The Natural History Museum of Utah is hosting a lecture series about food. As the population continues to increase, issues such as how we provide enough safe, nutritious food to feed the world’s inhabitants is an ever-pressing question that needs to be addressed. The museum has invited four prominent food lecturers to present about current challenges regarding the production and distribution of food. Two of the lectures have passed, however, two remain.
The next lecture, held at the Salt Lake City public library on March 23rd, will be presented by Diana Cox-Foster, a research entomologist and pollinating insects research facility located in Logan, Utah. Ms. Cox-Foster’s lecture will discuss the importance of bees to pollination, and thus, food production, and will discuss the continuing devastating rate of bee hive deaths in the past several years. Registration for this event is closed, however, standby seats may be available. Get more information here.
The final lecture will be held on April 11, 2017, with special guest Andrew Zimmern. Mr. Zimmern is an accomplished chef and three-time James Beard award winner who has made a noteworthy reputation as the guy that eats all sorts of nasty stuff on his Travel Channel show Bizarre Foods. Zimmern’s lecture topics will touch on the ways we live our lives through food, and how me might understand and make better choices for our future. Tickets are $12, or $6 with U of U I.D. More info on Zimmern’s lecture at Kingsbury Hall (and link to buy tickets) here.
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