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