Canceled: Eating Tomorrow: Climate Change and the Battle for the Future of Food–Dr. Timothy Wise
Friday, 27 Mar 2020 at 7:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Dr. Wise is the director of the Land and Food Rights program at Small Planet Institute. Wise's research and writing have covered U.S. farm policies, trade and agricultural development, agricultural biodiversity, food prices and biofuels, and Mexico's maize economy under the threat of genetically modified maize. He addresses small versus large-scale agriculture in the battle to feed the world. The 2020 Shivvers Memorial Lecture
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