Description
Raj Patel, controversial author, journalist and food policy expert, continuously challenges our presumptions about the global food economy with his work both as a policy analyst and activist. He has worked for some of the most prestigious international organizations and protested against them, and constantly works to find ways to improve the global food system. In his newest work, Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, Patel discusses the growing worldwide food crisis and what needs to be done to solve it. He has recently returned from a two-year stay working in the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Patel is currently a visiting scholar in the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and a Fellow at the Institute of Food and Development Policy. He is also a Research Associate at the School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and previously was a policy analyst for Food First. |
