Tue, Jun 12 2012 - 6:30pm
Raj Patel: Stuffed and Starved, Still
Activist; Academic; Author, Stuffed and Starved, The Value of Nothing
In conversation with Rose Aguilar, Host, 'Your Call' on KALW
Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese. Why is there such a large discrepancy between the haves and the have-nots for what we all need: food? Patel conducts a global...
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Tue, Jun 12 2012 - 6:30pm
Raj Patel: Stuffed and Starved, Still
Activist; Academic; Author, Stuffed and Starved, The Value of Nothing
In conversation with Rose Aguilar, Host, 'Your Call' on KALW
Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese. Why is there such a large discrepancy between the haves and the have-nots for what we all need: food? Patel conducts a global investigation to make sense of the world food crisis and charges that “the food system is filled with choices made by a handful of powerful people, in smoke-filled rooms, over the objections of the majority.” Hear a story of nefarious false choices and of international resistance movements that takes you from seed to store to plate.
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program
Cost: $20 standard, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID)
Location Blue Room, The Commonwealth Club
Tickets:
http://bit.ly/RajPatelSF