How We Talk about Feeding the World - An Interdisciplinary Symposium March 4, 2011

This symposium focuses on the topic of social order and the politics of food and will provide a framework for broad interdisciplinary engagement with the complex and often contentious issues surrounding the production and consumption of food and will serve as a springboard to future collaborations. Invited presenters represent disciplines in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences; they have published on such topics as social choice theory, food and power, and food system sustainability, and they have practical experience in areas of food policy, livable communities and system change, and international trade.

Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Nolte Center
Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Campus Club West Wing, Coffman Memorial Union, Fourth Floor

Cosponsored by the College of Food, Agricultural & Natural Resource Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota with funding from a Minnesota Futures Grant.

Official Website: http://z.umn.edu/FeedtheWorld