Extra Credit: Tues 3/10 Food Matters @Benton

Food Matters: The Cost of Industrializing our Food Supply

Tuesday, March 10, 2015
4:30pm – 6:00pm

Storrs Campus
The William Benton Museum of Art

A panel discussion on the impact the industrialization of our food supply has on our environment, our health, and our well-being, presented by the Benton Museum in conjunction with the 2015 UConn Reads book selection, The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan.

On view at the museum is Sweet Sensations, an exhibition of works portraying sinfully seductive foods juxtaposed with book excerpts about additives to the American food systems.

Shoshana Levinson, M.S, CNS, cDN, Dietitian, Nutritionist, Wellness Coach, will moderate the discussion with panelists Phoebe Godfrey, Ph.D., UConn Professor of Sociology who teaches a course on food, climate change, sustainability and social justice; Fadi A. Al Khayer, M.D., Specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; and Renee M. Gross, J.D., Coordinator of Legal Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, UConn.

http://events.uconn.edu/event/36680/2015-03-10