Paul Roberts "The End of Food"

Journalist Paul Roberts goes on tour around the country to discuss his second book, “The End Of Food,” that deals with issues such as interplay of economics, technology, and the natural world.

During one of his speeches to the Commonwealth Club in California, Roberts discussed the problems with the food system. Some examples he used were the contaminated foods in circulation, people being undernourished and people being over nourished.

“So we’ve got all these problems that have been sort of circulating around, and we are all familiar with most of them,” Roberts said. “What I argue is new is that we are beginning to see that there are connections between these problems.”

During the hour of his speech Roberts touched base on each one of these topics and how each problem could be resolved. When Roberts discussed these issues he found ways to educate while entertain. When he talked about his point, the crowd would laugh at the way he brought up the issues.

Robert’s said that to solve our problems that deal with food in our economy is to recognize that our solutions have to be carefully vetted.

Towards the end of his speech the host of the presentation took questions from people that were listening to Roberts on the radio.

One of the questions asked about what qualities Roberts looks for in the food he eats, and how do you get through a meal without allowing yourself to contemplate the system that brought it to him.

“Drink heavily,” Roberts said while motioning his as if he actually was taking a drink.

Sources

Fora.tv

http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/Paul_Roberts_The_End_of_Food#chapter_19

Paul Roberts

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March 11, 2009, Journalist Paul Roberts guest speak at Washington State Univserity to discuss issues such as interplay of economics, technology, and the natural world. After having written for well known organizations such as Rolling Stone, News Week, The Washington Post, and USA Today, Roberts published two books. He published his first book in 2004 that was titled, "The End of Oil." On Wednesday Robert's will be talking about his second book, "The End of Food."

Profile Piece: LEAVING ON A JET PLANE

Marc Santiago

Email: msantiago@wsu.edu

Phone: 360-213-8792

 

Moving from place to place can be a difficult feat. Many people experience the physical and emotional pains of leaving the one place that is familiar to them. Some people do not even get a chance to call a place their home.

Sophomore Lena Seino, public relations major, has moved a lot in her life, and that does not mean just down the street or a town over, but from country to country multiple times.

Born in Hirosaki, Japan, Seino learned about the Japanese culture and how different the American culture is compared and the Japanese culture. 

“Looking back I realized the Japanese culture is very class based,” Seino said. “They respect their elders and are reserved with their emotions. That’s where I feel I acquired most of my mannerisms.” 

When Seino went to school in Japan, many of her peers called her a “Gaijin” meaning outside person.

“ I was ostracized by the other kids because my dad is Japanese and my mom is American,” she said.

When Seino turned 6 her and her family moved to Seattle. so she could pursue her education in a safer environment. However, she did not know that it would just as hard in the United States.

“When I started first-grade, the kids called me the Japanese girl,” she said. Seino could not understand why she could not be accepted as being both races. It made her adolescent years difficult. 

Before her fifth-grade year Seino’s parents had told her they were moving once again, but this time to Mandeville, Jamaica because of her dad’s job. She left all of her friends and the relationships that she had previously built and started over. 

Seino quickly learned how to easily make connections with people and then disconnect herself at a very young age.

“I couldn’t let myself get too attached to people because it just made moving so much more stressful,” she said.

Lena Seino’s sorority sister, Eleanor Liebhaber, senior public relations major, said that Seino is one of the most outgoing people she has ever met.

“Lena is always quick to mingle with people when we go out,” Liebhaber said. “She just doesn’t care what people think of her.”

 “I learned to be independent at a young age,” Seino said. “A lot of who I am now is because of all the moving I have done in my life.”

Seino hopes to work with a company that deals with global issues. Moving around the world  has made her aware of different cultures and different ways of life.

After living in Jamaica for a year, Seino and her family moved to Woodinville, Wash. where she has currently lived for 10 years.

“After the first couple of years of living in Woodinville, I felt a sense of relief,” she explained. “ There is a great satisfaction I knowing that I finally have a place to call home.”

 

 

Contact Information

Lena Seino

seino@wsu.edu

206-817-1167

Eleanor Liebhaber

eliebhaber@hotmail.com

425-280-4287

Janice Seino

J.seino@comcast.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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