Food and the City: Building Fairer, More Sustainable Urban Food Systems

WED 4 MARCH, 19:30
Lecture hall, Nassaustraat 36, Venlo

Madhura Rao, PhD
Assistant Professor of Food Systems Governance, Planetary Health Group, System Earth Science, UM

From street vendors to fine dining, and from local, seasonal produce to exotic foods flown in from around the world, eating in a city means experiencing many worlds at once. But as our cities continue to expand, the systems that feed it are struggling to keep up. In this lecture, Madhura Rao takes a closer look at what it really means to eat well in a city, and explores how the growing challenge of feeding urban populations can be met in ways that lead to a healthier, more equitable, and sustainable future.