In conversation with Jan Hines at Morristown & Morris Township Library, 2:30 pm to 3:10 pm
About the author
Roger Thurow is a journalist and author who writes about the persistence of hunger and malnutrition in our world. He was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal for thirty years, twenty of them as a foreign correspondent based in Europe and Africa. He is, with Scott Kilman, the author of Enough, which won the Harry Chapin WhyHunger book award. Roger is also the author of The Last Hunger Season; The First 1,000 Days; and, Against the Grain. He is a recipient of Action Against Hunger’s Humanitarian Award. He and his wife Anne live in Auburn, Alabama.
MFOB featured book: Against the Grain
Against the Grain is a narrative of family farmers around the world who are confronting the collision of humanity’s two supreme imperatives: Nourishing us all and preserving the planet from the very consequences of growing our food. They have seen how their modern agriculture practices have turned on them, depleting their soils and water sources, altering their climate and environment, imperiling their ability to nourish their families, and ours. Their stories take readers on a transcontinental journey through their pioneering efforts to work with nature, heal their land, and ensure the viability of their farms for generations to come.
