Event Details
Edible Education: The Rise and Future of the Food Movement - The Politics of Food
When: Wed Oct 12 • 7:00 pm
Where: Lecture Center
Speaker: MARION NESTLE, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University. Nestle writes the Food Matters column for The San Francisco Chronicle, and also writes for www.foodpolitics.com.
This is a series of videotaped lectures from UC Berkeley with Instructors Michael Pollan, renowed author and UC Berkeley Professor; and Nikki Henderson of the People's Grocery. Each week, guest speakers draw on everything from economics and agronomy to sociology, anthropology, and the arts to address different aspects of the food movement including farm bill reform, organic agriculture, school lunch reform, food safety, animal welfare, local food economies, and more.
This free series is co-hosted by Berkshire Grown and Bard College at Simon's Rock. Generously sponsored by Iredale Mineral Cosmetics. For more information visit: berkshiregrown.org or call 413-528-0041