UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Richard J. Sexton, distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, will present this year's M.E. John Memorial Lecture at Penn State University Park on Friday, April 17, from 2 to 3 p.m. The M.E. John Memorial Lecture, held every spring since 1981, is the signature talk of the M.E. John Memorial Seminar Series and hosted by the Penn State Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education.
The lecture will take place at the Nittany Lion Inn in the Mt. Nittany Room, as well as virtually over Zoom.
Sexton’s session, titled “Challenges to Feeding the World in the 21st Century,” will discuss the current challenges of feeding the world and chronicle how contemporary food policies imperil food security and exacerbate environmental challenges associated with food production. The presentation will also identify “win-win” strategies that could prevent future hunger and environmental degradation.
The M.E. John Memorial Lecture is sponsored annually by the friends and family of the late Macklin E. John and the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education at Penn State.
The purpose of the lecture, as well as the wider M.E. John Memorial Seminar Series, is to increase understanding of important historical, current and emerging social science and public policy issues important to rural people and places in Pennsylvania, across the United States and internationally.
If attending the lecture virtually, please log into Zoom using this link and use the passcode: 647453.