Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization - Richard Manning

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Date/Time:Wednesday, 22 Feb 2006 at 8:00 pm
Location:Sun Room, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
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Richard Manning is a newspaper editor and investigative journalist based in Montana and southern Idaho whose articles have been widely published in leading publications around the world. He is the author of seven important books on environmental issues, including: Against the Grain: How Agriculture Hijacked Civilization; Food's Frontier; Inside Passage; One Round River: The Curse of Gold and the Fight for the Big Blackfoot; Grassland:...

A Two-Day Symposium on Transformation of Place Through Memory, Imagination, and Narrative
February 20 - 22, 2006. The symposium will feature evening keynote addresses by three writers, plus panel discussions, talks, musical performances, and readings by ISU faculty from diverse disciplines across the university. We are also inviting participation from environmental thinkers, workers, and artists from the region.

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