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Significant levels of food loss and waste continue to have negative impacts on food security and the environment, and Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which aims to halve food loss and waste worldwide by 2030, remains out of reach. Join us on “12.3 Day” 2025 to take stock of efforts and opportunities to make progress toward this important goal. Organized by the Embassy of Denmark in Washington, DC, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the World Resources Institute (WRI), this event will examine commitments and best practices implemented around the world; and most importantly, explore how to go from big promises to real, tangible actions to reduce food loss and waste. We will discuss: National Commitments in Global Forums. 2025 is a significant year for multilateral global efforts to tackle climate change and bolster food systems. Countries are submitting new Nationally Determined Contributions prior to COP30 and Food Systems Transformation Action Plans prior to the UN Food Systems Summit +4, presenting a unique opportunity to embed food loss and waste in national plans while also laying the groundwork for implementation. Corporate Commitments. 13 large food retailers and their suppliers have committed to the 10x20x30 Food Loss and Waste Initiative, which aims to slash food waste across supply chains. Many are demonstrating real results, giving a look at how businesses can effectively team up to scale action. Evidence-Based Solutions One Third, established in 2015 by the Danish government as the first think tank solely dedicated to reducing food loss and waste, has gathered evidence on effective solutions and how to scale them. This virtual event is free and open to the public to attend. Please share this event with interested colleagues and networks. Welcome Remarks Brian Lipinski, Associate II, Food Program, World Resources Institute (WRI) Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI; Member, Champions 12.3 Leadership Group Alan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Presentations Jacob Jensen, The Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark (Video Remarks) Anne Bordier, Director of Food Initiatives, World Resources Institute (WRI) Panelists Lea Stoustrup Brandt, Special Advisor / Head of Secretariat, OneThird Carolyne Maina, Program Director, Technoserve Inc, NutriSave Program Moderator Brian Lipinski, Associate II, Food Program, World Resources Institute (WRI) Links: More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/no-time-to-waste-moving-from-commitments-to-action-on-food-loss-and-waste/ Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

*We are back! Subscribe to our YouTube channel, 'Keeping Up With The Windsors' to watch us live each week talking about the British Royal Family.  M+R Xoxo   Hi Royal Community, Well, whilst we take a break from weekly uploading, we have listened and decided to release those archived episodes that you have been asking for.  So, over the coming weeks, we will be re-releasing these episodes to keep you entertained. We hope you enjoy!   But....with re-released episodes comes caveats.... *Remember our opinions, beliefs and feelings may have changed on the subject since this originally aired.  **The information could have been updated, social handles and/or Royal titles changed, and our dearly beloved Queen Elizabeth II may possibly still have been alive when this was recorded so please note the time difference.  ***Episode 21 was recorded on the 29th July 2021 and first uploaded on the 31st July 2021.   As always please leave us a comment, email us or head to Instagram and get involved there.                                          ........................................... In today's Royal Round-up What do the British Royal family do for their summer holidays? Who is invited to Balmoral? What do the Royal family do in Balmoral? The Royal Socilas show their support for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympic Games and for the upcoming Commonwealth games Lady Kitty Spencer's wedding has sparked controversy, but why? And, what do we think of the HBO Max new satire comedy based on Prince George?   

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Philip Lymbery is Chief Executive of leading international farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming, as well as being a Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester, award-winning author and animal advocate. He was appointed an ambassadorial ‘Champion' for the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. He has played a leading role in many major animal welfare reforms, including Europe-wide bans on veal crates for calves and barren battery cages for laying hens. He has also spearheaded Compassion's engagement with more than 1,000 food companies worldwide, leading to significant improvements in the lives of more than two billion farm animals every year. His first book Farmageddon was listed as a Book of the Year by The Times, while the second book in the trilogy, Dead Zone, was selected as a ‘Must Read' by the Daily Mail. His third book was the highly acclaimed Sixty Harvests Left. His new book is Cultivated Meat: To Secure Our Future. With thanks for your support for 5x15 online! Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

SPECIAL EVENT From Commitments to Impact: Analyzing the Global Commitments Toward Promoting Food Security and Healthy Diets Co-organized by IFPRI and The Rockefeller Foundation FEB 6, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EST Since the mid-2010s, progress in reducing food insecurity and improving diet quality has stalled. Multiple shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, have exacerbated the situation and put Sustainable Development Goal 2 on Zero Hunger further out of reach. There have been many calls for action to address the food and diets crisis facing vulnerable people around the world. The private sector has been called on to invest in transforming food systems—at an annual rate of $320 billion—while the development banks have been asked to align financial incentives with food system-related goals. While some of these actors have stepped up, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) opening of a food shock window to channel funds to countries beset by crisis, ultimately, progress depends on governments. National governments are responsible, and can be held accountable, for ensuring food security; healthy, diverse diets; and stable, dignified livelihoods, for their populations. Since the SDGs were announced in 2015, governments in both high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries have made commitments to actions to address food insecurity and poor diets by 2030, including at the UN General Assembly, the World Health Assembly, the G-20, and the UN Food Systems Summit. What remains uncertain at this midway point is which commitments and actions are most salient, whether and how much global and linked national commitments are both fit-for-purpose and fit for the future, and to what extent these commitments have the potential to address known challenges to achieving SDG goals on food security and healthy diets. This seminar will shed light on commitments already made, share research results on the potential of current commitments to achieve a focused set of food and nutrition security goals, and foster continued dialogue with global advocacy partners. A brunch reception will follow the presentations. Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Catherine Bertini, Managing Director, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation Report Findings Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Global Scenarios for Food Security: An imperative for action Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI), IFPRI From Commitments to Impact Christina Zorbas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition in the Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University Shoba Suri, Senior Fellow, Health Initiative, Observer Research Foundation Elyse Iruhiriye, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI Implications of Findings Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Panelists Mwandwe Chileshe, Director, Food Security Nutrition and Agriculture, Global Citizen Oliver Camp, Environment and Food Systems Advocacy Advisor, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Alexandre Brecher, Communications and Advocacy Advisor, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Pedro Vormittag, Deputy Director for External Relations, Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI) Moderators Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Asma Lateef, Policy and Advocacy Lead, SDG2 Advocacy Hub Links: The Rockefeller Foundation: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/ From Promises To Action: Analyzing Global Commitments On Food Security And Diets Since 2015: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/c700ac9e-1b22-4319-b285-7e14e395b566 The SDGs And Food System Challenges: Global Trends And Scenarios Toward 2030: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/2961e6f2-5da4-41b4-80fe-8c61a02072a6

In this episode: UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment closes in Rome with a strong commitment to foster agrifood system transformation, encouraging progress in safeguarding mangroves worldwide, according to a new FAO report, and FAO's Director of Food Systems and Food Safety, Corinna Hawkes, explores the potential of agrifood systems in an exclusive interview. Producer: Lis Sánchez Presenter: Ruki Inoshita Sound: Eric Deleu ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano 

In Rom tagt der UN Food Systems Summit, ein Gipfel zur Hungerbekämpfung. "Das Ziel ist, dass die Länder wieder selbst genügend Nahrungsmittel produzieren, um sich zu versorgen", sagt Jochen Flasbarth (SPD), Staatssekretär im Entwicklungsministerium. Von WDR5.

“I know more now than I ever knew before, it's far worse than I ever imagined it could be, but I actually have more hope now than I ever had that we can actually do something about it.” These are the words of our guest today, Thomas O'Connor. Thomas is a farmer and small business owner from Kerry, Ireland, and a spokesperson for the Irish farming organisation Talamh Beo https://talamhbeo.ie Ciaran and Thomas discuss geopolitical instability and feeding people in times of global supply chain disruptions food security vs food sovereignty the importance of animal-inclusive food systems the role of soil health how to make Irish farming make resilient what regular people can do to improve food sovereignty, and much more. Feel free to start listening/watching straight away. However, if you'd like to know more, the writing below is a 2-3-minute read by Ciarán that offers some background information. Why is a philosophy podcast like ours doing an episode on farming? On one level, it is very simple: “No Farms, No Food”. This is a slogan of the Dutch farmers who are being scapegoated as villains, and who have even been associated with the “far right” by the influential journalist George Monbiot. Monbiot, an anti-livestock and pro-technology vegan activist who want us to eat hyper-processed fake meats made using “precision fermentation”, did an interview recently on Politics Joe in which he used the phrase “far right” at least a dozen times when discussing the Dutch farming protests. Moreover, he explicitly linked support for the farmers with Nazi “blood and soil” ideology. This is madness. The Dutch farmers feed millions and millions of people at a time of increasing geopolitical instability and worsening global food shortages. Thomas Fazi, in a recent piece for Unherd, brilliantly outlines key points around the attacks on farmers worldwide. He also explains the global consequences of “the Dutch government's proposal to cut nitrogen emissions by 50% in the country's farming sector by 2030”, at a time when “almost a billion people around the world are still affected by hunger”. And Vandana Shiva, the Indian environmentalist, social activist, and author, has also offered support for the Dutch farmers. Shiva recently described what is going on in Holland as a “farmers-citizen movement”, and said that citizens of the Netherlands “don't want their economy, their land, their country hijacked” by massive financial interests who want to centralize control over food and land because this “is where the future profits are seen by the billionaires.” And as can be seen in Ireland too, with continued attacks here on the agricultural industry that seem to have no regard for where our actual food will come from, the Dutch are the canaries in the coal mine. Then on another level, farming isn't just about the production of Calories. “Whose food you eat,” says Thomas in our chat, “their slave you are.” Thomas unpacked this statement throughout our discussion when he described how Talamh Beo, which means “Living land”, focuses on food sovereignty rather than just food security. While food security is about ensuring you have a minimum caloric value to stay alive, food sovereignty is about much more than that. Food sovereignty is about local production, nutrient-dense food, and culture, which all relate to wider ecological stewardship. This focus on food sovereignty is inspired by La Via Campesina.   La Via Campesina (LVC) is affiliated with farming organizations worldwide and has hundreds of millions of members. LVC represents the small-scale farmers who produce the majority of the world's food, and who have come together to resist corporate capture by big business. In a position paper from 2021 on the UN Food Systems Summit, LVC shines a light on the corporate capture they are pushing back against: “We believe it is essential to oppose the corporate capture of food systems because global agribusiness supports the imposition of financial and market paradigms to food production and distribution. This logic created the 2008 food crisis and has continued to negatively affect small-scale food producers and people, in general, all over the world.” LVC goes on to describe how “more and more UN policies” have been putting the “private interests and speculation” of transnational corporate entities above the interest of the public. These powerful transnational corporate interests, what we might call Big Food Oligarchs (BFOs), don't want localized, independent, resilient, community-based food production and distribution networks. BFOs want globalised, dependent, fragile and atomized consumers that they can assimilate into their market share and feed off of like vampires. In our conversation, Thomas describes what can be done to resist this machine: “My Dad used to say that ‘you came into the world the way it is, the best you can do is to change it a little bit.' So we're not responsible for the reality we came into, but we're definitely responsible for how we interact with that reality…We used to be custodians and part of the living landscape; we can be again.” I hope that was useful. Please enjoy this episode of the Learning to Die podcast.   Check us out at www.learningtodie.com.au  for all episodes and links to the YouTube video versions. The YouTube version of this episode has a video and some slides. Contact us at ian@learningtodie.com.au or ciaran@learningtodie.com.au.                

POLICY SEMINAR Science and Innovation for Food Systems Transformation – follow up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit In cooperation with the former Scientific Group of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit APR 11, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT The UN Food Systems Summit held in September 2021 was first of its kind in several respects: it was the first UN summit to focus on food systems, the first food-related summit involving heads of state in the UN General Assembly, and the first such summit that was informed by an independent Scientific Group. Food systems require ongoing attention, as evidenced by the widespread repercussions of the Ukraine crisis and the focus on food systems at COP27. A UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, established in early 2022, coordinates follow-up to the summit, including facilitation of food systems transformation pathways at the country level, and will organize the first biannual stocktaking of the summit outcomes and follow-up actions in 2023. Please join us as we bring together members of the UNFSS Scientific Group, the Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, and the Managing Director of the CGIAR Science Group on Systems Transformation to explore scientific findings that inform food systems transformation and point to research gaps, and examine food systems governance and the role of global institutions in shepherding food systems transformation. Welcoming Remarks Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Setting the Context / What Is at Stake Joachim von Braun, Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group 2021; Professor, Economic and Technological Change at Center for Development Research (ZEF) Reflections from the 2021 UNFSS Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit Agnes Kalibata, President, AGRA A Preview of the 2023 UNFSS Stocktaking Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub; Director, Office of Sustainable Development Goals, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (video recording) Bringing together scientific expertise to advance food systems transformation Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan, Vice Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group; World Academy of Sciences Food systems transformation for advancing nutrition and health Kaosar Afsana, Vice Chair of the UNFSS Scientific Group; James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Prioritizing scientific evidence to inform food systems transformation Ismahane Elouafi, member of the UNFSS Scientific Group; Chief Scientist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) The role of the CGIAR in advancing food systems transformation / How to advance on food systems transformation in fragile settings/amid crises? Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI Links: Science And Innovations For Food Systems Transformation Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5 More about this seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/science-and-innovations-food-systems-transformation-%E2%80%93-un-food-systems-summit-2021-and-what Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Ph.D. is the Chief Scientist at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations ( https://www.fao.org/about/leadership/elouafi ). The FAO is an organization that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Dr. Elouafi leads the scientific mission of the organization, advocating for diversifying into neglected and underutilized crops, promoting use of non-fresh water in agriculture, rethinking food systems as a whole, and empowerment of women in science ( https://www.fao.org/science-technology-and-innovation/en ). From 2012 until her appointment at FAO, Dr. Elouafi was Director General at the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture based in the United Arab Emirates. In this role, she spearheaded the development and implementation of the center's long-term strategy and expanded its mandate to marginal environments, an agroecosystem concept which she helped to mainstream in the global research and development discourse. Dr. Elouafi had previously held senior scientific and leadership positions, including Senior Adviser to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Branch in Ottawa, Canada (2006-2007); the National Manager of Plant Research Section (2007-2010); and Director of Research Management and Partnerships Division at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (2010-2012). Dr. Elouafi had also worked as a scientist with several international research organizations, including the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. Dr. Elouafi has been a member of various strategy expert panels and advisory groups, including with the Global Commission on Adaptation and HarvestPlus. Dr. Elouafi sits on the boards of the International Food Policy Research Institute, the USA; the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International, the UK; and the Professional Development Institute, Canada. Dr. Elouafi is also a member of the Scientific Group for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) System Management Board. Dr. Elouafi's contributions to science and policy have been recognized with a number of prestigious awards and accolades, including the National Reward Medal by His Majesty Mohamed VI, the King of Morocco (2014), and the Excellence in Science Award from the Global Thinkers Forum (2014). Dr. Elouafi holds a B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences (1993) and an M.Sc. in Genetics and Plant Breeding (1995) from the Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, Morocco, and a Ph.D. in Genetics (2001) from the University of Cordoba, Spain. Support the show

This week, Sophie Lawrence, Stewardship and Engagement Lead at Rathbone Greenbank Investments is our guest presenter. She was one of the guests who spoke at The Food Foundation's Investor Summit, Putting Money on the Menu, which was the first of its kind to explore how the investment community can transform the UK food system.Following the UN Food Systems Summit and the release of the National Food Strategy in 2021, an Investor Coalition on Food Policy was created, initially set up by Rathbone Greenbank, with support from Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation and the Food Foundation. The Coalition, which now represents over 20 investors with over £6 trillion in assets under management is focused on the UK to begin with and exists to harness the power of the investment community to engage with policymakers on food policy. Sophie finds out what investors could mean to the future of the food system, with Tim Benton from the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House, Jessica Attard from ShareAction, Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl, Secretary-General at the Vegetarian Society of Denmark and Director of Policy Initiatives at the International Vegetarian Union, Morten Fenger of Organic Plant Protein in Denmark and Stuart Lendrum, head of product and process at Iceland. To find out more about the Coalition, click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is the corporate food regime? And are we still living in it? We put these questions to our guest Phliip McMichael, emeritus professor at Cornell University who, alongside Harriet Friedman, coined the term Food Regime in 1989. In our conversation we talk about how a historical sociologist thinks about power, what voices were included and excluded in the dialogues leading up to the UN Food Systems Summit, and we flesh out Philip's view of what a more relocalized food system would look like.For more info and transcript, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode37

In this episode, we're joined by Vijay Kumar Thallam, a farm leader in the Andhra Pradesh region of India. What does it look like to rely on biology, fermentation, and place-based resources to feed people at scale? This seems to be the million dollar question for folks in regenerative agriculture, permaculture, and so on. Andhra Pradesh is doing it and showing what these systems can look like. Andhra Pradesh addresses this issue by focusing on building women's cooperatives that are organized federationally, which guides food systems in local communities. This episode is a special one that everyone should be listening closely to. Vijay Thallam is Executive Vice Chairman of the Indian non-profit Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, which focuses on organic agriculture; and an advisor on agriculture and cooperation to the state Government of Andhra Pradesh. After 37 years in government, Thallam took that experience to work with large-scale community mobilization and promotion of livelihoods of rural women, tribal communities and farmers. He served a record 10 years as CEO of the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty in Andhra Pradesh and led the mobilization and empowerment of 11.5 million rural poor women into thrift and credit based self-help groups, so they could move out of poverty. During the past five years, he has led a movement for climate-resilient, community managed natural farming, also known as Zero Budget Natural Farming. In 2020, it was renamed as Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming. Thallam was appointed as the Vice Chair of the Champions Network for the UN Food Systems Summit.   You can follow their story on Facebook: Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming Twitter & Instagram: @APZBNF https://apcnf.in/     To support this podcast, join our patreon for early episode access at www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac For more information and updates, visit www.poorproles.com and subscribe to our e-mail list.

LAUNCH EVENT Tracking and promoting progress on gender equality: Emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities from the 2022 Global Food 5050 Report 2022 Borlaug Dialogue Side Event Co-organized by Global Health 5050, IFPRI, and UN Women OCT 18, 2022 - 8:00 TO 9:30AM EDT Established in the lead-up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, the Global Food 50/50 initiative is a response to stakeholder demands for a global food system that is accountable for progress toward gender equality. This event will mark the launch of the second annual Global Food 50/50 Report, which provides data and analysis on the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 51 global food system organizations. The Report shines a light on the progress, and lack of progress, made by food organizations in promoting diversity and equality in their leadership and decision-making and in putting gender equality at the heart of their work. This year, in 2022, we complemented our annual leadership analysis with a study of the board members of governing bodies. The data reveals not only gender inequalities in board representation, but that board seats are also dominated by nationals from high-income countries. The Report asserts that this skewed distribution of power and privilege undermines global efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. This launch event seminar will present the report's findings and explore how this accountability mechanism can empower a movement for more equitable, inclusive organizations across the global food system. Introductory Remarks Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI (video remarks) Sarah Hendriks, Director for Policy, Programs and Inter Governmental Division, UN Women Results of 2021 Global Food 50/50 Report Jemimah Njuki, Chief, Economic Empowerment, UN Women Sonja Tanaka, Deputy Director, Global Health 50/50 Keynote Address Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero, Chair, Committee on World Food Security Panelists Megha Desai, Senior Coordinator, Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) Martha Nyagaya, Country Director for Kenya, Nutrition International Benjamin Davis, Director, Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, FAO ​​​​​​​Maura Barry, Senior Deputy Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID (TBC) Closing Remarks Sarah Hawkes, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50 Moderator Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator, IFPRI LINKS: More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/global-food-5050-launch-event Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Joachim von Braun, former Chair of the Scientific Group for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, lays out the importance of an inclusive process and multi-disciplinary scientific collaboration to meet the calls for food system transformation. Dr von Braun joins us to talk about his experience as Chair, what he sees as the successes of the summit, and what work remains to be done. We also discuss who should be involved in knowledge production and how, and we hear his thoughts on whether we should create an Intergovernmental Panel for Food (not unlike the IPCC) that would have the power to work towards scientific consensus on food system issues.For more info and transcript, please visit https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode29

So what percentage of the world's children do you believe suffer from physical or mental stunting due to nutrition and food shortages? How lasting do you think these effects are and what can be done? Today's guest is Sharman Russell, author of the new book, Within Our Grasp: Childhood Malnutrition Worldwide and the Revolution Taking Place to End It. Among the reviews for the book, The Sunday Times of London said "Every page holds a revelation." Interview Summary   So Sharman, let me begin with sort of a fundamental question. So we led with that issue about how many of the world's children face these hunger malnutrition stunting issues. And you note it in your book that almost one in four children in the world suffers from physical mental stunting in response to malnutrition and hunger, especially in the early years of life. One thing that's noteworthy about your book is that you emphasize successful approaches or solutions to ending this kind of childhood nutrition. A lot of people make note of the problem, but finding solutions is a whole different thing all together. But with this issue being so longstanding and complex why do you think there's reason to be hopeful?   You know, I have been writing about hunger and malnutrition for the last 20 years, and I would never have been drawn to this subject, to this story, if it wasn't a hopeful one. I also happen to think that hope is the best strategy if you want to achieve something. Hope generates action, and hopelessness does not. For me, this sense of hope is about the last 20 years. At the end of the 20th Century, we finally began to understand the role of vitamins and minerals in the human body and in preventing and treating childhood malnutrition. By the turn of the century researchers had developed this wonderful, precisely fortified food medicine, these convenient packets of a peanut buttery paste, that children love, that don't need refrigeration or clean water, that can be given by parents in the home. And at the same time, importantly, we realized there isn't a single approach to ending childhood hunger. Many different things have to happen. Women need to be empowered. Families need good sanitation. They need to be protected from diseases of parasites that aggravate and even cause malnutrition. So we know what to do now. And we also know that for every dollar invested in nutrition, society gets back $16. So we have the motivation. We have the resources. That's pretty hopeful!   I'm really happy to hear the optimism in your voice. But let me ask a question, a lot of hunger is driven now by climate change and, of course, by political unrest and things. So there's the knowing what to do about hunger and what people might be fed to help offset the problem. But what about these things going on outside of the nutrient part of it? Is there reason to be optimistic on those fronts?   Those are real challenges. There's no doubt. We have to remember that nearly a quarter of the world's children are stunted, damaged because of lack of nutrients. Most of them live in peaceful countries. So while war and conflict is horrible, and what we're seeing now is absolutely horrible, most children live in peaceful countries. So those are the ones that we can start ending childhood malnutrition right now. The UN Food Systems Summit, last September determined that an additional 33 billion a year for 10 years on improved food systems could end the majority of hunger not caused by war conflict. And they were talking about all hunger, not just childhood malnutrition. So that's enormously hopeful, 33 billion a year for 10 years! I sometimes use the analogy that Americans are now spending 90 billion a year on their pets and pet products. And I think we should love our pets. Of course, we should love our pets. The important thing is we have the wealth right now to do this.   Right, and you're talking about worldwide expenses. So America wouldn't have to be the only country contributing.   We wouldn't, we shouldn't be. You know, I think the pandemic really showed us how relatively easy and important it is to spend money on public health. And that's what we can do pretty easily!   So many of your books are about nature and the environment. And you say often in, Within Our Grasp, that the goals of the environmentalist and humanitarian are aligned. What do you mean by that?   You know, in the book I sometimes say, I often say we come from the earth. Literally we are made up of the periodic table. We take in food and nutrients, and we turn that into who we are. I also say that in a world of 7.9 billion people, we have become the earth. And, and that's particularly true in terms of population growth. When I was an undergraduate in the 1970s, environmentalists were very concerned about population growth, but I don't think we understood then the connection between that and poverty. Today, we know that when families believe their children are going to survive and flourish, they tend to have smaller families. When women have access to education and employment they tend to have smaller families. Ending population growth is about ending poverty. You know, in so many ways, the environmentalist and the humanitarian want the same thing. We both want clean air and clean water. We both want sustainable agriculture in the form of agroecology and agroforestry. We both can see that if wildlife is going to thrive, the people living next door to wildlife have to thrive. And of course, as you mentioned we both want and demand action to mitigate global warming. Because right now that is causing so much suffering to the very people who contribute to it the least.   You know, it's another optimistic note, isn't it that if the humanitarian and environmentalists can come together, then there's an opportunity for larger coalition strength in advocacy numbers and things like that to call for change. Have you seen any evidence of that kind of things occurring?   Oh, I do, I have. Absolutely, the programs I saw in Malawi were almost always combining the effects on the environment with empowering women with childhood malnutrition, with getting things to market. Really we do understand. And that is the most hopeful thing that this has to be holistic, that there has to be an approach to this that includes all these important factors, and that doesn't just focus on one thing.   You know, another theme of yours is that empowering women is crucial to ending childhood malnutrition. What does that look like?   You know, one example I think would be from a program I saw in Malawi in Southeastern Africa. And I want to say like so many successful programs there, this one was run by Malawians. So they wanted to end childhood malnutrition by creating more prosperity among their smallholder farmers, encouraging them to include more diverse crops and more drought tolerant crops. And that was great. But after a few years they didn't really see a decrease in childhood malnutrition because in making a household more prosperous, this was between the city or in the country, doesn't necessarily help women and children, if women don't have a say in what to do with that extra money. So the reality too, for many women around the world is that they have all the responsibility for cooking the meals, cleaning the clothes, keeping the compound clean. And that's enormous work when you don't have running water or electricity. And they have all the responsibility for the care of children and they have half the responsibility for farming and gardening. So these women are exhausted. They're sometimes too tired to eat properly if they're pregnant or to breastfeed which is so important to the health of the young child. So in this case, this program in Malawi started working at the level of the family. They had this lively form of community theater about sharing household chores and family relationships. They had public cooking classes in which the men participated. Some of this was fun, but it was also hard work. It took time, but eventually it was successful.   You know, it's a very, very positive story. And I'm happy to hear that. And given that you mentioned Malawi, in particular, how is childhood hunger in a wealthy country like America, similar or different to a place like Malawi and other places with less wealth?   Yeah, there are similarities. We have to certainly look at child hunger here in America. I'll just talk about America. Childhood malnutrition here is mainly about children under the age of five being overweight or obese. And that's a form of malnourishment and it can lead to serious adult diseases. And this is true worldwide all over the world we are seeing an increase in being overweight or obese in young children. Here in America, we have some mineral and vitamin deficiencies. The CDC estimates that 15% of American pregnant women are iron deficient. 15% of our toddlers are iron deficient. That's really important because iron deficiency is so tied to neurological development. We have children who are food insecure, who don't know when their next meal will be. I live in New Mexico. During the pandemic one in three children we're at risk of being food insecure. But in poor countries, all of this is so much more serious and life threatening. More than 40% of women and children worldwide are anemic, not just iron deficient. Children can go blind because of a lack of vitamin A. Their growth falters because of a lack of zinc. More than 7% of the world's children are wasted, too thin for their age, more than 22% stunted, physically, mentally. So this is the kind of suffering that we don't see in wealthy countries.   Thanks for that explanation. So let me end with one final question. If you were the czar of this in the United States government, what sort of actions would you take first, let's say?   Oh, wow, if I were the czar. You know, certainly I would increase aid as much as possible. I think of aid more as reparation, especially in terms of global warming. We are so much the cause of the problem, and they're bearing the brunt of it. I would turn to those countries and say how can we help you? You know, there is that idea of decolonizing aid which I believe in strongly. We have to look at them and say, what do you need from us? How can we help? What do you want us to do? You're in charge, these are your countries. How can we serve you? So we can't put conditions on them. We can't make aid serve our purpose.

What a year 2021 was in agriculture and food! Emily, Abdul and Paul get together to review some highlights of events in agriculture and food, from global to local. The UN Food Systems Summit made its mark. Extreme weather and climate change made their impact. Flooding in British Columbia and drought throughout western Canada and northwest Ontario prompted Government assistance to affected farmers. The cooperative Hay West also assisted. Canada's new climate plan now includes agricultural programs that were confirmed in Budget 2021. A contested Fertilizer Canada study claimed a 30% reduction in emissions due to fertilizer use would cost farmers massive lost production. Equity and reconciliation are receiving attention in agriculture. The Guelph Ministers' statement shows direction on next federal-provincial-territorial agricultural policy framework. Farmland protection from development was a hot topic across Ontario. Locally in Guelph, we highlighted the work of Our Food Future and the SEED tackling issues of food security and food waste. Those are just a fraction of hot topics in 2021, even without COVID. More information: UN Food Systems Summit 2021 https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit Canada's new climate plan https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/climate-plan-overview/healthy-environment-healthy-economy.html Increases in AgriRecovery funding to up to $500 million to support farmers facing extreme weather https://www.canada.ca/en/agriculture-agri-food/news/2021/08/government-of-canada-increases-total-agrirecovery-funding-to-up-to-500-million-to-support-farmers-facing-extreme-weather.html $3 million of Funding for Hay West from Canadian Government https://www.cfa-fca.ca/2021/12/15/cfa-pleased-to-announce-3-million-of-funding-for-hay-west-from-canadian-government-but-more-funding-is-needed-for-coming-months/ Ontario Providing Additional Drought Support for Northwestern Farmers https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1000835/ontario-providing-additional-drought-support-for-northwestern-farmers Farm Groups issue joint statement recognizing National Day for Truth and Reconciliation https://ofa.on.ca/newsroom/joint-statement-recognizing-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation/ Fertilizer Canada study https://fertilizercanada.ca/news-events/news/new-report-warns-of-potential-for-48-billion-loss-in-farm-income-if-fertilizer-reductions-are-required-of-growers/ Canada's Ministers of Agriculture hold annual meeting and release Guelph Statement https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agri-info/canadas-ministers-agriculture-hold-annual-meeting-and-release-guelph-statement Ontario farmers hampered by excessive rain https://www.producer.com/news/ontario-farmers-hampered-by-excessive-rain/ Our Food Future https://foodfuture.ca/ The SEED Guelph https://theseedguelph.ca/

In this episode we explore the role of power in multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) with two people who are no strangers to this topic - Herman Brouwer and Joost Guijt, at Wageningen University and Research. In this conversation we ask: what are MSPs, do they actually work, and what are the different ways that power plays out in them? We learn how different food stakeholders perceive MSPs differently, whether the UN Food Systems Summit could be considered a successful MSP, and what are some tips and tracks for dealing with power in MSPs. For more info and transcript, please visit https://tabledebtes.org/podcast/episode23/

Tatiana is joined on this episode by Paul Newnham, Chair of the Public Engagement Task Force for the UN Food Systems Summit and Vice Chair of the Food System Champion Network. He is also Director of the SDG2 Advocacy Hub Secretariat and the Chefs' Manifesto Coordinator. Paul heads up the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 Advocacy Hub as Director, an initiative bringing together NGOs, advocacy groups, civil society, the private sector and UN agencies to coordinate global campaigning and advocacy to achieve SDG2. To this end, the Hub has worked with a community of 240+ chefs from 38 countries to create a Chefs' Manifesto–a framework outlining how chefs can contribute to the SDGs. Tatiana met him in Dubai when Paul came to release the Hub's Chef Manifesto in Arabic alongside some powerhouse local chefs.  Links: SDG2 Advocacy Hub Chef's Manifesto Good Food For All

POLICY SEMINAR SDG 12.3 - Food Loss and Food Waste: A Once in a Generation Opportunity Co-organized by IFPRI, Embassy of Denmark, World Resource Institute, Champions 12.3; and with the collaboration of the World Food Forum MAR 10, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST Every year about a third of all food produced is either lost during production, distribution, and processing or wasted at the retail and consumer level. With 811 million people facing hunger in 2020, this food loss and waste is egregious. Food loss and waste also has significant negative environmental impacts, accounting for almost 10 percent of global GHG emissions as well as a wasteful use of a quarter of the world's freshwater resources and of farmland that exceeds the size of China. Sustainable Development Goal target 12.3 calls for halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses by 2030. The 2021 UN Food Systems Summit highlighted the importance of reducing food loss and waste to achieve a sustainable food system and deliver on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. But what are effective solutions for a livable planet and to guarantee sufficient and healthy food for future generations? What needs to change in production processes? What can and should consumers do? How can all generations get involved? At this seminar, young changemakers associated with the World Food Forum will pose questions and engage in a dialogue with a panel of leaders from the farm, business, and policy communities to push forward the global discussion of workable solutions. Welcome Mikkel Dam Schwartz, Minister Counsellor Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark - Washington D.C Opening Remarks Rasmus Prehn, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Denmark (pre-recorded video remarks) Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI Panel Discussion Theo de Jager, President, World Farmer Organisation Yolanda Kakabadse Former President, World Wildlife Fund International (WWF) and Former Minister of Environment for the Republic of Ecuador Mette Lykke, CEO, Too Good to Go Ken West, Reefer Digital Development Manager, MAERSK Closing Remarks Craig Hanson, Vice President for Food, Forest, Water & the Ocean, World Resources Institute (WRI) Moderators Rachel V. Brown, Co-founder and Executive Director, The Every Mikkle Foundation Lisanne Van Oosterhoud, European Climate Pact Ambassador in Netherlands, European Union LINKS Embassy Of Denmark (https://usa.um.dk/en/about-us/danish-missions/embassy-of-denmark-in-the-us) World Resource Institute (https://www.wri.org/) Champions 12.3 (https://champions123.org/) World Food Forum (http://www.world-food-forum.org/) TOPICS Food Systems (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-systems) Health (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health) Food Loss And Waste (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-loss-and-waste) Health (https://www.ifpri.org/topic/health) More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/123-event-food-loss-and-food-waste Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

What a year 2021 was in agriculture and food! Emily, Abdul and Paul get together to review some highlights of events in agriculture and food, from global to local. The UN Food Systems Summit made its mark. Extreme weather and climate change made their impact. Flooding in British Columbia and drought throughout western Canada and northwest Ontario prompted Government assistance to affected farmers. The cooperative Hay West also assisted. Canada's new climate plan now includes agricultural programs that were confirmed in Budget 2021. A contested Fertilizer Canada study claimed a 30% reduction in emissions due to fertilizer use would cost farmers massive lost production. Equity and reconciliation are getting attention in agriculture. The Guelph Ministers' statement shows direction on next federal-provincial-territorial agricultural policy framework. Farmland protection from development was a hot topic across Ontario. Locally in Guelph, we highlighted the work of Our Food Future and the SEED tackling issues of food security and food waste. Those are just a fraction of hot topics in 2021, even without COVID. More information: UN Food Systems Summit https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit Canada's new climate plan https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/climate-plan-overview/healthy-environment-healthy-economy.html AgriRecovery funding for farmers facing extreme weather https://www.canada.ca/en/agriculture-agri-food/news/2021/08/government-of-canada-increases-total-agrirecovery-funding-to-up-to-500-million-to-support-farmers-facing-extreme-weather.html $3 million of Funding for Hay West https://www.cfa-fca.ca/2021/12/15/cfa-pleased-to-announce-3-million-of-funding-for-hay-west-from-canadian-government-but-more-funding-is-needed-for-coming-months/ Ontario's Drought Support for Northwestern Farmers https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1000835/ontario-providing-additional-drought-support-for-northwestern-farmers Farm groups issue statement on reconciliation Fertilizer Canada study https://fertilizercanada.ca/news-events/news/new-report-warns-of-potential-for-48-billion-loss-in-farm-income-if-fertilizer-reductions-are-required-of-growers/ Canada's Ministers of Agriculture release Guelph Statement https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agri-info/canadas-ministers-agriculture-hold-annual-meeting-and-release-guelph-statement Farmers hampered by excessive rain https://www.producer.com/news/ontario-farmers-hampered-by-excessive-rain/ Our Food Future https://foodfuture.ca/ The SEED Guelph https://theseedguelph.ca/

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is required in all pathways to keep global warming under 1.5°C.  A range of approaches to CDR are under consideration, including technological or biological approaches, with the latter being increasingly referred to as "nature-based solutions." Afforestation and reforestation, together with other nature-based approaches to CDR, have been gaining international attraction because of their huge potential to remove carbon from atmosphere but also due to the other prospective environmental and social benefits they could bring. However, there are concerns raised around "moral hazard," competition for resources, permanence of sequestration, and other potential risks of deployment of large-scale afforestation and reforestation, which pose governance challenges. How do we address these challenges and make decisions that maximize synergies and co-benefits and minimize tradeoffs? What can we learn from previous large-scale afforestation and reforestation initiatives? To explore these questions, C2G brought together a diverse group of policy, intergovernmental, independent research organization, NGO, and academic experts for a "C2GDiscuss" podcast on July 20, 2020. Featuring: Li Fang, chief representative, World Resources Institute Beijing Representative Office, China Martin Frick, deputy to the special envoy, UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Thelma Krug, senior researcher (retired) at National Institute for Space Research, Brazil and vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Kelsey Perlman (speaking on behalf of CAN International), forest and climate campaigner, Fern Artur Runge-Metzger, director for climate strategy, governance, and emissions from non-trading sectors, DG CLIMA, European Commission Janos Pasztor, executive director, C2G (Moderator) For more, please go to C2G's website. 

With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) having just occurred, Aaron Zober welcomes Seth Itzkan of Soil4Climate (https://www.facebook.com/groups/Soil4Climate) to The Appropriate Omnivore podcast. Seth is an environmental futurist advocating for holistic land management in order to reverse climate change. He makes a visit to the show having just been to the U.N. Food Systems Summit where he and his team presented a paper on regenerative agriculture. After the Food Systems Summit he also attended COP26 and was able to address people there about holistic management. As he's on a program called The Appropriate Omnivore, Aaron has him address the meaty issue of why animals are needed for regenerative agriculture and reducing carbon emissions. Seth then gets into what foods we need to eat less of and what he'd like to see as the theme for next year's Climate Change Conference.

MARTIN J. FORMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE Food and Youth: What I have learned from young people and their desire to fix the food systems they live in 31st Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture OCT 28, 2021 - 10:00 AM TO 11:30 AM EDT In this year's Martin J. Forman lecture, UNICEF's Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore, an avid champion of children and young people's rights, will reflect on the children and young people who have inspired her. She will recount their struggles with the food choices they are making and the food environments in which they are making these choices, and will share how young people are contributing to the transformation of global and local food systems. Ms. Fore will offer concrete next steps on how to ensure that children and young people are at the center of discussions on food systems transformation. Participants at the lecture will also have an opportunity to listen to youth representatives about their experiences and perspectives. The annual lecture commemorates the significant impact on international nutrition by Martin J. Forman, who headed the Office of Nutrition at USAID for more than 20 years. The annual lecturer is invited to present his or her personal, often unconventional, views about large issues dealing with malnutrition. Welcome Remarks: Johan Swinnen (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/johan-swinnen), Director General, IFPRI Remarks: Kenan Forman, Son of Martin J. Forman Shawn Baker (https://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/shawn-baker), Chief Nutritionist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Video Remarks: Sarah Charles (https://www.usglc.org/positions/assistant-to-the-administrator-for-usaids-bureau-of-humanitarian-assistance/), Assistant to the Administrator of USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Forman Memorial Lecture: Henrietta H. Fore (https://www.unicef.org/media/experts/henrietta-h-fore), Executive Director, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Agency) Youth Panelists: Pauline Mapfumo (https://www.unicef.org/executiveboard/media/8091/file/2021_SRS-Item_6-CPD-Zimbabwe_Presentation-EN-2021.09.08.pdf), Founder, Yolo4Health and Chairperson, team Zimbabwe Green Economic Growth thematic committee, EU Delegation Youth Sounding Board Victor Mugo (https://futureafricaforum.org/team/victor-mugo/), Co-Chair Youth Liaison Group, UN Food Systems Summit; Regional Coordinator - East Africa, CSAYN & Nourishing Africa; and Borlaug-Adesina Fellow, World Hunger Fighters Foundation Moderator: Marie Ruel (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/marie-ruel), Director, Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-and-youth-what-i-have-learned-young-people-and-their-desire-fix-food-systems-they-live Visit: Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture Website (https://www.ifpri.org/landing/forman-lecture-home) Subscribe to IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Pacific Wayfinder's Eliorah Malifa speaks with Ms Karen Mapusua (Director, Land Resources Division SPC) and Dr Viliamu Iese (Senior Lecturer Disaster Risk Management, USP), in the wake of the UN Food Systems Summit. Karen and Viliamu discussed their experiences at the summit, navigating how the Pacific could interact with global food systems to create mutually beneficial models for the region.

In the sixth event of the IIEA's Development Matters lecture series, which is supported by Irish Aid, Dr David Nabarro assesses the outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit. He discusses the importance of food systems thinking and the food systems approach. He also explores how a country like Ireland can play a leading role in this respect. About the Speaker: Dr David Nabarro is the Senior Advisor for the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Dialogues. Over 1600 dialogues were held around the world in advance of the ground-breaking UNFSS which took place from Thursday, 23 September to Friday 24 September 2021. Dr Nabarro is also the Special Envoy of the WHO Director-General on COVID-19. He previously was the Special Advisor of the UN Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change. Dr Nabarro is a physician who studied at Oxford and holds a Master's degree in reproductive endocrinology and public health.

In this episode, Dr. Agnes Kalibata sits down with Kimberly Flowers, CSIS GFSP senior associate, to discuss the outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit. As the UN secretary general's special envoy, Dr. Kalibata provided key guidance and leadership at the summit, which was held on September 23. Dr. Kalibata explains the key issues affecting food systems that drove her to lead the summit and talks through the criticism the summit has received. She also evaluates President Biden's $10 billion commitment to food security and describes what food security leadership should look like in the future.

“Too much is not a good thing” Every time we go to the grocery store, we are surrounded by a seemingly infinite bounty of food. We may choose a yogurt thinking it is a healthy option only to realize it has as much sugar as a doughnut. Surrounded by choice, children in America and around the world are not getting the nutrition they need to grow healthy and strong.  In the second episode of Better Food. Better World., we talk about who is at the ‘top' of the food chain and uncover the growing nutrition crisis raging from food deserts in the US to parts of Africa living on the edge of food security. Host Elizabeth Nyamayaro is in New York for this episode surrounded by an abundance of food choices. But this episode's guests, Dr. Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit; Stephen Grimaldi, Executive Director of New York Common Pantry; and Lauren Bush Lauren, Founder and CEO of FEED, reveal the truth about all of the choice: much of the food we eat lacks nutritional value. What's worse, children and our climate are paying the price. Finally, David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme challenges audience members at the UN Food Systems Summit with the question, “If we're so rich, how come hunger still exists?” From the top of the food chain to the bottom, hunger is an ‘all of us' issue.  Key Moments 3:35 - Elizabeth shares how an abundance of food choices shaped her childhood and her life in New York City. 6:57 - Dr. Agnes Kalibata alerts listeners to the growing nutritional crisis and food deserts. 10:55 - Elizabeth visits a leading New York food pantry and speaks with Stephen Grimaldi.  17:50 - Lauren Bush Lauren shares why she wanted to make a difference by giving children healthy food. 29:20 - Exec. Director David Beasley's urgent call to action at the UN Food Systems Summit. Selected Links: https://www.wfp.org/ Listeners can support New York Common Pantry by donating or volunteering. More information on ways to get involved can be found on the "How to Help" section of their website at http://www.nycommonpantry.org. Join the Conversation on Social Media: #BetterFoodBetterWorld Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-food-programme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Worldfoodprogramme/ Connect with Elizabeth and Our Guests: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Humanitarian and author of ‘I am a Girl From Africa', Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the Special Advisor for the UN World Food Programme. Over the past two decades, she has worked at the forefront of global development and has held leadership roles at the World Bank, World Health Organization, UNAIDS, UN Women, and Merck. Her track record building and leading public-private partnerships is a key asset to WFP as it advocates for global solidarity to end world hunger. Twitter: https://twitter.com/enyamayaro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enyamayaro/ Dr. Agnes Kalibata Dr. Kalibata is the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit. With a distinguished track record as a policymaker, agricultural scientist, and intellectual, Dr. Kalibata is a past recipient of the Yara Prize, now the Africa Food Prize. Dr. Kalibata has served as the President of AGRA, working with public and private partners to ensure food security in Africa, since 2014.  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Agnes_Kalibata LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnes-kalibata-a38296122/ Stephen Grimaldi After witnessing poverty as a child and experiencing poverty and food insecurity as a teenager, native New Yorker Stephen Grimaldi has made it his life's work to create sustainable solutions to both poverty and food insecurity. Stephen is the Executive Director of New York Common Pantry, and was elected to the Food Bank for New York City's Strategy Council in 2014. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NYCommonPantry Instagram: https://instagram.com/nycommonpantry Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYCommonPantry LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/new-york-common-pantry/ Lauren Bush Lauren Mother, acclaimed former fashion designer and model, Lauren Bush Lauren founded the charity FEED in 2007 after travelling with the World Food Programme. Established to fight global childhood hunger, FEED collaborates with artisans from India to Kenya to create fashion collections and coffee products. Proceeds made from sales feed children and create sustainable incomes for the artisans that FEED works with.  Facebook: https://facebook.com/laurenbushlauren Instagram: https://instagram.com/laurenblauren FEED Facebook: https://facebook.com/feedprojects Instagram: https://instagram.com/FEED Twitter: https://twitter.com/FEEDprojects David Beasley The recipient of a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in 2003, David Beasley is a former elected member of the great state of South Carolina's House of Representatives and one of the youngest people ever elected to the position of Governor in South Carolina history. In 2017, Mr. Beasley was appointed Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) at the Under-Secretary-General level. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gov.beasley Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFPChief LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-m-beasley-1319b3b

“Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 17 percent of total global food production is wasted,” according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Food supply is not just an agricultural issue. On September 23, the first UN Food Systems Summit was held in New York. More than 150 countries made a joint commitment on transforming their food system to tackle hunger, poverty, gender equality, biodiversity and climate change. Since 2018, Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival has been celebrated in China's rural areas on the day of autumnal equinox. 64 percent of Chinese lived in cities in 2020. It seems that events related to agriculture have no affinity for most Chinese. However, Chinese civilization originated from and was built on agriculture. This means that agriculture means much more than food supply for Chinese. It shaped and defined the heart and soul of Chinese scholars for thousands of years.

POLICY SEMINAR Global Food 50/50 Report: Inaugural report on gender, diversity and power in the global food system Co-Organized by IFPRI and Global Health 50/50 OCT 5, 2021 - 08:00 AM TO 09:15 AM EDT In the lead up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, tens of thousands of people participated in a global civic experience to produce a shared framework of collective action. Gender equality and women's empowerment were amplified as a lever of change and embraced as an area of work with the potential to contribute wide-ranging positive change in the transformation of food systems in the coming decade. The establishment of the Global Food 50/50 initiative is a response to broad stakeholder demands for a global food system that is accountable for progress towards gender equality. This event marks the launch of the inaugural Global Food 50/50 Report, which reviews the gender- and equity-related policies and practices of 52 global food system organizations as they relate to two interlinked dimensions of inequality: inequality of opportunity in careers inside organizations and inequality in who benefits from the global food system. The Report shows that organizational commitment to gender equality is high, and that over half of organizations are transparent about their policies on shaping diverse, inclusive, and equitable working environments for people. The latest data also suggest, however, that rhetoric may be used as a substitute for action. Leadership remains disproportionately male and dominated by nationals of Europe and North America. The report asserts that the skewed distribution of power and privilege is undermining global efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. This policy seminar will present the findings of the report and explore how this new accountability mechanism can power a broader movement to demand more equitable and inclusive organizations across the global food system. Introductory Remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, CGIAR-IFPRI Kent Buse, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50 Results of 2021 Global Food 50/50 Report: Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa, CGIAR-IFPRI Sonja Tanaka, Coordinator, Global Health 50/50 Keynote Address: Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit Panelists: Jamille Bigio, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, USAID Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Rick White, Chair of the Private Sector Mechanism of the United Nation Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Vicki Wilde, Senior Program Officer, Gender and Agriculture Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Closing Remarks: Sarah Hawkes, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Health 50/50 Moderator: Katarlah Taylor, Events Manager, CGIAR-IFPRI LINKS: Global Health 50/50: https://globalhealth5050.org/ 2021 Global Food 50/50 Report: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/2021-global-food-5050-report IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/making-most-intra-african-trade-2021-africa-agriculture-trade-monitor Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

POLICY SEMINAR Developing Resilience to Climate Change and Achieving Food Security in West Africa: Follow up Action from the UN Food Systems Summit Co-Organized by West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and IFPRI SEP 30, 2021 - 09:00 AM TO 10:30 AM EDT Organized by IFPRI and WASCAL, this collaborative seminar will address issues, constraints, and challenges to developing resilience to climate change and achieving food security in West Africa. Panelists will discuss specific action plans that will be needed for following up on recommendations from the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. Specific topics of presentations will include: Developing a resilience policy framework to address climate change; What do we know from the climate change research in food systems to guide national resilience policy; and Measuring and tracking for resilience programming: Translating resilience strategies at the landscape and farm levels. Discussion with the panelists will follow their initial presentations through a moderated questions and answers session. Opening Remarks Teunis van Rheenen, Director of Business Development and External Relations, CGIAR-IFPRI Moumini Savadogo, Executive Secretary, West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Change, gender and resilience issues emerging from UNFSS Ifeoma Quinette Anugwa, lecturer/researcher in the Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Speaker Kehinde Ogunjobi, Director of Research, WASCAL A Measurement Approach for a Resilience Index: Possible Applications to Climate Shocks John Ulimwengu, Senior Research Fellow, CGIAR-IFPRI Closing Remarks Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, CGIAR-IFPRI Daouda Kone, Director of Capacity Strengthening, West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) LINKS West African Science Service Centre On Climate Change And Adapted Land Use (WASCAL): https://wascal.org/ IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/developing-resilience-climate-change-and-achieving-food-security-west-africa-follow-action-un Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Blue Pacific Perspective to Save our Planet. The host for this show is Joshua Cooper. The guest is Willy Missack. The UN Food Systems Summit was held looking at the future of food. There was also important initiatives at the UN General Assembly High Level General Debate featuring heads of state sharing their priorities for our people and planet. There was also new international ideas shared pointing out future direction of diplomacy. There's a discussion about the upcoming UNFCCC Glasgow climate summit. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6lBAcTYfWa3JsYGYjCulQFi

We are heavily assuming if you are reading this article you are already well educated on the nutrition and climate science that supports grass-fed, pasture-raised beef and lamb from New Zealand. But to also go on to assume that just because consumers may be wealthy and educated, doesn't necessarily mean they will choose to purchase red meat as often as they once did. They have been afforded the privilege of having a food identity. You can throw all of the complex science at the human health vs planetary health debate or the plant vs meat debate, but it will mean nothing without cohesive global storytelling as this week's guests from around the world highlight. Over the course of 3 months, Sarah Perriam has been collecting interviews from experts across the globe for this very special Opinion Maker episode to try and answer the burning question for New Zealand's sheep & beef farmers, "How does meat compete with the negative narrative globally?" This episode features : Prof. Frederic Leroy, Professor of Food Science and Biotechnology Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, presented at both the 2019 Red Meat Sector Conference (NZ) and presented at Multiscapes, the international virtual conference in 2021 (NZ) and explains the complex, binary discussion surrounding meat.  Fiona Windle, Head Nutritionist at Beef + Lamb NZ who highlights the ever-evolving narrative towards meat that lacks nutritional importance when discussing climate change off the back of the Barnsley report published in 2021 that illustrates substituting meat from the average diet would lead to only a 3-4% decrease in an individual's lifetime global warming impact. Anne Mottet, Sustainable livestock development at United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation, France, discusses balancing the Sustainable Development Goals of nutritional needs as discussed at the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit with the climate needs on the table at 2021 UN COP26.   Kate Gower-James, Aitkens Ranch based in San Francisco about the US Wholefoods consumer, the trends of food identity, trusting your meat marketer to keep up with the latest consumer trends, and how positioning accredited storytelling on meat is important. Laura Ryan, the co-founder of the Global Meat Alliance, has rallied the global red meat community to work together on the common challenges, collaborating through COVID in the lead-up to COP26. Dave Courtney, Silver Fern Farms chief customer officer discussing their research and pilot for carbon-neutral meat and regenerative agriculture and how NZ sheep & beef farmers can prepare themselves for these trends.

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  World leaders have committed to tackling global hunger, climate change and biodiversity loss at an historic UN Food Systems Summit. More than 150 countries made commitments to transform their food systems, while championing greater participation and equity, especially amongst farmers, women, youth and indigenous groups. What is this global food system and why does it matter? After a full day of hearing Presidents, Prime Ministers and UN officials express their vision,  Farm To Table Talk visits with an experienced hand at global diplomacy engaged from farm to table all over the world. Paul Newnham is the Director of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 Advocacy Hub, a secretariat catalyzing, convening, and connecting NGOs, advocacy groups, civil society, the private sector and UN agencies to coordinate global campaigning and advocacy to achieve food systems transformation. The 2021 UN Food System Summit has concluded but the journey continues. https://www.un.org/foodsystemssummit

Following the success of UN Food Systems Summit, or as it's also known- “The People's Summit” we get a chance to speak to the driving force behind it, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit, Agnes Kalibata. Formerly Rwanda's Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) from 2008 to 2014, she drove programs that moved her country to food security helping to lift more than a million Rwandans out of poverty. Now as Special Envoy, her efforts toward progress of the delivery of the SDGs, and to prioritise Food Systems in the global conversation around climate change are coming to a 2 year culmination. Besides this summit being the first time the UN has called a summit dedicated to food systems, it is engaging more than 100,000 people from 147 countries through 900 independent multi-stakeholder dialogues on food system transformation. UN Summits are often mostly prepared statements by member states. This move to put people and dialogue at the center was a radical return to destroying our siloed thinking when it comes to global issues. The Food Revolution begins with a Thought Revolution, and people are at the heart of systemic change.   —   Christiana + Tom's book ‘The Future We Choose' is available now! Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter: Signals Amidst The Noise   __   Mentioned links from the episode: Check out Friday For Future's #UprootTheSystem   __ Thank you to our guests this week:    Dr Agnes Kalibata UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy | 2021 Food Systems Summit Twitter | LinkedIn   UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Facebook | Twitter |  Website   —   Keep up with Christiana Figueres here: Instagram | Twitter   Tom Rivett-Carnac: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn   Paul Dickinson: LinkedIn | Twitter   —   Follow @GlobalOptimism on social media and send us a message! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn   Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism!

Under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the UN Food Systems Summit takes place today, setting the stage for global food systems transformation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.  With that and other conversations around the 2021 UN General Assembly in mind, this edition of APCO Forum covers the top factors that impact global food security, from climate change to the role of women in food production, from institutional responsibilities to the innovation needed to boost production, increase nutrition and reduce waste. Featuring: -Secretary Dan Glickman, Senior Counselor, International Advisory Council Chair, APCO Worldwide-Devry Boughner Vorwerk, Former Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Cargill and Former Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Grubhub-Moderated by John Defterios, Senior Advisor, APCO Worldwide

Mobile phone manufacturers will all have to use the same charging plug under EU proposals. We find out what's behind the move from Louise Guillot, sustainability reporter at Politico. Also in the programme, global stock markets have been spooked in recent days by whether the Chinese conglomerate Evergrande would be able to meet interest payments due today. Iris Pang is chief economist for Greater China at the bank ING in Hong Kong, and brings us up to date. Plus, the UN Food Systems Summit today, attended by more than 85 heads of state and government, aims to find ways to make food production more efficient. Today's edition is presented by Mike Johnson and produced by Nisha Patel and Susan Karanja.

Almost 150 countries including Ireland are set to endorse a global shift to sustainable food systems at a UN summit on Thursday. However, the gathering has been criticised by Trócaire as "favouring corporate interests ahead of small-scale farmers".

As we edge closer to Germany's federal election, we go back in time to experience Berlin as a swampland. We also hear about some of the controversies surrounding the imminent UN World Food Systems Summit, find out how a spaceship-like warehouse in the Netherlands is using fish poo to grow food, and chat about queer inclusion in environmental matters.

Welcome to the first episode in a brand new series on The Future of Food!   Today, this episode coincides with a very important international gathering, the first of its kind at the United Nations. Known as the UN Food Systems Summit, formally, it is also called The People's Summit. During this ongoing series we will seek to unlock the many changes needed to enable each sector – government, corporations and citizens to ask themselves, “How can we contribute to a transformative movement for an inclusive, regenerative and circular society where access to nutritious food is a right we actually realize for every single person?” But before we eat, we need to set the table. We're joined on this episode by:   Dr. David Nabarro Co-Director | Imperial College of London Institute of Global Health Innovation  Senior Advisor | Food Systems Summit Dialogues  Strategic Director | 4SD Switzerland  Special Envoy of WHO Director General for COVID19   Johan Rockström Director | Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research   Dr. Gunhild A Stordalen Founder & Executive Chair | EAT   These incredible guests help us explore in-depth the challenges and opportunities our current food system faces, and show us why getting food right might just be the key to unlocking our path to achieving our 2030 goals.   —   Christiana + Tom's book ‘The Future We Choose' is available now! Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter: Signals Amidst The Noise   __   Mentioned links from the episode: Global Citizen is streaming a 24 hour concert live from Central Park on Saturday, Sept 25 Watch BTS do their thing at UNGA The 500-foot Sea Creature will be scaling the UN Facade this week Fridays For Future is hosting a Climate Strike on Friday, Sept 24. Find your local strike here Be sure to catch up on Climate Night which aired Live on Sept. 22   __ Thank you to our guests this week:    UN Food Systems Summit  Website | Twitter   Dr David Nabarro Co-Director | Imperial College of London Institute of Global Health Innovation  Senior Advisor | Food Systems Summit Dialogues  Strategic Director | 4SD Switzerland  Special Envoy of WHO Director General for COVID19 Twitter    4SD  Website | Twitter | Facebook     Johan Rockström Director | Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Twitter    Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK) Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn     Dr Gunhild A Stordalen Founder & Executive Chair | EAT Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn   EAT Foundation Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn   —   Keep up with Christiana Figueres here: Instagram | Twitter   Tom Rivett-Carnac: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn   Paul Dickinson: LinkedIn | Twitter   —   Follow @GlobalOptimism on social media and send us a message! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn   Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism!

On September 23, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization is hosting the first UN Food Systems Summit, with a goal of “setting the stage for global food systems transformation.” In this episode, Ruth Richardson, the executive director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, talks to host Lisa Held about the significance of the Summit, some of the controversies surrounding it, and what she thinks global food systems transformation should look like—from a shift toward agro-ecological practices in farming to calculating the true costs of food.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Farm Report by becoming a member!The Farm Report is Powered by Simplecast.

The second episode in a two part series exploring resistance to the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit and mapping out sustainable, bottom-up approaches to food sovereignty. Featuring Elizabeth Mpofu (La Via Campesina), Alejandro Argumedo (Swift Foundation) & Anuradha Mittal (Oakland Institute) Intro: Chivy Sok Host: Andy Currier For more see: //www.oaklandinstitute.org/food-systems-summit    

With the UN Food Systems Summit this week and World Food Day next month, dairy's global leadership in building sustainable, robust food chains are in the spotlight. Dairy Nourishes Africa, an initiative from Global Dairy Platform, is developing dairy's potential in East Africa, where nutrition needs are great and dairy provides an economically promising, sustainable solution.“It's an opportunity for U.S. dairy to build a business base in one of the fastest-growing regions in the world over the next 20, 30 years,” said Andrei Mikhalevsky, a former CEO of California Dairies Inc. and an advisor on the DNA Project. “And it gives the US dairy industry a real opportunity to make a difference in this part of the world and to do good, starting with the work in Tanzania.”The podcast focuses on one project, a small dairy processor in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania called Sebadom founded by entrepreneur Anaty Kokushubira Kombeson and her mother. Working with DNA, the processor is supplying local schools and working with smallholder farmers to supply fresh milk while creating jobs. “We started this company when I had my kid, she's six years now. When she was about to start consuming dairy products, it was a bit of a challenge to get the quality milk for her,” she said. “Because of that challenge that we faced, that is where Sebadom came in.”Also discussing DNA and dairy's promise are Jay Waldvogel, a board member of Global Dairy Platform and Senior Vice President of Strategy and International Development for Dairy Farmers of America, and Dai Harvey, DNA's Regional Technical Director with Land O'Lakes Venture37, the project's implementing partner. To learn more about Global Dairy Platform and the DNA effort, visit globaldairyplatform.com. People interested in contributing to the effort can write the program at dna@globaldairyplatform.com. And Anaty has an Instagram page, be sure to follow it at instagram.com/sebadomyoghurt. 

On out of ten people globally suffer from hunger while a third of food is going to waste. Climate change and conflicts exacerbate the crisis. The UN is  proposing a new global food agenda to improve the food systems. Yet critics say that too much of the focus is on big companies and industrial agriculture, instead of also strengthening the role of small farmers in sustainable food production.  

The first episode in a two part series exploring resistance to the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit and mapping out sustainable, bottom-up approaches to food sovereignty. Featuring Nnimmo Bassey (Health of Mother Earth Foundation) and Kristen Lyons (Professor of Environment and Development Sociology, U Queensland).  Intro: Chivy Sok Host: Andy Currier For more see: https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/food-systems-summit

The World Economic Forum and Gates Foundation are convening a food summit through the United Nations on September 23. Global farmer, peasant and fishing coalitions have called a boycott of the summit for its pro-corporate agenda, refusal to include the human right to food and exclusion of the intergovernmental body, the Committee on World Food Security, that has created an inclusive and democratized international structure. Clearing the FOG speaks with Patti Naylor, a family farmer in Iowa who works on agroecology and food sovereignty. She is on the board of Family Farm Defenders and a member of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance. Naylor describes the failures of the current global food system, how it is unprepared for the crises we are experiencing and that will occur and why it is headed in a dangerous direction. She talks about the global fight to change the food system to one that is flexible enough to respond to crises and that protects and restores the environment. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

Welcome to Episode 82 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast. In this episode, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture Kip Tom and U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action CEO Erin Fitzgerald discuss how they're sharing U.S. agriculture's story internationally (particularly the importance ag technology and livestock). Specifically, Tom and Fitzgerald talk about their work leading up to the inaugural UN Food Systems Summit (which will be held virtually, in late September 2021). Resources mentioned in this episode: Learn more about the UN Food Systems Summit Learn more about the work of U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action Watch USFRA's "30 Harvests" video See the results of the Iowa Farm Bureau Food and Farm Index® 

In this month's edition we continue to focus on the first ever UN Food Systems Summit and we'll be hearing from IFAD's President Gilbert Houngbo and hearing the messages for the Summit from farmers living in developing countries. We talk to Ertharin Cousin, one of the official Champions of the Summit, CEO and President of Food Systems for the Future, and ex-head of the World Food Programme. Also we'll have Jonathan Davies, lead on agriculture at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Both of them will talk about how we can make food systems work better for people and nature. Coming up there's news on aquaponics – how it can be combined with vertical farming. And the latest on technological innovation in pig farming from China. We talk to one of our newest Recipes for Change chefs Roy Caceres from Colombia and what inspires him. Plus the fine people at Too Good To Go tell us how we can all use their app to cut down on food waste. And there's the final part of our Rural Voices series. This is Farms. Food. Future. – a podcast that's Good for You, Good for the Planet and Good for Farmers brought to you by the International Fund for Agricultural Development. For more information, visit us at https://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode23 https://www.iucn.org https://www.ifad.org/recipesforchange https://www.toogoodtogo.com  

Nutritional insecurity is a pressing topic around the globe. Some nations struggle with widespread lack of access to nutritious foods and the related hunger, while other nations are facing significant challenges related to increasing levels of obesity due to diets high in fats, sugars and processed carbohydrates. The Alliance for Science is hosting a conversation that explores the impact that gene editing can have in developing and cultivating nutritious foods that will help to address these intractable problems and positively transform our food systems. Join our independent UN Food Systems Summit dialogue to hear from and engage with a panel of experts in the field of gene editing, nutrition and policy. Speakers include Dr. Lawrence Haddad, executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); Dr. Tom Adams, co-founder and CEO of Pairwise; Dr. Cecilia S. Acuin, associate professor in the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food at the University of the Philippines Los Baños; Ambassador Dr. Miguel J. Garcia-Winder, Former Undersecretary of Agriculture/Mexico; and Patience Koku, CEO of Replenish Farms in Nigeria. Dr. Sarah Evanega, director of the Alliance for Science, will moderate.

This year's UN Food Systems Summit is being seen by many as an opportunity to define the future of food. The summit may also be the launch pad for a new science & policy interface - what's being described as an 'IPCC for Food'. But do we really need an IPCC for Food? Shouldn't we simply better fund and better utilise the mechanisms we already have? ffinlo Costain is joined by food systems experts from IPES Food. Jennifer Clapp, from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, is part of the UN's High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition. Molly Anderson is a specialist in hunger, food systems, and multi-actor collaborations for sustainability from Middlebury College in Vermont, USA. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/farmgate/message

Lasse Bruun is an advocacy expert in climate, sustainable agriculture and food systems. He leads 50by40, a collective impact organization working towards a fair, healthy and compassionate food system. He has led high-level international dialogues and campaigns in more than 20 countries, the EU Parliament, FAO, UNFCCC and International Whaling Commission. Topics covered on this episode: The role of Governments and regulations globally. Pros and cons of engaging with big meat companies to bring about the change we need. How all stakeholders, from Corporations to Governments to every day voters can play a role. Insights from the ongoing UN Food Systems Summit. Is industrial livestock production getting the spotlight it deserves in the mainstream narrative around climate change and climate action? Why it's important for all factions in the food movement to stay committed to working together. Show Page: https://eftp.co/lasse-bruun Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Civil society and Indigenous Peoples' Organization have launched a global counter-mobilization against the UN Food Systems Summit. Qiana Mickie, a member of the Civil Society Mechanism coordinating committee, discusses the concern about corporate agribusiness domination and the need to hear from the voices of peasants, farmers, food and agriculture workers, consumers, etc. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

MicroSoft's AgTools headed to U.N. Food Systems Summit, and USDA's MyPlate adds Alexa skill to help parents feed infants.

The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated the already existing deep structural problems of corporate and increasingly globalized food systems. A radical, human rights-based and agroecological transformation of food systems is more urgent than ever.    As the United Nations gears itself to hold the 2021 version of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), activists and analysts are sounding the alarm that this year's event is not building on the legacy of past World Food Summits, which resulted in the creation of innovative, inclusive and participatory global food governance mechanisms anchored in human rights, such as the reformed UN Committee on World Food Security (the CFS).    This year's Food Systems Summit follows a strong multi-stakeholder approach, which puts on equal footing governments, corporations, other private sector actors, philanthropies, scientists, and NGOs.  Critics argue that, while the FSS organizers aim to create an illusion of inclusiveness, it remains unclear who is in control of taking decisions and by what procedures those decisions are made.     Our guest on the podcast, Paula Gioia, is a peasant farmer, a beekeeper based in Germany. She works on a community farm, and is part of the European Coordination of La Via Campesina.  La Via Campesina is an international movement bringing together millions of peasants, small and medium size farmers, landless people, rural women and youth, indigenous people, migrants and agricultural workers from around the world. Built on a strong sense of unity, and solidarity between these groups, it defends peasant agriculture and strongly opposes corporate driven agriculture that destroys social relations and nature.    La Via Campesina believes that this year's summit is opening up UN processes to the private sector. It is privileging the corporate elites, and the process behind it  has been opaque, exclusive and has ignored the autonomy of People's Movements.    Paula explains what kind of 'food regime' or 'food system' is needed today, right now, and how we can bring it about.  What are the main obstacles today to making fully real and accessible for everyone a genuine and meaningful 'human right to food'? Website of the People's Autonomous Response to the UN Food Systems Summit  :https://www.foodsystems4people.org/ International Peasants Movement: https://viacampesina.org/en/ Image source: Shade Cacao Plantation, Ixcacao Mayan Chocolate/Mvfarrell Keywords: food summit, World food summit, Food Aid Organisation FAO, Peasants, Farmers

Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, discusses Ireland's strategy for sustainable food production.

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters project Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to Laying Down Tracks (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet.   EPISODE EIGHT: Join the Conversation Host: Aaron Niederhelman, Sourcing Matters podcast Guest: Dr. Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for Food System Summit _______ 'Laying Down Tracks' ep.8: What better way to finish off the UN FSS Pre-Summit than to listen to the last episode of the Laying Down Tracks series with guest and UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit, Dr. Agnes Kalibata.  This episode touches on a lot of ground but focuses on the importance of the summit being a “people's summit” and on the significance of having all voices be part of the Summit process to achieve true food systems transformation and meet all 17 SDG's. Whatever problem a country or community is struggling with there is a solution to match. “The fact that too many people are going hungry does not mean that we aren't producing enough. The challenge is in the inequities that live in our food systems. Through the solution clusters we have been able to mobilize and identify game changing ideas that have been consolidated into 52 solutions,” says Dr. Kalibata as she describes how these innovative solutions can help solve specific challenges in Food Systems. Don't miss this last episode on the importance of all actors coming together for true food system transformation and learn more about Dr. Kalibata's journey on how she came to be so passionate about helping bring this change.    https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/laying-down-tracks www.SourcingMatters.show

In this episode, Caitlin Welsh and Johan Swinnen, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, sit down to discuss IFPRI's reorganization and how research had to adapt amid challenges posed by Covid-19. Swinnen details a holistic view of the current state of food insecurity and its contributing factors, focusing on economic causes, the diverse implications of Covid-19, and the distribution of food insecurity across regions and rural/urban divides. Caitlin Welsh and Jo Swinnen also consider what we may discover retroactively about the current moment, what to expect in the future, and possible implications of the September 2020 UN Food Systems Summit.

As you know on this podcast, we tackle hot topics in Mzansi's agricultural industry along with farming advice to get any new farmer up to sprinting speed!   This week Food For Mzansi journalist Sinesipho Tom connects with Elton Greeve, an agripreneur and a former chief director: strategic land reform interventions at the department of rural development and land reform. He weighs in on the recent unrest in South Africa and what we can learn from it.  We also connect with Dr Sifiso Ntombela, chief economist at the National Agricultural Marketing Council and facilitator for the independent dialogue on South African media engagement at the UN Food Systems Summit 2021… 

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters project Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to Laying Down Tracks (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet.   EPISODE SEVEN: Good Food For All Host: Aaron Niederhelman, Sourcing Matters podcast Guest: Paul Polman, Co-founder & Chair at IMAGINE Guest: Chantelle Nicholson, chef owner at Tredwells and All's Well _______ 'Laying Down Tracks' ep.7: “If you work in silos you will never get these changes implemented because the farmer can't afford it, but if big corporations come to work together across the value chain; you create value at a different level,” says influencer, businessman and campaigner, Paul Polman. This latest episode is all about how to build a food system that's dedicated to nutrition and health of people and the planet. Joining in this conversation  is Chef, writer, and regenerative food system advocate, Chantelle Nicholson, who talks about  the importance of consciousness as the first step and asking questions on where do you buy your food and how many plants are you eating a week, as something we can all do to bring in more good food for all. Listen to this conversation with Paul, Chantelle, and Aaron as they discuss how we can achieve good for the people and planet, as we continue to Lay Down Tracks to the UN Food Systems Summit. https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/laying-down-tracks www.SourcingMatters.show

In this episode of the Power for All podcast, William Brent speaks with Kaushik Ramakrishnan, an expert working to transform and scale smallholder farming through innovative financial solutions. In support of this year's UN Food Systems Summit, this podcast is part of a special series focused on the critical link between food systems and decentralized renewable energy, aimed at highlighting game-changing ideas in Africa and Asia that can help ensure sustainable energy for all and improve farmers' lives.

POLICY SEMINAR Financing food systems transformation JUL 13, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT In the run-up to the UN Food Systems Summit, excitement is building around game-changing solutions emerging from the Action Tracks and country policy priorities identified in national dialogues. Development of these solutions is benefiting from the lens of the five UNFSS cross-cutting levers and the evidence-based focus provided by the Scientific Group. But implementation will depend on countries' ability to access and adequately utilize funding for food systems transformation. This event, organized by CGIAR-IFPRI in coordination with the UNFSS Scientific Group, will bring together a group of experts to discuss options for mobilizing and utilizing funding to finance food systems transformation and achieve the related Sustainable Development Goals. Speakers will consider financing options from the perspective of consumers, value chain operators, international development funds, public budgets, banking systems, and capital markets, with a particular focus on SDG 2 Zero Hunger. Opening remarks: Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI Financing Food Systems Transformation Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program, CGIAR-IFPRI Panelists Bettina Prato, Senior Coordinator, Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (Presentation) Carin Smaller, Director, Agriculture, Trade & Investment, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Presentation) Rob Vos, Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, CGIAR-IFPRI (Presentation) Deissy Martinez-Baron, Regional Coordinator, CGIAR Research Program for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CGIAR Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Presentation) Tony Siantonas, Director, Scaling Positive Agriculture, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Closing Remarks Joachim von Braun, Chair, Scientific Group for the UNFSS; Director, Center for Development Research and Professor for Economic and Technological Change, Bonn University; & President, Pontifical Academy of Sciences Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, CGIAR-IFPRI Links: IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 UNFSS Science Days Side Events: https://www.ifpri.org/unfss/2021/science-day-side-events More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/financing-food-systems-transformation Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Evidence-based Policy relies on strong data and measurements. So if you want to improve a development target like nutrition, you need to be able to measure that. But with fisheries and aquaculture, we often don't have the metrics we need to make sound policy decisions. This podcast is a part of a series on fisheries and nutrition and a movement to bring fisheries into international food policy and programming.   Interview Summary   Welcome to the Leading Voices in Food podcast. I'm Sarah Zoubek, associate director of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. My co-host today is World Food Policy Center alum and Michigan State University, fisheries social scientist Abigail Bennett.   We've got another full house of guests today with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's ecologist and epidemiologist, Chris Golden and fisheries planning analyst, Nicole Franz at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.   So I'll just jump right in, garbage in and garbage out, is what I often hear researchers say when referring to making decisions based on bad data or essentially no data. In your view, what are some of the most important data and information gaps for fisheries and aquaculture, and then subsequently for developing policy that promotes their contributions to food and nutrition security.   Chris - One of the most interesting things is that as a society, we still don't know who is eating what and where. So we have all of this data on food production around the world. We have data on trade in many cases, but we don't really know who's eating things. What types of food they're eating, why they're eating it. And so all of these data are essential for us to understand food behaviors, nutritional status, and the emergence of sustainable food systems. Thinking about aquatic foods, we also have these same types of issues. Consumption data is really patchy. We also really don't understand how food is being distributed geographically within a nation by socioeconomic status, age group, or gender dynamics, we really struggle to understand how policies that increase aquatic food production or environmental changes that might shock aquatic food production, might have downstream effects on people's lives.   Nicole - Chris, you already pointed out really crucial gaps. So I would just like to compliment with two more. And the first relates to the nutritional value of diverse types of aquatic foods. Aquatic foods provide micronutrients and essential fatty acids, and obviously in a very different way between these different products. The nutritional value of a white fish filet is very different from the nutritional value of a portion of small dried fish that is consumed whole. And this small dried fish for example, is particularly important as part of the diet of large amounts of people, particularly in Africa, but also in Asia. So better understanding those nutritional values of the different aquatic food products can really make a major difference in ensuring that those who are most in need have access to highly nutritious and aquatic foods. For example, one way to use that knowledge and apply that information is through targeted school feeding programs.   A second data and information gap relates to the origin of aquatic food supplies. We often talk about catch about the production volume but there's less information currently available on the underlying production system. So who is catching that fish and what species is produced by what kind of production system. National catch statistics are usually not differentiating for example between large scale and small scale fisheries. But knowing these underlying production systems is really of crucial importance to inform food security and nutrition sensitive policies. Small-scale fisheries for example, they tend to fish a larger variety of species than industrial fisheries. And this variety then also tends to be consumed while what is coming from industrial fisheries, a good part of the catch is often not used for human consumption.   In 2012, the World Bank, FAO and WorldFish worked together on a study that was called Hidden Harvest: The Global Contribution of Capture Fisheries. And in that study, it emerged that half of the global catch in developing countries is in fact produced by small scale fisheries. Even more importantly, the study found that between 90 and 95% of the small scale fisheries landings are destined directly for human consumption. So this really provides a strong justification to understand what the underlying production system is, because it has policy implications.   Abigail - Nicole I'd like to ask you a little bit more about the Illuminating Hidden Harvest study that you mentioned and the kinds of data and metrics it uses to understand the contributions of small scale fisheries in particular to food and nutrition security.   Nicole - Thanks Abby. In fact, the Illuminating Hidden Harvest study was inspired by the 2012 Hidden Harvest study. It is expanding the scope to better capture the nutrition and food security aspects in relation to small scale fisheries. So we're partnering with WorldFish and with Duke University for the production of this Illuminating Hidden Harvest study. And this is an attempt to contribute to closing, or maybe at least narrowing some of the current data and information gaps by providing more evidence on how small scale fisheries in particular contributes to sustainable development. The methods we have developed consists in data that we collected from 58 countries and territories. We also have submitted a survey that was replied to by over 100 countries, and we're also drawing on existing global databases. So we're combining all of this information in order to better understand the contribution of small scale fisheries to sustainable development.   One of the things we're doing in the nutrition work is building on work that was conducted by Christina Hicks from Lancaster University to model the nutrient content from fish. This is also an attempt to model nutrient content more widely, and this should be helping to value catch in terms of nutrition rather than only in terms of economic value. The catches from small scale fisheries are really very valuable in terms of nutrient richness, especially in terms of calcium of iron and zinc. And these are three nutrients that are often lacking in the diets in particular in low and middle-income countries. So these findings are incredibly important from a policy standpoint because they're showing the need to secure small-scale fisheries production systems in the context of growing competition over access to water in coastal areas, but it really underlines the need to maintain those important food production systems that are servicing so much nutrients to in particular, the most vulnerable and marginalized parts of populations.   Within the Hidden Harvest study, we're also using an indicator of household proximity to fisheries to understand better how the consumption of fish supports the nutritional benefits of the consumers. And this has really helped to illuminate how important fisheries are for the diets, especially for some groups within the population, including children between six and 24 months, which is really critical window for nutrition. So having access to affordable nutritious aquatic food is fundamental and using this indicator of household proximity to fisheries, has really helped us to visualize how the benefits from small scale fisheries are distributed within a country.   Abigail - Thanks, Nicole, that's really exciting. How can listeners access the results when they're available or keep up with the study as it progresses?   Nicole - We have a website and we're also sending out newsletter and we're sharing how the study is progressing. And we are planning to release a study at the end of the year, and it will obviously be available online on the pages of the three three partner organizations, FAO, WorldFish and Duke University.   Sarah - Chris, you had mentioned various databases. Can you explain a little bit more how that's filling the data gaps for diet and nutrient considerations for fisheries and aquaculture? What are we measuring here?   Chris - There are so many different types of databases in different parts of the world being produced by different users and all of them are so important, particularly in the ways that they can be used together. I'm going to list the ones that I've used in my own work or am aware of. The Global Nutrient Database is jointly produced by FAO (the Food and Agriculture Organization) and IHME (the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation). And it produces an integrated nutrient supply estimate for all foods that are produced with the expectation that they are being consumed at the national level. And so you have consumption data that is then matched under nutrient composition tables to understand approximately the nutrient supply at the national level. If you do some modeling to estimate how those national supplies are being consumed at sub national level across age and sex groups, you can actually make estimates of nutrient deficiencies at the national level. This becomes really important in terms of targeting what types of food interventions or nutritional interventions need to be undertaken at national scales.   There's also something called the Global Dietary Database based at Tufts University that has aggregated most of the world's 24 hour recall data considered to be the gold standard for dietary assessment and has aggregated all data that was conducted in nationally representative ways, I think it's for more than 80 countries, to understand how food items are consumed, how they're distributed sub nationally. And so the information within that, that allows us to have an idea of how the Global Nutrient Database might be disaggregated at sub-national scales.   There's also a database called GENuS, Global Expanded Nutrient Supply Database. This is a unique database in that it is completely open access, it can be found online in the Harvard Dataverse and it also produces nutrient supply estimates that uses the FAOs food balance sheet data, and then assigns nutrient composition data to the food balance sheet data and corrects for ways in which production might actually be translated into consumption.   The last thing that I'll mention is that we have recently developed something called the Aquatic Food Composition Database. We noticed how important the diversity of production systems of species, of the parts of fish that people were consuming and how little we knew about the nutrient value of those different parts of fish. And we went through a systematic scoping review of all of the data that was available in the peer reviewed literature. We went through all of the national food composition tables, and we wove that together into one integrated database and we called it the Aquatic Food Composition Database. And this has more than 3000 different aquatic food species, inclusive of both plant and animal source foods, an entire suite of different nutrients. From iron, zinc, individual fatty acids, protein, vitamin A, vitamin B12, etc. And then also classifies data based on whether it was wild, farmed, what geographical region it was produced in, and the part of the fish that is being tested. So whether it's the filet, the liver, a whole fish, whether it's dried or fresh. So any processing that is involved before the nutrient analysis was done. I think with all of these different methods, all of these different databases, putting together all of these data and disparate parts, and these unconnected databases will be incredibly important to understanding how we can create more efficient, more sustainable and more nutritious food systems.   Abigail - Chris and Nicole, you both laid an amazing amount of work out on the table. And it's really exciting because it does seem like the field is inching closer to being able to connect some of those dots and do some triangulation on some areas where there's some uncertainty and data gaps. And so yeah, I do want to circle back around to this initial question that we posed, which is so what is the significance of this work collectively for policymaking? What does this data enable us to measure about fisheries and agriculture and what are some of the implications for making better policy?   Chris - I think one of the things to look at is the way that the aquaculture industry is really revolutionizing feed. We know that aquatic foods on average are so much more sustainable and have a much lighter environmental footprint than a vast array of different forms of animal source foods. So when we put it in that context, to think about the way in which feed products that go into agriculture, which is the dominant form of environmental impact for most of them and the way that they're being completely transformed by these interesting tech companies, to look at ways that we can use plant feeds with adopted or generated nutrient profiles that really improve the ultimate end product of nutrition. I think that that is something to definitely keep a lookout for, that will have incredible policy impact in terms of developing sustainable food systems.   And so one of the things that my team has been looking at is the degree to which fisheries management and specifically marine protected areas, could actually serve as a nutritional intervention. Conservation as a process could actually be not only a biodiversity and an environmental intervention, but also a public health intervention. And so the idea that a marine protected area could rehabilitate a fishery, provide spillover and increasing access to seafood to adjacent communities, is something that I think is so exciting to really reframe that mentally. And then to see if we can actually quantify the benefits of conservation to human health.   Abigail - And Chris does that serve as even an additional justification for fisheries conservation? Is it useful in that sense as well to kind of reframe these things like that?   Chris - I think so, absolutely. I think the degree to which we can think of all of these different sectors as serving multiple different purposes of the resource. And so to think of fisheries exclusively in an economic sense, really undermines so much of its true value and might lead to mismanagement from a fisheries management standpoint.   Abigail – Nicole, I want to turn it over to you and ask the same question. What types of policies do you think might emerge from a lot of the work in filling data and information gaps?   Nicole - I fully agree with what Chris just mentioned, and I think hopefully one of the major results of better data and information is that there's more integrated analysis across different policy domains, such as fisheries and nutrition. It would really allow for more coherence also across new policies. For example, these broader livelihood dimensions that are coming from the fisheries are really emerging and are valued. So by having this data, the fishery sector will really gain more recognition because currently we see often that it's overlooked, it's not taken into account even in food security and nutrition strategies in many countries. So by having more evidence about these values and these multiple functions of aquatic food within societies, this really should help better policy making and help to optimize the outcomes of these different policies that are playing together in a more coherent way.   There are a number of new global policy processes and policy instruments developing, taking aquatic foods more into consideration. One example are the Voluntary Guidelines for Food Systems and Nutrition. These Voluntary Guidelines were endorsed earlier this year and they specifically include aquatic foods. And we also see now in the preparations for the UN Food Systems Summit, that aquatic foods is entering more and more the preparatory process of this UN Food Systems Summit. They often call it blue foods instead of aquatic foods. But we see now that the attention is growing and that the number of informal dialogues and the number of events are organized around that theme because there is this recognition, that aquatic food is really part of the system and it generates all of these health benefits, which ultimately play out positively for society.   Sarah – And now one final question. What are you most excited about that's on the horizon for aquatic, or as Nicole said, blue foods?   Nicole - I'm excited about this increasing recognition of aquatic foods, beyond the fisheries policy domain. And one example, there's the UN, they just released for the first time a discussion paper specifically on the role of aquatic foods in sustainable healthy diets. I think that that is really quite important. This paper sets out a number of recommendations on how aquatic foods are part of the solution to really building resilient food systems and sustainable, healthy diets. There's one recommendation that specifically calls to democratize knowledge, data, and technologies, and to co-create meaningful knowledge and usable innovations. And that recognition of the role of data and information in this report, I think is quite powerful. And I hope that it will really kick off more work and more attention, and also the possibility to bring together all of the existing knowledge. Chris mentioned before, there are so many databases already out there, there's so much information, but this might be an opportunity to really connect all of these better and build analysis around it, that then can really be the evidence base for policy making in the future.   Chris - I completely agree with Nicole, this increasing recognition of fish and aquatic food products, it is incredibly important to elevate this recognition of how undervalued aquatic foods have been in the global food system. And one of the things I'm most excited about is not only raising the profile of that, but also integrating it and linking it directly into the terrestrial food system. We can't any longer deal with these two things as separate entities. There are enormous feedbacks in terms of the forage fish that are then used as fertilizer or feeds in terrestrial food systems, and the ways in which terrestrial food production, then leaches into affecting our rivers and lakes and coastal water systems. We can't think of these things as detached. We have to think of them as one integrative and holistic food system. Sarah - I wanted to mention, Chris, the paper that you noted is called Recognize Fish as Food in Policy Discourse and Development Funding.

POLICY SEMINAR UNFSS Science Days Side Event: COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level Co-Organized by CGIAR and RUAF JUL 6, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT COVID-19's relentless march across the globe and subsequent lockdowns and restrictions have affected the lives of women and men everywhere, far beyond health impacts alone. Fragilities in food systems, market access, trade, rural-urban mobility, agricultural labor, food security, diet diversity, inequities between genders, and the critical connections between human, animal, and environmental health were exposed, particularly in and around the rapidly-growing cities in low- and middle-income countries. The evolving evidence on the impacts of COVID-19 on urban food systems, and on the myriad of responses, reveals important insights into vulnerabilities and inequities, but also into lessons and possible solutions for strengthening the resilience of these systems. As decision makers gather for the UN Food Systems Summit, the global community has a unique opportunity to draw upon science to inform future actions on food security, One Health, and the (re)building of resilient and equitable food systems. This event brings together scientists and national stakeholders to identify key lessons from the pandemic, highlighting how technologies and policies in the agri-food sector can help improve food and nutrition security for the world's growing urban populations and contribute to sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development. Moderator: Vivian Atakos, Regional Communications Specialist, SSA Operations, CGIAR - International Potato Center (CIP) Opening Remarks: Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and Impact, CGIAR Presenter Christophe Béné, Principal Scientist, Sustainable Food Systems, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT CGIAR Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Responding Presenter Rene van Veenhuizen, Senior Programme Officer, RUAF Panelists Saro Abdella, Assistant Project Coordinator, EPHI Ibrahim Mohammed, Director, Agricultural Land & Climate Change Department, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria Silvia Alonso Alvarez, Senior Scientist Epidemiologist, CGIAR International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Kwaw Andam, Country Program Leader and Research Fellow, IFPRI Simon Heck, RTB's Flagship Project 4 Leader, Program Leader, CGIAR International Potato Center Willem Janssen, Lead Agricultural Economist in the South Asia Region, World Bank Group Links: IFPRI And UN Food Systems Summit 2021: https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-unfss-2021 CGIAR: https://www.cgiar.org/ RUAF: https://ruaf.org/ Federal Ministry Of Agriculture And Rural Development, Nigeria: https://fmard.gov.ng/ World Bank Group: https://www.worldbank.org/en/home Ministry Of Agriculture, Ethiopia: http://www.moa.gov.et/ More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/unfss-science-days-side-event-covid-19-food-systems-and-one-health-urbanizing-world-research Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters project Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to Laying Down Tracks (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet.   EPISODE SIX: Food for all Corners of the Planet Host: Aaron Niederhelman, Sourcing Matters podcast Co-host: Ruth Richardson, Executive Director for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food and Chair of Food Systems Champions Network Guest: Helianti Hilman, Founder and Executive Chairperson at Javara, and a Food Systems Champion _______ 'Laying Down Tracks' ep.6: Hope and true collaboration will help drive food system change and stabilize our planet. “Different people have different ways of thinking of food systems and that's why I am such an advocate on building these systems on values and principles. This is what is going to lead us to a much more hopeful future,” says the Co-host and Executive Director for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food and Chair of Food Systems Champions Network, Ruth Richardson. This latest episode is all about diverse interests coming together to produce food for all corners of the planet. Food system transformation requires a true multi-stakeholder initiative to really make it work. Joining in this conversation as guest is the Founder and Executive Chairperson at Javara, and a Food Systems Champion, Helianti Hilman who talks about the importance of building the whole supply chain on true collaboration, diversity, inclusion, and respectful relationships with farmers and producers to create true system change. Listen to this conversation with Ruth, Helianti and host Aaron Niederhelman as they discuss how food systems connect us all and must be built on values to lead us all to a much more hopeful future, as we continue to Lay Down Tracks to the UN Food Systems Summit. https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/laying-down-tracks www.SourcingMatters.show  

This episode digs into the food insecurity-climate change nexus. It looks at how vulnerable agriculture is to a rapidly and erratically changing climate, but at the same time, how much it contributes to it. We discuss some of the narratives around food security and the environmental systems needed for food production. This episode is a special edition ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. The summit aims to awaken the world to the fact that we all must work together to transform the way the world produces, consumes, and thinks about food.More: https://adelph.it/BeyondSupply

”Detta avsnitt tillägnas Torgny Östling, som den 3:e mars 2021 gick bort i en arbetsolycka. Vi pratar om några av de frågor som låg honom närmast om hjärtat, exempelvis den om strandskyddet, som återigen är aktuell. Vi berör även landgrabbing inom EU och UN Food Systems Summit och pratar lite om hur engagemang i matsuveränitetsrörelsen […]

In this episode of the Power for All podcast, William Brent speaks with Karan Sehgal, leading expert on Energy and Food Systems at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).In support of this year's UN Food Systems Summit, this podcast is part of a special series focused on the critical link between food systems and decentralized renewable energy, aimed at highlighting game-changing ideas in Africa and Asia that can help ensure sustainable energy for all and improve farmers' lives.

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters project Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to Laying Down Tracks (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet.   SPECIAL EPISODE: Food Solutions for the Forcibly Displaced Host: Aaron Niederhelman, Sourcing Matters podcast Guest: Valerie Newsom Guarnieri, WFP Assistant Executive Director Guest: Raouf Mazou, Assistant High Commissioner of Operations at the UNHCR Guest: Malish James, WFP Storyteller refugee _______ 'Laying Down Tracks' special episode: It's World Refugee Day and we are bringing to you a special encore episode to tune into. This episode touches on the importance of creating an environment of self-reliance for the more than 80 million people displaced worldwide – approximately the population of Germany. “People leave their home because of food insecurity and then results in even more food insecurity because they cannot produce anymore,” says the Assistant High Commissioner of Operations at the UNHCR, Raouf Mazou. Episode guest and WFP Assistant Executive Director, Valerie Newsom, similarly echoes the importance of creating self-reliance: “A big problem for a lot of refugees is access to land. One exciting solution we have been working on is adapting a low-tech hydroponics technique that allow people to grow food in impossible places. Whenever there is an opportunity with a little bit of land for refugees to grow some of their food needs, we take that opportunity.” Listen to this conversation with Raouf, Valerie, and WFP Storyteller refugee Malish James as they discuss who the forcibly displaced really represent and why we are seeing such an increase in number, as we continue to Lay Down Tracks to the UN Food Systems Summit. https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/laying-down-tracks www.SourcingMatters.show

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters project Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to Laying Down Tracks (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet.   EPISODE FIVE: System Resilience Host: Aaron Niederhelman, Sourcing Matters podcast Guest: Nate Mook, CEO of World Central Kitchen _______ 'Laying Down Tracks' ep.5: What better way to celebrate Sustainable Gastronomy Day than to listen to the latest episode of Laying Down Tracks? This episode touches on the importance of bringing resilience into food systems transformation as one of the most vital things to enable communities to bounce back from a crises and environmental shock. “Food too often is seen as a commodity, as an object. It is often seen as a logistical problem. But it is about sharing a fresh nourishing plate to uplift spirits and make people feel like things will get better,” says CEO for World Central Kitchen, Nate Mook, who discusses with host Aaron the importance of shifting how we respond to crisis. Listen to this conversation on the importance of building resilience to vulnerabilities and creating long term food security, as we continue to Lay Down Tracks to the UN Food Systems Summit. https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/laying-down-tracks www.SourcingMatters.show

Mega-corporations are all set to walk away with the keys to global governance of food and agriculture at the UN Food Systems Summit later this year. Pat Mooney talks about what is at stake and The Long Food Movement counter strategy.

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters project Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to Laying Down Tracks (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet.   EPISODE FOUR: Equitable Livelihoods, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Host: Aaron Niederhelman, Sourcing Matters podcast Co-host: Dr Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Lead of the Summit's Gender Lever of Change Guest: Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, the Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health at World Fish, and 2021 World Food Prize Laureate. -- What better way to mark World Oceans Day then listening to episode 4 of Laying Down Tracks? This week's episode brings a fascinating discussion about planet, gender equality, and how we can best engage with the Ocean. “We need women's voices and leadership to be prominent in food systems. It's the only way to guarantee that food systems are just. I've been working as the custodian for gender equality…working with all of the Action Track leaders…to make sure that gender equality, the empowerment of women, is embedded in these solutions,” says Dr. Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Lead of the Summit's Gender Lever of Change, who joins Aaron as co-host in this conversation about equitable livelihoods, gender equality and women's empowerment.  Aquatic foods in the future can become a key forum for equality and inclusion. Guest in this episode, Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, The Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health at World Fish, and 2021 World Food Prize Laureate, explains how she hopes that winning the Food Prize will inspire young women and girls to study science: “It is extremely rewarding, extremely invigorating-you can reach far - and you can have a good time!” she says. Listen to this conversation on gender equality, and women empowerment within the aquatic food economy as we continue to Lay Down Tracks to the UN Food Systems Summit. https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/laying-down-tracks www.SourcingMatters.show

In this interview, William Brent speaks to Raffaella Bellanca, leader in access to energy at the World Food Program (WFP), discussing a critical link between school feeding initiatives and decentralized renewable energy. In support of this year's UN Food Systems Summit, this podcast is part of a special series focused on the critical link between food systems and decentralized renewable energy, aimed at highlighting game-changing ideas in Africa and Asia that can help ensure sustainable energy for all and improve farmers' lives.

On this week's Truth to Power Happy Hour, Forward Radio programmers Hart Hagan (The Climate Report) and Justin Mog (Sustainability Now!) are joined by Stephen Bartlett (Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville) for a conversation about local foraging and the delight of the serviceberries which are ripe right now; COVID vaccine apartheid; the Biden administration's hesitancy to restore taxes on corporations and the 1%; this summer's UN Food Systems Summit (https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit) being captured by Big Ag and a social movement delegitimizing campaign; restoring the Civil Society Mechanism in negotiations in the FAO; and the need for a clear-eyed approach to addressing the global climate crisis through a regenerative economy of care! Get connected with Forward Radio's Community Partner, Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville at http://salouisville.org Learn about Fresh Stop Markets at http://newroots.org On Truth to Power each week, we gather Forward Radio programmers and friends to discuss the state of the world, the nation, the state, and the city! It's a community conversation like you won't hear anywhere else! Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 4pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at http://forwardradio.org

Welcome to the mid-week edition of RealAg Radio, thanks for tuning in! On today’s show you’ll hear: Greg Henderson, editor of Drovers, on the poorly-timed situation of JBS being cyber-attacked and the outcomes; Rick White, president and CEO of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, talks about the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit; Barry Friesen, executive... Read More

Welcome to the mid-week edition of RealAg Radio, thanks for tuning in! On today’s show you’ll hear: Greg Henderson, editor of Drovers, on the poorly-timed situation of JBS being cyber-attacked and the outcomes; Rick White, president and CEO of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, talks about the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit; Barry Friesen, executive... Read More

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters project Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to Laying Down Tracks (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet.   EPISODE THREE: Nature-Based Production Host: Aaron Niederhelman, Sourcing Matters podcast Co-host: Joao Campari, Global Leader of the WWF’s Food Practice and Chair of the UN Food Systems Summit Action Track 3 Guest: Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean _______ 'Laying Down Tracks' ep.3: The oceans and their coastal areas are an essential component of the Earth's ecosystem hosting between 500,000 and 10 million species that provide a wide range of ecosystem services. “We cannot have a healthy planet without healthy oceans, and in any global discussion on biodiversity the ocean must be front-and-centre,” explains Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, who is a guest on this episode, co-hosted by Joao Campari, Global Leader of the WWF’s Food Practice and Chair of the UN Food Systems Summit Action Track 3. Approximately 3 billion people in the world rely on wild-caught and farmed seafood as a primary source of protein, while at the same time agriculture uses up 38 percent of the global land surface. Whether on land or at sea, we are using up our precious resources and destroying others that can help us recover like biodiversity. With only nine more harvests remaining on a promise to meet the SDGs by 2030, it is important we find the right balance both for the health of our planet but also for the health of people everywhere. Listen to this conversation on nature-based solutions and the blue economy as we continue to Lay Down Tracks to the UN Food Systems Summit. https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/laying-down-tracks www.SourcingMatters.show  

In this special Ice Age Farmer broadcast, Christian is joined by Dr. Frédéric Leroy, a professor in the field of food science & biotechnology at Vrije Universiteit, to detail what can only be described as an attempted hostile takeover of all human food production. Dr. Leroy outlines with studied precision the UN Food Systems Summit: […]

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani talks with Earlene Cruz about bringing stories of food insecurity and food culture to the forefront ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit. Earlene Cruz’s organization, Kitchen Connection, focuses on connecting chefs from around the world with home cooks to illuminate global food issues. Cruz discusses how cuisine and food culture can be a vehicle for important discussions about food system challenges. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters project Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to 'Laying Down Tracks' (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet. --- --- LAYING DOWN TRACKS - ep.2:  SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION If food waste was a country, it'd be the third biggest global greenhouse gas emitter. “We waste at least a third of the world's food sources. So, a third of all that environmental impact is happening for no good reason, just for food to be left to rot,” said author and activist Tristram Stuart as he joins Aaron Niederhelman as co-host for this second episode. Stuart is known for his craft beer line Toast Ale, which turns a potential food waste magically into beer. That is something we can all cheers to. He is joined by Lana Weidgenant, Deputy Director of Zero Hour International and UN Food Systems Summit Vice-Chair for Action Track 2, and Webster Makombe, a law student and youth activist from Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. Sustainable consumption is becoming more of a priority from each generation to the next says Weidgenant, while Makombe shares how local foods are changing consumption habits in Zimbabwe. Join us to hear all about how you can change your consumption habits – and your beer choice – to create lasting changes in our food systems. --- Host: Aaron Niederhelman Co-host: Tristram Stuart, co-founder of Feedback and founder of Toast Ale Guest: Lana Weidgenant, Deputy Director of Zero Hour International and UN Food Systems Summit Vice-Chair for Action Track 2 Guest: Webster Makombe, law student and youth activist from Scaling Up Nutrition Movement

a UN Food System Summit & Sourcing Matters miniseries Together, the UN Food Systems Summit and Sourcing Matters launch their new and thought-provoking podcast series, Laying Down Tracks. This inspiring 8-part miniseries, led by Aaron Niederhelman, will feature world experts on issues related to world hunger, malnutrition, climate change, and much more. Focused on the real experiences of rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, each episode will bring forward solutions through motivating discussions. We are laying down tracks to head into a new world where our food systems mean prosperity for people and the planet.  Listen now to 'Laying Down Tracks' (LDTs) to learn how you, too, can help save our planet. --- --- LAYING DOWN TRACKS - ep.1:  FOOD ACCESS - co-host: Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director at GAIN - guest: Maureen Muketha, founder of Tule Vyema - guest: youth activist Sophie Healy-Thow One of the exciting things about the summit is that it brings these five different communities together. There’s the community that I’m immersed in; hunger, nutrition, and food safety – but there are these other communities involved. People that are worried about climate, environment, livelihood, and resilience. Food systems affect all of those things, and all of those things affect food systems,” Said Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and Lead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit Track 1, as he kicks off the conversation as co-host with Aaron Niederhelman. The discussions in this first episode covers a lot of ground, but always seems to return to two subjects: food access, and the involvement of younger people. A successful movement lead by youth takes more than just a retweet or share; it requires meaningful conversations. Maureen Muketha, the founder of Tule Vyema, and youth activist Sophie Healy-Throw join as guests to discuss how to solve big problems tied to food access. Tune-in to hear what’s really going on with your food in this first episode as we begin laying down tracks heading into the UN Food Systems Summit.

In collaboration with the UN FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT, Sourcing Matters has launched the 2021 miniseries 'Laying Down Tracks'. Joined by the Summit’s five Action Track leaders as cohosts of episodes, host Aaron Niederhelman curates an 8-part series featuring conversations with influencers and champions who are set on making this once in a decade gathering have impact. “Food is our most intimate connection to nature and our best chance to save a shrinking planet,” explains Sourcing Matters host Aaron Niederhelman.  “It’s the food we eat that is the elixir to instigate conversations and evolve mindsets which can stave off existential threats.  It’s food and its production that acts as the primary course of action for improving the human condition and advancing climate action,”  Niederhelman continues. To amplify an appreciation for the role of well sourced food in addressing hunger, malnutrition, social welfare and climate change – Sourcing Matters show is collaborating with the UN Food Systems Summit to capture leading voices defining solutions of change. The goal of the miniseries is to crawl into the ears of more folks through diverse discussions about how we can all be part of this historical movement. Episodes take a deep dive into the Summit’s Action Tracks and frame these chats around real world experiences in rolling out the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to stimulate new perspectives. We believe that engaging in fun, informal and informative conversations gives us all a better chance to get to know a bit more about the mettle of the people who are leading the fight for a more just and stable tomorrow. You see, In all corners the process of producing and sourcing food in a modern world has evolved with consequence on our health and that of the planet.  “Three times daily we can vote for the planet and each other in what we decide to eat,”   concludes Niederhelman.

Sixteen-year-old food activist, Saffron Stedall introduces us to some of the young campaigners behind a global youth movement called Act4Food Act4Change. She hears their stories and why they're taking their Actions4Change, the first ever list of asks of governments and businesses all over the world need in order to transform our broken food system to the UN Food Systems Summit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of the Power for All podcast, William Brent speaks with Shilp Verma, a Researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and a leading expert on the nexus of food, water, and solar energy. In support of this year’s UN Food Systems Summit, this podcast is part of a special series focused on the critical link between food systems and decentralized renewable energy, aimed at highlighting game-changing ideas in Africa and Asia that can help ensure sustainable energy for all and improve farmers’ lives.

Episode #51 Notes1:00 - What does food sovereignty mean?1:30 - What are the goals and vision for the People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty?3:20 - How are decisions made in the coalition?4:25 - What inspired the formation of the coalition?5:30 - What have farmers in countries like India, Philippines, Cambodia been experiencing recently?9:00 - What role do large institutional, international relief organizations play in supporting the global south?10:45 - On international and philanthropic relief organizations and unintended impacts in the southern hemisphere.16:00 - What is the UN Food Systems Summit, and why is it being boycotted by some organizations?27:00 - What is your coalitions alternative to our current food system trajectory?31:00 - Closing thoughts.People's Coalition of Food Sovereignty Publications

Jyoti Fernandes, farmer of Five Penny Farms and Policy Coordinator with the UK based Landworkers' Alliance, discusses what agroecology means to her and the efforts to shape food policy in the United Kingdom. We also discuss the risk of agroecology being co-opted and the current boycott of the UN Food Systems Summit. Episode Links Five Penny Farms, Dorset Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Scientists Boycott the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit Jyoti testifying at the EU Parliament in 2015 Raj Patel on Normal Borlaug | Interview in PBS American Experience Is Agroecology Being Co-opted by Big Ag? | Civil Eats Article Farm Protests in India Are Writing the Green Revolution's Obituary | Scientific American Article The Land Workers' Alliance The Dimbleby Report | Part One of the National Food Strategy European Coordination Via Campesina Reframing the land-sparing/land-sharing debate for biodiversity conservation | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Nature Friendly Farming Network Pasture Fed Livestock Association SUSTAIN Alliance for better food and farming Agriculture Act 2020

A series of three meetings were jointly held last week led by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). The purpose of the meetings was to discuss grazing livestock and their role in building a sustainable food supply system. The meetings and consultations were held in preparation for the United Nations... Read More

In this episode of the Power for All podcast, William Brent speaks with Seth Silverman and Morgan DeFoort of Factor[e] Ventures, a builder of companies working at the intersection of food and energy. This podcast is a series highlighting the critical link between food systems and decentralized renewable energy in support of this year’s UN Food Systems Summit. The goal is to shed light on game-changing ideas in Africa and Asia that can help ensure sustainable energy for all, improve farmers’ lives, and support economic growth. Factor[e] has been one of the earliest investors in this space, exploring the opportunity to scale the food value chain on the back of renewable energy.

Die Corona-Krise ist Teil einer größeren Systemkrise, und zwar der Entfremdung zwischen Mensch und Natur.“ So äußerte sich kürzlich Dr. Kira Vinke vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung. Während die Pandemie uns alle tagtäglich weiter beschäftigt, ist eine relevante Folge der Entfremdung - die Klimakrise, in der Wahrnehmung nach hinten gerückt. Um sie wieder in das Bewusstsein zu rufen hat sich Franziska Sandt mit Dr. Martin Frick unterhalten. Er ist aktuell Stellvertreter der Sondergesandten des UN-Generalsekretärs für den UN Food Systems Summit 2021 und war zuvor im Sekretariat der Klimarahmenkonvention (UNFCCC) tätig. Martin Frick betont dabei die Zentralität der Ernährungssysteme für viele Bereiche unseres Lebens. So wird in diesem Podcast verdeutlicht, dass zwar nicht der absolute Verzicht, wohl aber die Stärkung des eigenen Bewusstseins für den Kreislauf auf unserer Erde im Fokus stehen sollte. Vom Sonntagsbraten bis hin zu den Bedürfnissen einer Paprika diskutieren die beiden vielfältige Bereiche der Themen Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit. Denn, „Eine Nation, die ihre Böden zerstört, zerstört sich selbst. (Franklin D. Roosevelt 1937)“. UN Food Systems Summit: https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit Sekretarait der Klimarahmenkonvention (UNFCCC): https://unfccc.int/

A high-level panel discussion with heads of state and government and leaders of international agencies highlighting strategies to strengthen food security on the continent, post COVID-19 and in view of the upcoming 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. High-profile leaders sum up all the conversations from the four days of the virtual 2020 AGRF. The session is moderated by South African conversation strategist, Nozipho Tshabalala and includes the President of Rwanda, H.E. Paul Kagame, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali, the Prime Minister of Israel, H.E. Benjamin Netanyahu, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rt. Hon. Tony Blair and Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, H.E. Amina Mohammed.

“I always feel that I’m quite limited by my imagination. You might think, I’m going to go thataway but you need to be open to where ‘thataway’ actually takes you.” -- Alison Cairns Joining me at Lake Riffelsee in the Swiss Alps, Alison shares her incredible journey of painting the Matterhorn while it was covered by cloud, transforming frustration into focus and setting an intention to start with what she could see rather than what she could so that the cloud revealed the mountain it was hiding. She also discusses the role of creativity in food, and Alison’s pop-up gallery for amateur artists launching in January 2021 in Geneva (currently pending a review of the gallery space). We also explored what happens when we treat our lives as our Masterpieces, and the power of decelerating enough to listen to our intuition so that we can create our greatest contribution to our planet, people and prosperity. We also discuss: How Alison's background in development, health and business is helping her as Partnerships Lead for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. Her commitment to helping to create a food system that supports nutritious food and equity within planetary boundaries. That if we feed people in the right way using the knowledge and tools available to us, we become part of the entire ecosystem. What would happen if we could create a world where our food system was provide good food for all, was equitable, and restored and regenerated our planet for good? Links: Food Systems Summit 2021 Craigberoch Business Decelerator and my conversation with Founder Gib Bulloch **add this link once published #Masterpiece Creation