northport, a small fishing village on Long Island, which she remembers fondly for its pristine waters and starfish-covered docks. They then moved to Great Neck, where she attended kindergarten through part of third grade, before settling in Manhattan on 115th Street between Broadway and the Drive. Her father worked intermittently in public relations, while her mother was a housewife.
- Date of interview:
- 2010-06-29
- Description:
- Nestle describes the creation of the Food Studies Collection at NYU’s Fales Library, which has since become a nationally significant archive. She reflects on her own advocacy work, publishing impact, and the unexpected mainstreaming of food politics into academic and public discourse. Throughout, she underscores the critical role of agriculture, urban farming, and food justice in higher education, ending with stories about collection building, collaborative networks, and the lasting impact of the program on students and the wider field.
- Subject:
- New York University Fales Library Taylor, Marvin Cultural Studies of Food
- Source:
- Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat, Fales Library and Special Collections
- Unique ID:
- MSS_309.ref81.1
- Digital Object Rights Link:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Rights Summary:
- Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permissions to quote or paraphrase from the interviews or transcripts must be obtained from the interviewee or his/her literary estate. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Marion Nestle interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2010-06-29", Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat,
- Reference Link:
- https://info663-sp25.github.io/team3/items/hss_309-81-1.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permissions to quote or paraphrase from the interviews or transcripts must be obtained from the interviewee or his/her literary estate. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/