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.

This event is co-sponsored by the USF Philosophy Department, the Sociology Department, Peace & Justice Studies, and Environmental Studies, along with the Global Commons.

Attendance is free and will be followed by a hosted reception.

Event sponsors include University of San Francisco, Philosophy, Sociology, Peace & Justice Studies, and Environmental Studies departments in conjunction with the Global Commons Foundation and Food First.

Eric Holt-Gimenez, executive director of Food First and Monica Moore, co-founder of Pesticide Action Network North America will respond to Raj Patel's remarks.

Raj Patel has worked for the World Bank, interned at the WTO, consulted with the UN, and been involved in international campaigns against his former employers. Currently Raj is a researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and a visiting scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.

Speakers include Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva,Majora Carter, Congressman Ed Markey,Judy Wicks, Michael Shuman, David Korten, Michelle Long, Laury Hammel,Don Shaffer, Manuel Hidalgo and more.

To register go to www.livingeconomies.org