About me
I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Michigan (defense Spring 2026), and a member of the Culinary Mind Center for the Philosophy of Food.
My research focuses on the philosophy of food, especially how the metaphysics of food shapes questions of sustainability, food security, culture, and moral agency. In my teaching and community work I explore how conceptual frameworks around food influence what we value and how we live.
I serve on the Public Market Advisory Commission (PMAC) for the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market, and have worked farmer’s market stalls vending for Two Tracks Acres, Raindance Flower Farm, and Green Things Farm Collective.
In Summer 2025, I was the Doctoral Food Systems Intern at Growing Hope Urban Farm in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
A Los Angeles native, I did my undergraduate degree at Loyola Marymount University with honors in both Philosophy and Psychology.
I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan with my two cats, Magnus and Tiny Cat.
Contact
emhardy@umich.edu
emmarosiehardy@gmail.com
Recent Talks
Competing Local Food Values
2025 AFHVS/ASFS Conference
June 2025, Oregon State, Corvallis, Oregon
Local Food and Producer-Only Farmer’s Markets
14th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy
June 2024, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Huitlacoche & Corn Smut: A Case Study of Which Things Get to Be Food
2024 AFHVS/ASFS Conference
June 2024, Falk College, Syracuse, NY
“What is local food?”
Michigan Farmer’s Market Association Conference
February 2024, East Lansing, MI
Emma Rose Hardy 