Food Insecurity Forum at Saint Mary's University

The acute suffering in East Africa is justifiably garnering headlines, but well beyond this crisis is an enduring challenge: how to deliver enough food to a growing world population amid diminishing crop yields and climate vagaries that threaten future growing seasons with drought and disease. This forum will deliver a digest of the latest reporting on food security issues and efforts to tackle this challenge on the science and policy frontiers.<br>
<strong>Panelists:</strong>
Fred de Sam Lazaro, director of the Under-Told Stories Project and PBS <em>NewsHour</em> correspondent
Sharon Schmickle, foreign affairs and science correspondent for <em>MinnPost.com</em>
David Lynch, Social Science Chair, Saint Mary's University
William G. Moseley, Professor of Geography at Macalester College
Moderated by Jon Sawyer, Executive Director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting<br>
Saint Mary's University Event Center
2540 Park Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55404-4403<br>
<em>This panel is part of a collaborative reporting project on population issues by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, PBS NewsHour and National Geographic.</em>