AMNH Hosts HOW TO FEED A GROWING PLANET Event Today

The world population is estimated to surpass 8 billion people in the next 20 years-how can we ensure that our food system will sustain us? Join us for an exciting round-table discussion exploring long-term global food security. Panelists include Raj Patel (Food First Policy Fellow, researcher, activist, and best-selling author of Stuffed and Starved, Food Rebellions, and The Value of Nothing), Molly Jahn (Professor in the Laboratory of Genetics and Department of Agronomy at the University of Madison-Wisconsin; former Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics at the USDA), and Marcus Samuelsson (Award-winning chef and author, owner of Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem, UNICEF Ambassador).

This program is presented in conjunction with Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture, opening November 17 at the American Museum of Natural History.

The exclusive corporate sponsor for Our Global Kitchen is J.P. Morgan.

WHEN Today, January 10, from noon to 5 pm

WHERE Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Theater, American Museum of Natural History

ADMISSION $15; $13.50 for Members, students, seniors

CONTACT For more information, the public should call 212-769-5315.