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Museum of the African Diaspora Unveils New Exhibition Hungry Planet: What the World Eats October 11, 2007 Through January 20, 2008

Posted on: Friday, 12 October 2007, 21:00 CDT

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) will host Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, a photographic exploration of how globalization, migration, and rising affluence are affecting the diets of communities worldwide. Hungry Planet opens October 11, 2007 through January 20, 2008. This exhibition will underscore MoAD's emphasis on the significance of "Culinary Traditions," which, as the subject of one of the museum's permanent exhibitions, engages visitors by inviting them to gain an enhanced perspective on what they eat, its nutritional value, and where it comes from.

Featuring the work of Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, Hungry Planet presents a photographic study of families from around the world that reveals what people eat during the course of one week. To assemble this comparison, the photographer and writer traveled to 24 countries and visited 30 families from Bhutan and Bosnia to Mexico and Mongolia. Each family's profile details their weekly food purchases and includes photographs of them in their respective communities, at market, and at home surrounded by a week's worth of groceries.

By developing themes and ideas explored in its "Culinary Traditions" permanent exhibit, MoAD will use Hungry Planet: What the World Eats to engage audiences in a dialogue surrounding the worldwide industrialization of food sources and its impact on the health, diet, and food choices of families all over the globe.

Through a varied schedule of public programs and in-gallery activities, MoAD will also offer visitors unique opportunities to engage with the themes presented in the exhibition. Panel discussions with health, agriculture, and food professionals will explore the links between sustainable agricultural practices and healthy food choices. Book signings and guest lecturers will add a broad array of informative opinions and expert perspectives. The special programs presented by MoAD in conjunction with the Hungry Planet exhibition will include (schedule subject to change, visit http://www.moadsf.org/ for latest updates):

-- Saturday, October 20 -- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. PG&E sponsors Family Day -- Free admission and family-friendly, hands-on activities. -- Saturday, November 3 -- 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Healthy Eating Active Living presented by Eco Village Farm Learning Center and West County Healthy Eating and Living (HEAL) Program. -- Saturday, November 17 -- 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Join Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, authors of Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, when they talk about their work on the book as well as upcoming projects -- Free with Museum admission. -- Saturday, December 1 -- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Target Community Day at MoAD -- Free admission and family-friendly, hands-on activities. -- Saturday, December 8 -- 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The African American Farmer as Endangered Species presented by African American Farmers Association, Southern Farmers Federation, and Mo' Better Foods. -- Saturday, December 15 -- 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Farm Bill ... How It Impacts My Life, presented by Food First and California Food and Justice Coalition. -- Friday, January 11, 2008 -- 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Panel discussion and reception hosted by Roots of Change.

Teachers interested in arranging classroom tours should call MoAD's Education Department at (415) 318-7151. For additional details and other programming, please visit: http://www.moadsf.org/.

Credit and Organization

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats was organized and produced by Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in cooperation with Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio.

Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

The Museum of the African Diaspora is located at 685 Mission Street in the heart of San Francisco's burgeoning museum district. The 20,000 square foot space is an international museum committed to showcasing the "best of the best" from the African Diaspora. To facilitate this, MoAD reaches out and initiates collaborative ventures with institutions of similar vision from around the world.

Drawing from the collections of other museums, institutes, organizations, universities, and private citizens, MoAD uses objects of art and culture as catalysts to tell the story of the African Diaspora past and present. MoAD is a collector of stories -- a repository of information to be shared with all who wish to know about the African Diaspora -- a virtual crossroads for people from around the globe.

Embracing the newest applications in media technology, MoAD features multimedia theaters and interactive, immersive exhibitions. This coupling of art, culture and technology enables MoAD to bring Africa, the African Diaspora and the world community closer together. Museum visitors and those experiencing MoAD through the Internet can exchange histories and stories, share and debate viewpoints, and find common expression in the many kinds of experiences that MoAD provides.

The Museum of the African Diaspora is located in the St. Regis Hotel at 685 Mission Street near Third Street in San Francisco, California. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (closed Monday and Tuesday) and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. For more information, visit http://www.moadsf.org/ or call (415) 358-7200.

Museum of the African Diaspora

CONTACT: Thomas Kendrick of Museum of the African Diaspora,+1-415-358-7214, tpk@moadsf.org

Web site: http://www.moadsf.org/

Source: PRNewswire

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