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(Originally published by Jyati Ghosh, Project Syndicate)
Today’s food problem is not absolute scarcity. It is that food is so unequally distributed and irrationally consumed that the world’s most deprived people die or suffer from cognitive impairment because of undernutrition, while others face death or disease because of obesity.
Read more(Originally published by Eva Perroni, Civil Eats)
From remote villages in Malawi, Mexico, and India to ethanol refineries and industrial hog factories in the American heartland, Tim Wise has spent great deal of the last several years thinking about the big picture of food and farming.
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A book that should be a required read for public policy makers related to seeds, farming and food as well as farmers and consumers has just been published.
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Put the focus on small-scale farmers using eco-friendly agriculture, argues a new book by a Tufts researcher
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On February 6, 2019 some 200 students, faculty, activists, and community members crowded into Tishman Auditorium at The New School in New York City to hear Vandana Shiva, Mark Bittman, and author Timothy A. Wise discuss the battle for the future of food.
Read more(Originally published by Nnimmo Bassey, Leadership)
The reality of rampant unemployment and underemployment creates a situation where many make decisions based on what they believe would enhance their chance of survival. If this is the basis for decision making of the majority of citizens in any community or nation, the chance of catering to their best interest is highly diminished.
Read moreIn Mozambique’s lovely capital city of Maputo, the afternoon temperature had just hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Maputo is in the tropics, but this was October 2017, its springtime, and no one could remember a hotter October day.
Read moreIt felt ominous when I was in Iowa in March that both Iowa and Mozambique were underwater from cyclone-induced flooding widely attributed to climate change… (Read full article)
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A mobilized farmers’ movement will expect and demand action on key planks in their platform to revitalize rural Mexico. Soon after López Obrador takes office on December 1, they expect quick action on several key issues.
Read more(Originally published by Katherine Walla, Food Tank)
Food Tank is highlighting 21 books on food, agriculture, and environment to inspire readers of all ages to get in on the National Reading Month celebrations
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