Thursday Jul 03, 2014

The Gary Null Show - 07/03/14

The false belief that corporate land grabs will increase the world’s food supply and the role of the US government in land and water acquisition in developing countries

Anuradha Mittal is the founder and executive director of the Oakland Institute – a think tank promoting policies in social justice and the environment . She is an internationally renowned expert on trade, development, human rights and agriculture issues. She has received several awards and was named as the Most Valuable Thinker in 2008 by the Nation magazine.

Anu has authored and edited numerous books and reports including The Great Land Grab; Voices from Africa: African Farmers and Environmentalists Speak out Against a New Green Revolution; The Future in the Balance: Essays on Globalization and Resistance.

She has addressed the Congress and the United Nations, and has given several hundred keynote addresses. She sits on the board and advisory committees of several non profit organizations including the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize) and the International Forum on Globalization.  Her website is OaklandInstitute.org

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