ORB coordinates and participates in various events throughout the year, including workshops, courses, and lecture series.
food for thought series | past ORB activities
The Food for Thought Lecture Series, initiated in 2005, brings internationally recognized experts to OSU to speak about biotechnological issues.
This year, we have formed a partnership with the OSU Horning Endowment in the Humanities Lecture Series to address biotechnological issues in the context of history. The lectures will range from scientific, political, and commercial issues in food technologies to histories of national and local food traditions and the haute cuisine of trendy molecular gastronomy. Speakers hail from both the United States and abroad and include scientists, historians, and a legal scholar. Support for the series comes from the Thomas Hart and Mary Jones Horning Endowment in the Humanities, the History Department, and the Wait and Lois Rising Lectureship Fund in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:00 pm Steven Shapin
Eating Good in the Neighborhood: The Medical and Moral History of Dietary Localism
The Apples of Our Eyes: Innovation, Art, and Ownership in American Fruits
Getting Biofuels Right: The Biofuel vs. Food and Environment Dilemma
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Planet Taco: The Globalization of Mexican Cuisine
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Gary Marchant
The Role and Rule of Law in the Global Development of Food Biotechnology
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view slides from OSU lecture The Precautionary Principle: Wrong Answer to the Right Question
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How to Cook an Egg and Other Lessons from the Kitchen-Lab: A History of Molecular Gastronomy
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Fulfilling the Promise of Crop Biotechnology for the Poor in Africa: Challenges for Science & Society
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For more information, contact David Harry at 541 737 6072 or david.harry@oregonstate.edu
