Stuffed and Starved — The Hidden Battle for the World Food System

From Brinda Charry, English: Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma has led to campus-wide discussion on the growth, distribution, and consumption of food. On Wednesday, March 25, journalist, author, food-policy expert, and activist Dr. Raj Patel will discuss the growing international food crisis and what can be done to stop it. Dr. Raj Patel has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the United States and is best known for his 2008 book, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. He has been a visiting scholar at Yale and the University of California, Berkeley, and his work as food-policy analyst and activist challenges our presumptions about the global food economy. Dr. Patel is currently a visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, a fellow at Food First, and a research associate at the School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Sponsored by the Keene is Reading Program, this event is free and open to the public and will start at 7 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room. For information or to request accommodation for a disability, please contact Brinda Charry, 8-2727.