Rudd Center Releases Media Advisory

In the discussion of obesity and climate change, framing is everything. A letter in the medical journal the Lancet suggests that obese people are contributing significantly to global waming. In response, the Rudd Center has released a media advisory expressing the need to emphasize the social conditions that create obesity, rather than to blame obese people for environmental decline and thereby perpetuate weight stigma.

Upcoming Rudd Center Seminar: May 21st

Please join us for our next seminar, featuring Neil D. Hamilton, JD, on Wednesday, May 21, at 12:30pm. Dr. Hamilton serves as Director of the Agricultural Law Center and Opperman Chair of Law at Drake University Law School. An expert on environmental regulation of agriculture and the connections between food and the law, he will speaking to the Rudd Center about Food Democracy: The Role of Law in Shaping America's Diet.

Michael Pollan Records Podcast with Kelly Brownell

The Rudd Center is pleased to offer a brand new podcast with best-selling author, esteemed journalist and prominent food policy advocate Michael Pollan. In this meeting of the minds, Rudd Center Director Kelly Brownell talks to Michael Pollan about our current food landscape and what needs to be done to effect lasting, positive change.