Home <http://www.commonwealthclub.org/> / Events <http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events> Google+ <http://plus.google.com/105175899075947896990/posts> Twitter <http://twitter.com/cwclub> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Commonwealth-Club-of-California\ /108879409056?ref=ts> RSS <http://www.commonwealthclub.org/publications/blog/rss.xml> Donate/Join/Renew <http://support.commonwealthclub.org/home> Upcoming Event Raj Patel: Stuffed and Starved, Still [imagecache imagecache-inline_medium_200w imagecache-default imagecache-inline_medium_200w_default] Tue, Jun 12 2012 - 6:30pm Raj Patel: Stuffed and Starved, Still
Activist; Academic; Author, Stuffed and Starved, The Value of Nothing In conversation with Rose Aguilar, Host, "Your Call" on KALW 91.7 FM Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese. Why is there such a large discrepancy between the haves and the have-nots for what we all need: food? Patel conducts a global investigation to make sense of the world food crisis and charges that "the food system is filled with choices made by a handful of powerful people, in smoke-filled rooms, over the objections of the majority." Hear a story of nefarious false choices and of international resistance movements that takes you from seed to store to plate. Location: SF Club Office Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program Cost: $20 standard, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID) Also know: Patel will be speaking in Silicon Valley on June 14 <http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-06-14/raj-patel-stuffed-and\ -starved-sv> Location Blue Room, The Commonwealth Club Number
