Seminar: Why every foodie needs to understand capitalism

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Presenter

Eric Holt-Giménez, PhD, is an agroecologist, political economist, lecturer and author. As the current Executive Director of Food First, Eric’s work both informs and amplifies the voices of social movements fighting for food justice, sovereignty and food systems transformation across the globe. Food First generates research and education for action, and their frontline publishing approach brings researchers, writers, and social movements together in a collective effort to bring the perspective of community-based struggles to broader development and policy debates. As a lecturer, Eric has given yearly courses in international development, agroecology, social movements and food systems transformation at the University of California, Boston University, the University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo (Slow Food) and the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia. In Eric’s words, “successful social movements are formed by integrating activism with livelihoods. These integrated movements create the sustained social pressure that produces political will—the key to changing the financial, governmental and market structures that presently work against sustainability.” This presentation draws on Eric’s newest book, A Foodies Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of What We Eat.

Location

Seminar Room 275, Global Change Institiute (#20), The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus 

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