by Marion Nestle

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May 1 2014

New York: Pen World Voices Festival

Panel discussion on GLOBAL FOOD: Over the Edge.  The other panelists: Lester Brown, Robert L Paarlberg, and Frederick Kaufman.

NOTE NEW VENUE: NYU Silver Center, Jurow Hall, 31 Washington Place, 7:00 p.m.

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Mar 30 2014

New York: Cherry Bombe Jubilee

Cherry Bombe magazine is hosting a jubilee conference celebrating women in the world of food.  It’s at the High Line hotel on 10th Ave and 21st street.  My talk is on food politics at about 2:30 p.m.

Mar 13 2014

Washington, DC: United States Healthful Food Council

I’m giving the keynote address at this organization’s Real Food Innovator Awards Gala.

It’s from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Whittemore House, 1526 New Hampshire, NW

Feb 26 2014

NYU: Residential Life & Housing Services

NYU’s Department of Residential Life is showing the film A Place at the Table at 10:00 a.m. at the Palladium Residence Hall in the Multipurpose Room (3rd floor behind the cafeteria) at 140 East 14th Street.    I’ll be speaking about the issues it raises after the showing.

Mar 25 2014

NYU: Alumni Speaker on the Square

I’ll be talking about–and showing pictures from—my book, Eat, Drink, Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics.  Kimmel Center (Washington Square South), Eisner & Lubin auditorium, 6:30 p.m.  Open to the public.  For information, click here.

Feb 20 2014

New York: CUNY School of Public Health

I’m doing a panel discussion to celebrate the release of Nick Freudenberg’s new book, Lethal but Legal: Corporations, Consumption, and Protecting Public Health.  It’s at the Skylight Room, 9th Floor, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, 5:30-7:30 p.m.  The other panelists are Nick Freudenberg and Laura Berry, director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. It’s free and open to the public but reservations are recommended.

Apr 17 2014

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University McCoy Ethics Center

My lecture is sponsored by the McCoy Family Center for Ethics and Society:  “Advocacy for Healthier Food Systems: From Clicks to Occupy.”  7:30 p.m. at Cubberley Auditorium.  For more information, click here.

Apr 15 2014

Washington, DC: George Washington University Urban Food Task Force

This is a public lecture at 2:30 p.m. in the Jack Morton Auditorium on “Food Politics: From Personal to Social Responsibility.”

This is followed by a session in José Andres’ course, “World on a Plate,” from 4:00 to 5:20 (I’m speaking on food politics and corporate responsibility with professor John Forrer), followed by a reception at the President’s House.