Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the

American Diet

Tuesday, January 31 at 6:30pm

Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

415 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201

In Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the American Diet, environmental writer McKay Jenkins travels across the U.S.—from the Monsanto headquarters in St. Louis to the papaya fields of Hawaii to a family farm in the Chesapeake Bay that grows grapes and tomatoes for local vegetable markets alongside GMO corn and soybeans—to get to the bottom of the GMO debate.

Jenkins discovers that the GMO controversy is far more complex than meets the eye. There are many farmers, scientists, and consumers with stakes in the GMO game, and each has a strong opinion about why their stance is the correct one. Jenkins paints a complex picture of the role that GMOs necessarily play in the industrial food system, with shocking revelations on both sides of the debate.

McKay Jenkins is the author of seven books, including ContamiNation, The Last Ridge, and Bloody Falls of the Coppermine. The Cornelius Tilghman Professor of English, journalism, and environmental humanities at the University of Delaware, Jenkins lives with his wife and two children in Baltimore.

Presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library as part of the Sustainable Speakers Series.

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Thursday, October 13 at 7:00pm

Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St., Baltimore 21210

SAVE THE DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST AT 6:30 PM AT ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY: ROBERT K. MUSIL, RACHEL CARSON AND HER SISTERS: EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN WHO HAVE SHAPED AMERICA’S ENVIRONMENT. Robert K. Musil defines the achievements and legacy of Carson, linking her work to a wide network of American women activists and writers, all of whom overcame obstacles to build and lead the modern American environmental movement. Presented as part of the Sustainable Speaker Series and Writer’s Live at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

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Friday, July 15th, 6:30 pm. Please join Baltimore Green Works, Enoch Pratt Free Library, and 1000 Friends of Maryland, for Eric Zeemering. Eric Zeemering is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).   He was also the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Governance and Public Administration at the University of Ottawa. In his new book “Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Cities: Economy, Environment and Community in Baltimore” Professor Zeemering documents how urban sustainability is defined in Baltimore and how community actors work to implement local sustainability goals.  The event will be at held in the Poe Room. Enoch Pratt Central Branch 401 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201