Events: detail
Seminar & Screening of Potato: Hidden Treasure
- Hosted by:
- Canning House
- Speaker:
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Sandy Knapp, Natural History Museum
Jim Godfrey, Chairman of Centro Internacional de Papas in Lima
Henry Hobhouse, historian and author of Seeds of Change and Seeds of Wealth
- Starts:
- June 17, 2008 at 06:30 pm
- Ends:
- June 17, 2008 at 07:30 pm
- Location:
- Canning House, , 2 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8PJ United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
2008 is the UN International Year of the Potato. To celebrate this remarkable tuber, three specialists come together for an invaluable discussion on the botany, history and role of the potato in helping to alleviate poverty, improve food security and promote economic development. Dr. Sandy Knapp is a botanist at the Natural History Museum and specializes in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family; Jim Godfrey is Chairman of Centro Internacional de Papas in Lima and Henry Hobhouse is a historian and author of Seeds of Change and Seeds of Wealth.
The seminar will be preceded by a screening of the award-winning short Sawasiray-Pitusiray directed by Mariana Herrera, and followed by Peruvian potato feast.
Thank you to Orient Express and the Embassy of Peru.
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- No
Additional information
Tickets: £8.51 (£10.00 incl. VAT) / Members: £5.11 (£6.00 incl. VAT)
For more information
- Contact person:
- Canning House
- Phone:
- 020 7235 2303
- Email:
- enquiries [ at ] canninghouse.com
- Website:
- Seminar & Screening of Potato: Hidden Treasure
