Among Street Stalls, Canteens and Tuppers: This Is How University Students at UNAM Eat

Aaron Castañeda and Javier Pacheco, 18 and 19 years old, rest in the Islands of Ciudad Universitaria on a hot Monday in April, after having finished their classes at the Faculty of Law and a football training. While sharing a roast chicken, Pacheco lists what he usually eats as a student on the central campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM): tacos in all his presentations, cakes, pasta, salads and cravings like papitas or s…

A student movement of UNAM has put on the table the debate around a basic right that is not yet guaranteed in this University: access to adequate and sustainable food. It is time to advance this debate and build a sustainable food model that is, moreover, fairer. Tod@s we can contribute By: Esperanza Arnés Prieto[1], Marta Astier [2], Mariana Benitez[3], Louise Guibrunet[4], María José Ibarrola Rivas4, Quetzalcoatl Orozco Ramírez4, Delphine Mari…