Kaleita, who has a Ph.D. in agricultural engineering, teaches courses in soil and water conservation management and engineering at Iowa State University in Ames. She has received several awards for excellence in teaching both at Iowa State and at the University of Illinois where she earned her doctorate in 2003. Kaleita has published articles in both the academic and popular press and is an environmental studies fellow at the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco. She is particularly interested in the role of globalization in engineering and technology education.
Bus tours on January 21.
Opening Plenary at 8 P.M on January 21 by Food First Fellow, Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
For registration and complete details, go to http://www.eco-farm.org/
Bus tours on January 21.
Opening Plenary at 8 P.M on January 21 by Food First Fellow, Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
For registration and complete details, go to http://www.eco-farm.org/
Bus tours on January 21.
Opening Plenary at 8 P.M on January 21 by Food First Fellow, Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
For registration and complete details, go to http://www.eco-farm.org/
Bus tours on January 21.
Opening Plenary at 8 P.M on January 21 by Food First Fellow, Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
For registration and complete details, go to http://www.eco-farm.org/
Are oil and water resources to be stewarded and shared, or commodities to be bought and Sold?
Presenters include:
Elizabeth Miller, Director, The Water Front
Marian Kramer, National Co-chair, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
Maureen D Taylor, State Chair, Michigan Welfare Rights organization
Fernando Coronil, Professor, Dept of Anthropology, City University of New York, and
Sabina L Shaikh, Lecturer, Public Policy and Program on Global Environment, University of Chicago Senior Research Economist
Co-sponsors include:
The Tenth Annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference will be Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Grayling High School, Grayling MI.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Fred Kirschermann, former Director for the Leopold Center speaking on "SMALL FARMS: Vestige of the Past or Hope for the Future?".
For more information go to www.msue.msu.edu/antrim, contact msue05@msu.edu or call 231-533-8818.
Winner of Premio Rigoberta Menchu at the Montreal 2008 People's Festival.
This documentary chronicles the ongoing struggle of indigenous Nahati-speaking communities in Morelos, Mexico.
Sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas.
$5-10 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.
For information:
415-924-3227
www.mitfamericas.org
