*********** UPCOMING EVENT ***********
International Development Forum on Food, Politics, and Society:
Alternative Futures
Speakers:
Josée Johnston, University of Toronto, Sociology
Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Development Sociology
Alan McHughen, University of California, Riverside, Botany and Plant
Sciences
Martina Newell-McGloughlin, University of California, Davis, Plant Pathology
Commentary:
Janice Thies, Cornell University, Crop and Soil Sciences
Moderator:
Ronald Herring, Cornell University, Government
Bache Auditorium, Malott Hall
Friday, October 30, 3:00pm - 5:00pm followed by a reception
Public concern about the future of our species' food system surfaces in
many forms and arenas. Recent years have demonstrated widespread
vulnerability to hunger and malnutrition, competition between food and
bio-fuels for land and water, uncertainty about food safety and
sustainability of production, and environmental effects of agriculture
both near to and far from the farm. Our speakers will raise issues of
ethics, movements for alternative food systems, technology, nutrition
and risk. The Forum kicks off work on a new Handbook from Oxford
University Press on Food, Politics, and Society.
Organized by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and the
Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development
(CIIFAD) and co-sponsored by the Polson Institute for Global
Development; Department of Government; Cornell Institute for the Social
Sciences; and the Development, Governance, and Nature Initiative.
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Anneliese Truame
Administrative Coordinator
Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell
http://www.socialsciences.cornell.edu/
150 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
[email protected]
607-255-3304
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