Debate featuring Alex McCalla, leading agricultural economist and Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of Oakland Institute, a leading alternative think tank on global food issues.

Alex McCalla

Professor of Agricultural Economics, Emeritus University of California, Davis
Alex McCalla is best known for his research on international trade, an area in which he has published extensively. His work has been honored by the American Agricultural Economics Association, which presented him with its Quality of Communication Award in 1979 and Quality of Research Discovery Award in 1982, and elected him a fellow in 1988. Throughout his academic career McCalla was associated with the University of California, Davis, where he served as dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, associate director of the California Agricultural Experiment Station, and founding dean of the Graduate School of Management. He also directed the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the World Bank, chaired the Technical Advisory Committee of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, and was a founding member and co-convenor of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.

Anuradha Mittal

Executive Director, Oakland Institute
Anuradha Mittal, a native of India, is an internationally renowned expert on trade, development, human rights and agriculture issues. After working as the co-director of Food First/ Institute for Food and Development Policy, Mittal established the Oakland Institute, a progressive policy think tank, in 2004. She is the author and editor of numerous articles and books including America Needs Human Rights; The Future in the Balance: Essays on Globalization and Resistance; Sahel: A Prisoner of Starvation; and most recently of Food And Energy Sovereignty: Brazilian Grassroots Position on Agroenergy. Anuradha was awarded the 2007 Global Citizen Award by the UNA-USA East Bay and KPFA Peace Award in 2006.