Food & The Environment series at Stanford

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Food & The Environment series at Stanford

 

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Stanford University's Program in Ethics in Society presents:

 

The Ethics of Food and the Environment

 

This February, March, and April the public has the opportunity to

participate in an exciting series of films, lectures, and discussions on the

ethics of

food production in the United States and around the globe. The series is

sponsored by Stanford’s Department of Ethics in Society . It is free and open

to

the public.

 

Three well-known experts in the field of food will address topics relating

to industrial food production and the environment and explore of questions

relating to organic food, processed food, genetically modified food. and food

choices. All three speakers have published highly acclaimed, recent works on

food and food production. They are Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s

Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s

Manifesto, Marion Nestle, author of What to Eat, and Peter Singer, author of

The

Way We eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter.

 

Five thought-provoking films focus on various aspects of food today.

Stanford professors and others with expertise in the subject matter will lead

discussions after each screening.

 

Speakers:

 

March 3. Lecture: Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: The Omnivore's

Solution,

7:30pm in Kresge Auditorium, Stanford.

 

March 6. Lecture: Marion Nestle, " What to Eat: Personal Responsibility vs.

Social Responsibility "

5:30-7:00pm in Annenberg Auditorium in the Cummings Art Bldg. , Stanford.

 

March 7. Discussion: Discussion Seminar with Marion Nestle tentatively

10am-12pm

(location TBA), Stanford.

 

April 23. Lecture: Peter Singer, All Animals Are Equal - But in What Sense

of Equality? " 7pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford.

 

Films:

 

Jan. 17. Film: " The Real Dirt on Farmer John " 7pm Annenberg Auditorium,

Stanford. Post film discussion led by Dr. Gretchen Daily.

 

Jan. 22. Film: " King Corn " 8pm Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford. Post

film discussion led by Aaron Woolf, Director, and Ian Cheney, Producer.

 

Jan. 31. Film: " Our Daily Bread " 7pm Annenberg Auditorium, Stanford.

Post film discussion led by Dr. Scotty McLennan.

 

Feb. 21. Film: “Super Size Me,†7pm Annenberg Auditorium, Stanford.

Post film discussion led by Dr. Christopher Gardner.

 

April 10. Film: “Darwin’s Nightmare,†7pm Annenberg Auditorium,

Stanford. Post film discussion led by Dr. Rosamond Naylor.

 

More information: 650-723-0997 or _http://ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu_

(http://ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu/)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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