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Fast Food World

Perils and Promises of the Global Food Chain

Presented by The Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

 

A panel discussion with



Wendell Berry
Farmer and author of The Unsettling of America and Citizenship Papers


Carlo Petrini
President and Founder, Slow Food International

Michael Pollan
Contributing writer, New York Times Magazine and professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism


Eric Schlosser
Journalist and Author, Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness


Vandana Shiva
Activist and author, Monocultures of the Mind and Biopiracy


Introduced by Alice Waters
Chef and Owner, Chez Panisse Restaurant

Moderated by Orville Schell
Dean, Graduate School of Journalism

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Webcast: Fast Food World

Food has emerged as the flashpoint in the ongoing debate over globalization. All of us face a fateful decision: do we want to move toward a single global marketplace for food? What would doing so mean for food security? For our diets? Our cultures? The environment? Experts debate the issue.

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Monday
November 24, 2003
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location:
Wheeler Hall
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
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