Conversations With Writers: Raj Patel
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2009-01-30 04:00 PM
2009-01-30 06:00 PM
January 30, 2009 from 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm |
| Where | 126 Voorhies |
| Contact Name | Sasha Abramsky |
| Contact Email | sabramsky@ucdavis.edu |
| Contact Phone | (646)8316998 |
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Stuffed and Starved: Writings on Global Hunger and Food Insecurity
The University Writing Program at UC Davis is pleased to announce the latest public event in our “Conversations With Writers” Speaker Series.
Dr. Raj Patel, an internationally known expert on sustainability and food issues and author of the highly acclaimed book, Stuffed and Starved:Markets, Power, and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System, will speak on campus on January 30th, at 4pm, in Voorhies 126.
Patel was one of the first scholars to point out the hunger crisis that was triggered by rising prices in the early years of the century. He has worked for the World Bank, interned at the WTO, consulted for the UN, and been involved in international campaigns against some of his former employers. Currently a researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and a visiting scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Patel holds degrees from Oxford, the London School of Economics and Cornell University. A British-born writer, Patel currently lives in San Francisco, California.
Praise for Patel’s (2008) book:
Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power, and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System
"One of the most dazzling books I've read in a very long time. The product of a brilliant mind and a gift to a world hungering for justice."—Naomi Klein
“In plain but passionate word, Raj Patel proves that 'free' trade - free of any ethical limits, that is - is the last solution we should look to in the struggle to feed the world. He then reveals better 'ways of being free, ' showing why 'strong local food systems first!' is a rallying cry as much for Zambia as for Canada, as much for India as for the United States. Can we eat healthier, tastier food and give the world's poorest the power to feed themselves? We can, and Patel will help us write the recipe.” —JJ. B. MacKinnon
"For anyone attempting to make sense of the world food crisis, or understand the links between U.S. farm policy and the ability of the world's poor to feed themselves, Stuffed and Starved is indispensable."—Michael Pollan
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