Journalist Paul Roberts will be presenting a lecture titled "Feeding the Future" at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Roberts's talk, part of the college's Dooley Lecture Series, takes place in the Danny Kaye Theatre in the Conrad N. Hilton Library at 2:30 p.m.
Paul Roberts writes and lectures frequently about the complex interplay of economics, technology, and the natural world. He is the author of The End of Food (Houghton Mifflin, 2008) and The End of Oil (Houghton Mifflin, 2004). A longtime observer of energy issues and politics, Mr. Roberts has written for the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, and has appeared on CNN, BBC, PBS, and National Public Radio. He was a finalist for the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2005 and the National Magazine Award in 1999.
The public is invited to attend the lecture. The CIA is on Route 9 in Hyde Park. Attendance is limited to 150, and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. A book signing will follow the event.
The Dooley Lecture Series brings food industry leaders, experts on international relations, and other interesting luminaries to The Culinary Institute of America. The series is named for Carroll F. Dooley, the first director of the college's food preparation division in 1946. His daughter, Patricia Dooley Fortenbaugh, has been funding the series since its inception in 2002.
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