Event Start: February 09, 2015 05:00 PM
Event End: February 09, 2015 06:30 PM
Event Location: UCSB Corwin Pavillion
Event Price: Free
Event Details:
The poet-farmer Wendell Berry has said, "Eating is an agricultural act." Eating is also an ethical act. The choices that we make as individuals and as a society about food have ripples that affect every aspect of our lives, from the environment to the climate, from social justice to public health. In this talk, national bestselling author and advocate, Anna Lappé, will discuss how the food system impacts so many different aspects of our lives and how recent and diverse social movements motivated by a profound ethic of food are transforming how we feed ourselves. Ultimately, these movements show the transformative power of talking about the ethics of food.
Anna Lappé is a widely respected writer and educator, known for her work as an expert on food systems and as a sustainable food advocate. Her latest book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It was named by Booklist and Kirkus as one of the best environmental books of the year. She is also the author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, showcasing the ecological and social benefits of sustainable food, and co-author of Hope's Edge, which chronicles social movements fighting hunger around the world. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Gourmet, Oprah Magazine, among many other publications. Named one of Time magazine's "eco" Who's-Who, Lappé is a founding principal of the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund.