What's On Your Plate? The History and Politics of Food
Update: 2011-11-01
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How much do you know about the food you eat? Food
production and the politics surrounding it have an enormous impact on
our environment and economy. In recent years, scientists and activists
have raised concerns about the sustainability and security of our food
systems here in the US and around the world, but food has always been a
driving force in international and domestic policy. Barnard faculty
members Kim F. Hall, Deborah Valenze, Paige West, and Hilary Callahan
engage in an interdisciplinary conversation about the past and
present social, geopolitical, rhetorical, and environmental factors that
influence how food - including items as seemingly ordinary as sugar,
coffee, milk, and corn - shapes culture and politics in this discussion moderated by
Elizabeth Castelli.
production and the politics surrounding it have an enormous impact on
our environment and economy. In recent years, scientists and activists
have raised concerns about the sustainability and security of our food
systems here in the US and around the world, but food has always been a
driving force in international and domestic policy. Barnard faculty
members Kim F. Hall, Deborah Valenze, Paige West, and Hilary Callahan
engage in an interdisciplinary conversation about the past and
present social, geopolitical, rhetorical, and environmental factors that
influence how food - including items as seemingly ordinary as sugar,
coffee, milk, and corn - shapes culture and politics in this discussion moderated by
Elizabeth Castelli.
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