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Follow on Google News | Free For All Author Jan Poppendieck to Speak in Santa Barbara on September 12Author will discuss The Future of Hunger as part of Orfalea Foundation's Food Sovereignty Week
Poppendieck will be speaking about The Future of Hunger, as part of the Orfalea Foundation’s Food Sovereignty Week. (www.FoodSovWeek.com) After a brief presentation, Ms. Poppendieck will be joined by Foodbank of Santa Barbara County CEO Erik Talkin and Orfalea Foundation School Food Initiative Director Kathleen de Chadenèdes to discuss advances and challenges in food literacy, food security, and school food in Santa Barbara County. And at 5:15, before the program begins, attendees can experience the new face of School Food, as the Santa Barbara Unified School District Mobile Cafes (https://www.facebook.com/ Poppendieck will also discuss school food in her presentation: Tickets for The Future of Hunger are only $5.00 online ($10 at the door), with proceeds benefitting the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County and the School Food Initiative. To learn more about this event and the September 10 free screening of A Place at the Table, please visit www.FoodSovWeek.com. Poppendieck’ In my talk, I'm going to explain how this happened, and then I'm going to discuss some recent changes, especially the rise of the ‘good food movement’ and the ‘food sovereignty movement’ that are causing some long-term anti-hunger activists to ask if ‘hunger’ is still the most useful and powerful way to mobilize public sentiment on behalf of efforts to meet the needs of impoverished Americans.” About Janet Poppendieck: Janet Poppendieck is Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the author ofFree for All: Fixing School Food in America (http://janetpoppendieck.com/ End
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