Hamburgers in Paradise: Food and Agriculture in the 21st Century

Louise Fresco is president of Wageningen University and Research in The Netherlands. A former UN director, a contributor to think tanks and an advisor to academies in Europe and the United States, Fresco speaks often on how social unrest is made worse by hunger, poverty, environmental problems and modernization. In 2013 she published a thought-provoking op-ed in Science Magazine titled "The GMO Stalemate in Europe." Her book Hamburgers in Paradise: The Stories behind the Food We Eat will be released next month. Fresco combines a long academic career with extensive involvement in policy and development. She is a member of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences and of four foreign Academies. She served nearly ten years as Assistant-Director General at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and is a member of the World Food Prize Council of Advisors.

A reception will precede the talk, 11:30am-12:00pm, in the Food Sciences Courtyard.