In this series I am speaking with Dr. Kate Thornton, Director of Global Education in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn University and the Director of Research and Academic Initiatives for the Hunger Solutions Institute, as well as renowned author and journalist Roger Thurow, who is well known for his work covering global affairs for The Wall Street Journal and for being a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the series that he copenned on famine in Africa.
Contact our speakers through email:
- Dr. Kate Thornton - [email protected]
- Roger Thurow - [email protected]
Links to find Roger Thurow's three books on Amazon:
- Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty
- The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change
- The First 1,000 Days
Links to films suggest by Roger Thurow and Dr. Kate Thornton during this episode:
For more information on Auburn University's Hunger Solutions Institute
Additionally, more information can be found on the amazing Kirchner Food Fellowship website
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- Alabama County Food Guide website
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