Stuffed and Starved
USD's Just Read and the Center for Educational Excellence hosts author Raj Patel for a talk about his book Stuffed and Starved.
Patel is an author and activist who has worked at the World Bank and the World Trade Organization and has protested against them on four continents. Patel is affiliated with UC Berkeley's Center for African Studies and Institute for Food Development Policy. He has testified to Congress on the cause of the global food crisis.
In Stuffed and Starved, Patel conducts an investigation of the paradox of having the greatest number of starving people in the world than ever before and an even greater number that are overweight. Patel analyzes problems associated with the global food economy and ends with solutions for regaining food sovereignty.
Registration: [email protected], 619-260-7402, or online.