Slow Food Nation & World Affairs Council Exhibition

The World Affairs Council was founded by community leaders in 1947 out of the interest generated by the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. With over 11,000 members, the Council is the largest international affairs organization on the West Coast. Slow Food Nation was honored to partner with the Council for a revealing and provocative exhibition on food cultures around the globe. The photojournalists joined the audience for an opening reception featuring their photographs from Bhutan, Bosnia, Cuba, Japan, Mali, Mongolia, Turkey and the United States.

  • The Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

    August 28 | 6:00pm to 8:00pm, please arrive early for registration | Location: The World Affairs Council Auditorium | 312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA, 94108

    Hungry Planet: What the World Eats explores the intersection between food and politics and shows that diet and health depend not only on culture but globalization, poverty, and conflict. Peter Menzel and Faith D’Alusio joined 30 families in 24 countries to capture humankind’s oldest social activity: eating. Their photos are a commentary on how different countries, cultures and levels of society feed their families and the reasons for the similarities and differences

    Panelists:

    Faith D’Alusio
    Former award-winning television news producer, and co-creator of the books Material World, Women in the Material World and Hungry Planet.

    Peter Menzel
    Photographer whose work has appeared in Life, National Geographic, Time, Smithsonian, Geo and The New York Times Magazine, and co-creator of Hungry Planet.

    Slow Food Nation co-sponsored this exhibition with the World Affairs Council. Hungry Planet was on display at the World Affairs Council from August 28th, 2008 through November 6th, 2008, 9 am-5 pm and during other scheduled events.