Zero Hunger Action Plan
After reading the Food Technology article “Can Science Delivery Zero Hunger?” you may be inspired to take a deeper dive on the topic of food security. Here is a curated list of resources to help you learn more and take action.
June 2021
Volume 75, No. 5
Engage:
- FIRST (Food Improved by Research, Science, & Technology, July 19-21, 2021
- UN Food System Summit, September, 2021
- Zero Hunger: Will We Get There?, IFT Connect
Watch:
- Lecture/Discussion Series: Ertharin Cousin, Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
- TEDx Talk: Robert Saik, Pushing Boundaries in Agriculture
Listen:
Read:
- UN Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020. Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets, FAO
- Building a Skills-Based, Remote Volunteer Program, Partners in Food Solutions
- Food 5.0, Robert Saik
- Improving the Livelihoods and Nutrition of Cashew Farmers, Olam Foods
- Better with Bees: Making More Cash From Cashew, Olam Foods
- Creating a Buzz for Cashew Farmers, Olam Foods
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