CIS Feeding the World: Daniel Block

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Daniel Block, Professor in the Department of Geography at Chicago State University and director of the Fred Blum Neighborhood Assistance Center, delivers a presentation titled "Food Deserts, Food Sovereignty, and Urban Food Security" at Swift Hall on June 27, 2012. His lecture addresses the existence of food deserts, particularly in African-American communities in urban areas, and provides an overview of recent initiatives to provide access to high-quality produce and food.

Block's presentation was part of a three-day Summer Teacher Institute titled "Feeding the World: Challenges to Achieving Food Security." The Institute was presented by the University of Chicago Center for International Studies and cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies, and the Global Health Initiative.

The resources associated with this lecture can be found at:
http://cis.uchicago.edu/outreach/summerinstitute/2012/resources.shtml#block

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