At the Athenaeum on Sept. 16, Helena Bottemiller Evich CM ’09, editor-in-chief of Food Fix, delivered a lecture titled “The Politics of Food and Climate Change.” Evich stated that agriculture is crucial to the climate conversation but is underrepresented in U.S. climate policy. She attributed this to strong opposition from farmers and the meat industry.
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OPINION: How going vegetarian can help fight pandemics
Although it may feel like COVID-19 came out of nowhere, the meat industry, among other human practices, created the perfect conditions for new highly infectious diseases to arise. Going vegetarian could help prevent a future pandemic, says Max Proctor CM ’22.
Ronald Herring Discusses Role of Science in Agriculture
Ronald Herring gave a captivating and thought-provoking talk on genes in food Sept. 29 at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Herring, a political economy and ecology professor at Cornell University, teaches a vast range of topics but maintains a primary focus on agriculture and rural development. An expert on agrarian political economy, Herring is currently the