Climate Change and the Battle for the Future of Food

A series of recent United Nations reports on the growing climate emergency highlights the urgent need to change the way we grow, market, and consume our food if we want to meet the UN goals to end hunger by 2030. Based on his extensive research, Timothy A. Wise presents key findings from his recent book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food (New Press, 2019). He echoes UN calls to reduce dependence on fossil-fuel-based inputs and promote a transition to ecological agriculture, warning that powerful agribusiness corporations may be the most formidable obstacle to change. Speaker: Timothy A. Wise is a senior researcher at the Small Planet Institute, where he directs the Land and Food Rights Program. Location: Middlebury Institute of International Studies, McGowan Building, Room 100, 411 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940. Free, Open to the Public. No registration requested. Website for more info: go.miis.edu/sustainability. For Questions, contact Rachel Christopherson at the Center for the Blue Economy at [email protected] or (831) 647-4183.