Learn how globalized food supply chain benefits economy, enviornment
The J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy is hosting a lecture by Pierre Desrochers titled, "In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet: How the Globalized Food Supply Chain Benefits our Economy and Environment" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22.
Pierre Desrochers is an associate professor of geography at the University of Toronto. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University and a Julian Simon Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC).
Dr. Desrochers has co-authored a book with Hiroko Shimizu, "The Locavore's Dilemma," which critiques the ethos of the "eat local" movement as a solution to global food issues.
Free and open to the public, this event will be held in the Phelps Room, located in the lower level of the Todd M. Beamer Memorial Student Center at 421 Chase St. in Wheaton.
For information, call (630) 752-5975.