“World of Soy": Its contribution to the future of food and eating habits  A discussion of the book “The World of Soy”, edited by Christine M. DuBois, Chee-Beng Tan and Sidney Mintz.
"The World of Soy" brings together an international group of expert food specialists—including an agricultural economist, an agricultural sociologist, a former Peace Corps development expert, and numerous food anthropologists and agricultural historian—to discuss important issues central to soy production and consumption: genetically engineered soybeans, increasing soybean cultivation, soy food marketing techniques, the use of soybeans as an important soil restorative, and the rendering of soybeans for human consumption.
Copies of the book will be for sale and the editors will be available for signing.
Light reception will follow in the Courtyard
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