Raj Patel will speak to the committee, headed by Representative Barney Frank, on the next steps that the World Bank might take to address the food crisis.

Saturday May 17, 2008 10 A.M.-8P.M. and Sunday, May 18,2008 11 A.M.-6 P.M.

Speakers, green businesses, films, fair trade, yoga and movement classes, organic cuisine and beer, live music.

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Sponsored by Global Exchange and Co-op America.

The University of San Francisco, in conjunction with the Global Commons Foundation and Food First invites you to a discussion with Raj Patel, Author of the book Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System. Respondents will be Eric Holt Gimenez, Executive Director of Food First and Monica Moore, founder of Pesticide Action Network North America.

Attendance is free.
The event is followed by a hosted reception.