Nanotechnology and Food - Public Forum

Tue 2 December 2008 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Salon, Abbotsford Convent
15 Heliers Street, Abbotsford
Melbourne
VIC
9419 8700
Free

Can the technology of the tiny help solve a giant food and economic crisis?

Speakers:

Fiona Thiessen (FoE) - Nanotechnology, what is it and who is driving its use in our food?

Dr Gyorgy Scrinis (Globalism Institute -RMIT) - How technology shapes our relationship with food.

Dr Kristen Lyons (Griffith University)- Developments in organic food systems, nanotechnology and the global food crisis.

6.30pm Tuesday 2 December
The Salon, Abbotsford Convent 15 Heliers Street Abbotsford

A public forum presented by Friends of the Earth with the support of the City of Yarra.