Food for Thought - The World Food Crisis - SOLD OUT August 29, 2008
San Francisco, California 94102
FOOD FOR THOUGHT - THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS $25/$15
Skyrocketing commodity prices, rising fuel costs, water scarcity, and population explosions have communities worldwide in the grip of a dire food and hunger crisis. Three of the foremost authorities on the subject will share solutions and forecasts for the future of this global challenge. Featuring: Vandana Shiva, physicist, environmental activist and author; and Carlo Petrini, founder of the International Slow Food Movement; and Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved. This panel will be moderated by Michael Pollan, author, In Defense of Food, and the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Mayor Gavin Newsom has been invited to give opening remarks.Tickets: http://slowfoodnation.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=25653
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Added by spongecellevents on July 18, 2008