by Marion Nestle

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May 13 2019

Rio de Janeiro: Book tour for Unsavory Truth, Portuguese translation

“Uma verdade indigesta: como a indústria de alimentos distorce a ciência sobre o que comemos”

2:00 pm:  State University of Rio de Janeiro followed by Q&A.  Auditório 111 da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj)

7pm: book launch.  Livraria Blooks – Praia de Botafogo, 316- Botafogo

 

Apr 16 2019

Beijing: UNICEF Workshop on Conflicts of Interest

I am speaking at a conference sponsored by UNICEF on “Understanding Conflicts of interest and its impact on public health policy,” organized by the UNICEF China Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Beijing Representative Office, and the National Institute of Nutrition and Health of China CDC.  IT will be held at  the Beijing Landmark Hotel.  My talk will be from 1:30 – 2:20 p.m.

Mar 28 2019

New York: NYC Department of Records

I’m joining food historians Jane Ziegelman and Andrew Coe for the last session of their “Serious Side of Reading” series in connection with the exhibit on “Feeding the City: The Unpublished WPA Federal Writers’ Project Manuscript.”  This is at 5:30 p.m. at the NYC Department of Records and Information Services , 31 Chambers Street, Rebecca Rankin Reading Room, Suite 111.  RSVP here.

Apr 5 2019

New York: Food Writing Forum

This is at the New School, 63 5th Ave.  My panel, on social media and online media, is at 11:15 a.m.  The schedule and registration information are here.

Mar 22 2019

Lisbon: Portuguese Council of Nutritionists

This will be at the annual Congress.  My talk, on “How food companies skew the science of what we eat,” will be from 11:30 to 12:00 at the Grand Auditorium of Culturegest Lisboa.

Mar 31 2019

NYU: Six books on corporations, science, and public health

I’m participating in a panel discussion with authors of books about conflicts of interest.  I’m talking about Unsavory Truth.  Other participants:

  • Moderator: Mark Crispin Miller
  • Sheldon Krimsky (Tufts) GMOs Decoded (MIT Press); Conflicts of Interest in Science (Skyhorse Publishing)
  • Mary Holland (NYU) Kim Rosenberg & Eileen Torio.  HPV Vaccine on Trial (Skyhorse Publishing)
  • Jonathan Marks (Penn State). The Perils of Partnership: Industry Influence, Institutional Integrity & Public Health (Oxford University Press).
  • Mitchel Cohen (Independent). The Politics of Pesticides: The Fight Against Monsanto’s Roundup. (Skyhorse Publishing).

This is from 3-5 p.m., Furman Hall (245 Sullivan Street, between Washington Square  South  & W 3rd St), Room 315.  For more information, click here.          

Feb 7 2019

San Francisco: UCSF Institute for Policy Studies

This is a brown bag lunch conversation with Laura Schmidt on food, nutrition, and politics.   It’s at noon in the Lange Room, UCSF Library 5th FLoor, 530 Parnassus.   More information is here.

Feb 19 2019

Berkeley: Food Politics Lecture Series #3

This is the last of three lectures on Food Politics 2019, this one on “An Agenda for the Food Movement.”

These are sponsored by the Journalism School, Berkeley Food Institute, and 11th Hour Project.  This one has been moved to a larger venue–Sibley Hall.  It’s at 6:00 p.m.  Information and registration?  Click here.