"Is This the End of Animal Agriculture?: The History of Alternative Proteins" with Dr. Adrienne Bitar (North Campus Sustainability Series)

Adrienne Bitar is a lecturer of food studies in the Program in American Studies at Cornell University and the author of Diet and the Disease of Civilization (Rutgers UP, 2018).  In this talk, she will situate the current push to end animal agriculture and develop alternative proteins in the storied American history of meatless meat. From John Harvey Kellogg to Herbert Hoover, Americans have long been invested in creating meat without animals for far different reasons and to far different ends. Using primary sources, Bitar will illustrate the cultural history of both meat and meatless meat, and the many challenges we have faced to incorporate meatless meat into the American diet.

Join Adrienne Bitar and Donlon Hall faculty-in-residence Jed Sparks for dinner and conversation immediately following the talk.

This event is part of the North Campus Sustainability Series and is sponsored by Faculty Living-Learning Programs. 

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Co-hosted with: Balch Hall, Ujamaa Residential College, Latino Living Center, Mary Donlon Hall, Court-Kay-Bauer Hall, Townhouse Community, The High Rises: Jameson Hall and High Rise 5, Mews and Loving House: the LGBTQ+ Living Learning Unit, Clara Dickson Hall, Risley Residential College, Low Rises 6 & 7, Ecology House - Hurlburt Residential College for Environmental Education and Awareness, Akwe:kon, Just About Music Program House, Holland International Living Center, The Multicultural Living Learning Unit (McLLU), Toni Morrison Hall, Ganędagǫ: Hall, North Campus Faculty Living-Learning Programs (OWNER), Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall, Barbara McClintock Hall, Hu Shih Hall

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