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- Food, Fellowship and Fun - When you’re observing the Dearborn Truck Plant’s final assembly line during the Ford Rouge Factory Tour, you’re watching a set of skilled operators put finishing touches on all-new Ford F-150s — one is built at the plant every 53 seconds.
- September 05, 2023
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Food, Fellowship and Fun
When you’re observing the Dearborn Truck Plant’s final assembly line during the Ford Rouge Factory Tour, you’re watching a set of skilled operators put finishing touches on all-new Ford F-150s — one is built at the plant every 53 seconds.
- Food on the Move - Whether we realize it or not, our relationship with food is directly dependent on the transportation industry, and has been for nearly 200 years. Learn how mobility has shaped the food industry on our blog.
- July 07, 2020
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Food on the Move
Whether we realize it or not, our relationship with food is directly dependent on the transportation industry, and has been for nearly 200 years. Learn how mobility has shaped the food industry on our blog.
- Healthy Food to Build Healthy Communities - Food security links nutritious food to individual and community health. Explore this concept through historical resources in the collections of The Henry Ford, including the work of African American scientist George Washington Carver.
- July 28, 2020
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Healthy Food to Build Healthy Communities
Food security links nutritious food to individual and community health. Explore this concept through historical resources in the collections of The Henry Ford, including the work of African American scientist George Washington Carver.
- Food Soldiers: Nutrition and Race Activism - Find out what a food soldier is, as well as how food and nutrition relate to issues of institutional racism and equity for African Americans.
- February 10, 2021
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Food Soldiers: Nutrition and Race Activism
Find out what a food soldier is, as well as how food and nutrition relate to issues of institutional racism and equity for African Americans.
- All Things Food: Cookbooks and Recipes - Librarian Sarah Andrus shares a sampling of the wide array of cookbooks, recipe booklets, and handwritten recipes that have found a home in our collections.
- April 04, 2022
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All Things Food: Cookbooks and Recipes
Librarian Sarah Andrus shares a sampling of the wide array of cookbooks, recipe booklets, and handwritten recipes that have found a home in our collections.
- Food for Thought: Marguerita Mergentime, Textile Designer - Marguerita Mergentime’s designs for printed table linens are perpetual conversation starters. This self-taught New York City-based textile designer used museums as her education and, in some cases, her inspiration.
- September 10, 2026
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Food for Thought: Marguerita Mergentime, Textile Designer
Marguerita Mergentime’s designs for printed table linens are perpetual conversation starters. This self-taught New York City-based textile designer used museums as her education and, in some cases, her inspiration.
- Beyond the Peanut: Food Inspired by Carver - Discover how chefs and curators at The Henry Ford worked together to illuminate George Washington Carver's food legacy in our onsite restaurants.
- March 25, 2021
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Beyond the Peanut: Food Inspired by Carver
Discover how chefs and curators at The Henry Ford worked together to illuminate George Washington Carver's food legacy in our onsite restaurants.
- Just Added to Our Digital Collections: Food Packaging - We’ve just digitized about two dozen food boxes, cans, bottles, and jars dating from the 1920s to the 2000s, which formerly contained anchovies, oyster sauce, truffles, and more.
- October 07, 2013
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Just Added to Our Digital Collections: Food Packaging
We’ve just digitized about two dozen food boxes, cans, bottles, and jars dating from the 1920s to the 2000s, which formerly contained anchovies, oyster sauce, truffles, and more.
- Institutional Food Front-Runner: Dan Giusti and Brigaid - In 2016, Chef Dan Giusti began working on Brigaid, with the goal of embedding chefs in schools — but when the COVID-19 pandemic started, the emphasis shifted to feeding kids and keeping staff safe.
- December 02, 2021
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Institutional Food Front-Runner: Dan Giusti and Brigaid
In 2016, Chef Dan Giusti began working on Brigaid, with the goal of embedding chefs in schools — but when the COVID-19 pandemic started, the emphasis shifted to feeding kids and keeping staff safe.
- Brain Food Barrier Breakers: Hamline University’s Feed Your Brain - Learn how a resourceful group of college students are helping many of their fellow students battle food insecurity.
- December 01, 2021
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Brain Food Barrier Breakers: Hamline University’s Feed Your Brain
Learn how a resourceful group of college students are helping many of their fellow students battle food insecurity.