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2013, June 5

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Register for the finale of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2013
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2013, May 6

Q&A with prof Louise Fresco: Hamburgers in Paradise

Interview UvA in the spotlight | pdf | UvA web

2013, Mar 22

The Hamburger Scenes

Fresco and Westerik will discuss the hamburger using fragments from feature films and documentaries, with Andy Warhol’s circumspect consumption of a hamburger promising to be a highlight. FoodFilmFestival | web

2013, Mar 21

Prof. Louise O. Fresco has been appointed honorary member of the Royal Institute of Engineers in the Netherlands (KIVI NIRIA)

In his speech, Martin van Pernis, president of KIVI NIRIA, expressed his appreciation for the significant contributions Fresco has made to sustainability issues from a social context. As an engineer, Fresco stresses the role of technology and science in a balanced way. She is capable of entering into dialogue with everyone in an effortless fashion and elevating the discussion to global level.
KIVI NIRIA is the Dutch association for engineers and engineering students, and provides opportunities to develop knowledge and share it with other professionals. The promotion of technology in society is one of the spearheads of KIVI NIRIA | web

2013, Mar 15

Louise O. Fresco wins Dies award for outstanding alumnus of Wageningen University

web | pdf of speech: A treaty on animal production and other revisions in the Book of Agriculture and Food

2013, Mar 5

Louise Fresco on European fear of global change in agriculture

African Technology Development Forum | blog

2013, Feb 28

Mouthwatering Movies

Food Film Festival, Amsterdam | weblog

2013, Feb 22

The GMO Stalemate in Europe - Science Magazine

Editorial by Louise O. Fresco | sciencemag.org | pdf

2013, 11 Feb

The Private Sector and Sustainable Growth

Jan Peter Balkenende, former Dutch Prime Minister, Partner at Ernst & Young, and Chair of the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition delivered the SID Lecture ‘The Private Sector and Sustainable Growth’. Louise O. Fresco, shared her comments and led the discussion with the audience| pdf

2013, Jan 28

Food, Scarcity and Abundance

Lecture Louise O. Fresco at the 200th Commemorative Meeting of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry
video (lecture on this video starts at 16:42) | pdf of speech | blog

2012, Dec 9

Where Are We Going and How Can We Get There?

Panel discussion at Genetics in Agriculture and the Environment, Nobel Week Dialogue, Stockholm | web

2012, Dec 7

Louise Fresco, the Idealist – A short Q&A

Interview - Nobel Week Dialogue, Stockholm | pdf | web

2012, Oct 30

The Future of Food

Presentation first copy of new book by Adjiedj Bakas | video

2012, Oct 11

Primeval Landscapes, Deep Time

Essay in Ideal Real Landscape or Real Ideal Landscape, Willem Sanders | web | pdf

2012 Oct 5

Hamburgers in Paradise. Food in times of Scarcity and Abundance

The new book of Louise O. Fresco reflects three decades of travels throughout the world in search of how food is produced, how it is consumed and how we can use the lessons of the past to design food systems of the future. (synopsis) | pdf | more books of Louise O. Fresco

2012, Aug 31

Opportunities and dilemmas of a bio-based economy

Comment on "Food vs fuel is corny" by Economist contributing editor Dougal Thomson, The Economist Group, ManagementThinkingBlog | web | pdf

2012, Apr 13

A Lord and His Land. Jan van Heek, Forester and Conservationist

Exhibition Huis Bergh, Through 1 March 2013 | web

2012, Feb 8

Embracing the Opportunities of Public-Private Partnerships

Economist Conferences: Embracing the Opportunities of Public-Private Partnerships | video

2012

Two Types of Curiosity

Article in 380 Years Curiosity, University of Amsterdam | pdf

2011

Michael Pollan's Misguided Food Nostalgia

Article in Zesterdaily | web

2011-12

Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

Prof. dr. ir. Louise O. Fresco, Chair of the Netherlands Platform Rio+20 | web

2010

Climate change assessment.
Review of the processes and procedures of the IPCC

Report by the InterAcademy Council’s international scientific team appointed by the United Nations to investigate the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | web

2010

Neither Fish nor Flesh

Lecture and discussion in English, ESMT, Germany | web

2009

Louise O. Fresco on feeding the whole world

Performance TED, U.S.A. | video

Hamburgers in Paradise
Food in Times of
Scarcity and Abundance