Food Politics

Cornell Institute of Public Affairs, colloquium series, 4:30 p.m. 233 Plant Sciences on “The food revolution: implications for public policy.” Free and open to the public.

Knight Science Journalism Program (participants only).

Georgetown University Library Associates, 6:00 p.m.

Clark Wolf is moderating one of his Critical Topics panels at the Fales Library (Bobst, 3rd Floor) from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.  Hear Frank Bruni, Scott Hocker, Krishnendu Ray, and me discuss how we are talking and writing about food in the new media world.  Open to the public.

Presentation to the Committee on Front-of-Pack Labeling, 1:30 p.m., at the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave.

Talk on the forthcoming pet food book

Center for Social Concerns lecture, keynote, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s Health Advisory Council, health and wellness event.

This is a moderated panel discussion with Prof. Paul Argenti and others on the subject of the film, Food, Inc.  The film will be shown at 4:30 and the panel discussion is at 6:00.

This is the 2010 Edward and Nancy Dodge Lecture at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future.  Probably evening.  Details to come, but see the Center’s website.

Sustainable Food Institute on future of food, closing keynote, 3:30 p.m.   This is an invitational event that is not open to the public.

Mal Nesheim and I are doing a reading of Feed Your Pet Right at 3:00 p.m.  This antiquarian and collectible cookbook store–worth a visit on its own–is at 3885 Cesar Chavez Street, at Church.

Mal Nesheim and I are doing a reading of Feed Your Pet Right at 3:00 at the Point Reyes Bookstore. I’m not sure about the location (Toby’s Feed Barn?), but the bookstore is at 11315 State Route 1, in Point Reyes Station and the store’s phone number is 415.663.1542.

This is the second conference on “Who’s Minding the Store” produced by Marler Clark LLP.  It will be at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, August 5 and 6.

Convocation address to first year students, 2:00 p.m.

This will be Public Health Grand Rounds at SUNY-Upstate Medical University’s Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, co-sponsored with Syracuse University, 4:00 p.m.

The New York Culinary Experience, lunchtime Q and A.

The Nobel Conference on “Making Food Good.”

Conference on “the precarious alliance: strengthening human networks and natural systems.”

This is a panel on the “politics of food and health care” with David Kessler and Ruth Reichl.