Bija Vidyapeeth: Centre for Learning
Food First: Food, Famine & Freedom from Hunger
October 1 - 14, 2003
with Frances Moore Lappé and Dr. Vandana Shiva
Food is at the heart of globalization and industrialization.
It has become the most contentious issue in trade and technology. The
course will go into an analysis of how food is changing, in terms of how
it is grown, how it is processed, who controls it, who has access to it.
It will cover issues of hunger, famine, of food hazards and food scares
including GMOs, mad cow disease, chemical hazards, and fast food.
The course will also explore creative alternatives – organic farming
and ecological agriculture, the resurgence of traditional food cultures,
celebration of biological, and cultural diversity, just and fair trade,
movements for food sovereignty, food security and food safety.
The course will have a large component of practical work in organic farming
and cooking, taking advantage of the location of the Bija Vidyapeeth campus
on Navdanya’s organic farm and seed and biodiversity conservation
center.
The Course
The course will begin in Delhi with the Albert Howard Memorial Lecture,
held annually on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. It will then proceed
to the Bija Vidyapeeth campus, set on Navdanya’s organic farm (a
few kilometers outside of Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, India - see
location details) for the remainder of the program.
Faculty
For more details
Coordinator, Bija Vidyapeeth
A-60, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi, India
Tel: 91 11 26561868, 26562093
Fax: 91 11 26562093
bijavidyapeeth@vsnl.net
www.bijavidyapeeth.org
