Events

Panel: The Global Food Crisis

Join us on Tuesday, September 29, from 3:30-5:00 pm in the Maud Fife Room (315 Wheeler Hall) to hear a panel of activists, scientists and social scientists discuss the problem of world hunger and some approaches to a solution.

Our panelists:

  • Professor Miguel Altieri, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley
  • Associate Professor Julie Guthman, Community Studies, UC Santa Cruz
  • Dr. Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved
  • Professor David Zilberman, Agriculture and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

This event will be moderated by Professor Isha Ray (Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley), member of the Education Committee of the Blum Center. It is co-sponsored by the On the Same Page program in the College of Letters and Science and the Blum Center for Developing Economies, UC Berkeley.

Screening and Panel: Food, Inc.

Watch the film Food, Inc., followed by a panel featuring Michael Pollan, director Robert Kenner, co-narrator Eric Scholosser, and farmer Troy Roush at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, in Wheeler Auditorium. Tickets ($12 general public; $10 UCB affiliates) go on sale September 15 at the Cal Performances box office or online.

The 300 free student tickets have all already been reserved. Students with reservations must pick up their tickets at Will Call in the lobby of Wheeler Hall by 6:30 the evening of the event or risk losing them.

Presentation: The Omnivore's Solution

Cal Performances and On the Same Page co-present The Omnivore's Solution: Fixing Food from Farm to Fork, a public presentation by our featured author, Michael Pollan.

Wednesday, September 30, 8:00 p.m.
Zellerbach Hall

Tickets are on sale at the Cal Performances box office (lower Sproul plaza), online, or by phone: 510.642.9988.

Cal students: show your student id for a 50% discount. Cal Performances accepts the Cal 1 card.

Eat, Learn, Live

The Ultimate Interactive Food Experience with Internationally Acclaimed Food Expert Michael Pollan
Thursday, October 1, from 4-6:00 p.m.
Krutch Theater, Clark Kerr Campus
2601 Warring St, Berkeley

This event is co-sponsored by Cal Dining.

Eat, Learn, Live is your chance to meet Michael Pollan as well as visit an array of booths to learn about where to shop for sustainable food (or grow it yourself), and how to prepare it. You can also find out about ways to get involved on campus, with student organizations such as the Berkeley Student Food Collective. Many of the booths will feature food tastings and other fun activities. List of exhibitors.

Space is limited to 300 new students in L&S. In order to attend this event you will need to pick up a ticket on Friday, September 25, in the lobby of Campbell Hall. The ticket giveaway starts at 9:00 a.m. and continues until we run out of tickets, or at noon, whichever comes first. To claim your ticket you must show your student id and the copy of The Omnivore's Dilemma that we sent you (with our logo on it).