Food Systems - Solutions to Ending Global Hunger
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“Every act of eating involves some element of choice.” Every day people around the world go to the store to purchase food and then sit down to a meal with their families. The meal may include bread made with wheat from Peru, salad with lettuce from California, and beef from Australia. All of these products end up on our plates through a vast interconnected global supply chain. While the supply chain creates a large number of food choices in wealthier countries, it does not always produce more nutritious food or get food to those in dire need. In Episode 6 of Better Food. Better World.,...
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Food and War - a Recipe for Disaster
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“Conflict and hunger, peace and food security. These are really inextricably linked.” As Afghans prepare for winter, they are on the brink of another crisis — hunger. War and conflict have shut down the economy, displaced hundreds of thousands, and caused food prices to rise. 22.8 million are facing acute food insecurity. People who have survived years of war are now at risk of dying without a single shot being fired. People around the world face severe challenges to access food because of war. In Episode 5 of Better Food. Better World., Elizabeth Nyamayaro and her guests explain why...
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Youth and Climate Change – Their Take
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“While feeding ourselves, we should feed nature because it's by feeding nature that we will feed ourselves again.” There was a frenzied tension and intensity at COP26. In the final days of the conference, delegations from around the world were deep in negotiations to address our world’s most dire crisis – climate change. Young people were leading the way. The biggest youth delegation ever called on world leaders to make the drastic changes needed to ensure our planet has a future. But will they listen? Episode 4 of Better Food. Better World. takes us to the climate conference where...
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The Trouble with Food and Climate Change
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“Honduras has the potential to lead on solutions to address climate change” In the midst of Honduras’ rolling mountains and green forests, there are greenhouses growing mouth-watering fresh vegetables. Communities come together to prepare meals with these vegetables and sell the produce. Recurring droughts, intense floods, bark beetle, and more put Honduras on the frontlines of climate change. Despite the devastation, there is joy and hope to be found. Communities are coming up with solutions like greenhouses that will help them not only survive but also thrive. Episode 3 of Better Food....
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The ‘Top’ of the Food Chain – We’re Rich, Right?
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“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...
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Did You Know You Live In a Food System?
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“There is no such thing as cheap food.” For some of us, a typical day’s diet could be oatmeal for breakfast, bean salad for lunch, and fish and chips for dinner. Little do we know, the oatmeal was farmed unethically with illegal pesticides, the beans came from a country suffering from drought and the fish came from a company that illegally overfished foreign waters, destroying a way of life for generations of local fishermen. Like many of us, Special Advisor for the UN World Food Programme, Elizabeth Nyamayaro grew up knowing hunger, despite a childhood filled with freshly picked mangos...
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Trailer - Better Food. Better World.
Better Food. Better World.
How do we ‘do food better?’ Better Food. Better World. poses this very question to listeners working in food policy and concerned global citizens alike. Over the course of 6 episodes, author Elizabeth Nyamayaro paints an audio picture of food systems around the world and the people involved from production to consumption, from farm to plate. In a world, where 811 million people go to bed hungry every single night while enough food to feed 2 billion people is wasted every single year, this podcast challenges all of us to think differently about food. Better Food. Better World. is a United...
info_outline“Honduras has the potential to lead on solutions to address climate change”
In the midst of Honduras’ rolling mountains and green forests, there are greenhouses growing mouth-watering fresh vegetables. Communities come together to prepare meals with these vegetables and sell the produce. Recurring droughts, intense floods, bark beetle, and more put Honduras on the frontlines of climate change. Despite the devastation, there is joy and hope to be found. Communities are coming up with solutions like greenhouses that will help them not only survive but also thrive.
Episode 3 of Better Food. Better World. finds Elizabeth Nyamayaro on the ground in Honduras where she falls in love with the community, the people, and the food while investigating the dire effects of a repetitive cycle of drought and flooding on the food system. She speaks with the people working to combat climate shock, Climate Change Country Expert Carlos Javier Rodriguez, Deputy Country Director for WFP in Honduras Etienne Labande, and Community Leaders Iris Sanchez and Gloria Lopez along with community members like Gabriel Gomez. Where some might see only devastation, Elizabeth sees hope, resilience, and lessons we can all use to make better food and a better world.
Key Moments:
- 1:32 - Elizabeth explains the devastating impact of two hurricanes on Honduras crops
- 2:52 - Local food, nutrition and environment expert Carlos Rodriguez describes the climate risks Honduras faces.
- 5:51 - A visit to a casa maya or a greenhouse, which feeds the community and provides a source of income.
- 6:42 - A drive through the mountains with Etienne Labande to learn what communities and the WFP are doing to combat climate risks.
- 10:55 - At the market with Iris Sanchez as she sells her produce and describes the impact of climate change on her community.
- 12:51 - Joining a community meal with Iris at a casa maya.
- 15:01 - Gloria Lopez, a community leader working with farmers, shares her concerns about climate change.
- 16:25 - Gabriel Gomez is still smiling after all they have gone through due to climate change.
- 17:52 - Community members Margarita and Iris share their wishes for better food and a better world.
- 22:55 - What we can all learn from Honduras’ accomplishments about how to live sustainability and with dignity.
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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.
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Carlos Javier Rodriguez - UTSAN
Honduras government environment expert
Carlos Rodriguez has over 15 years of experience working in food security, nutrition and gender programs. Working in the Honduran dry corridor, he is in charge of three regional food security projects. A graduate of Texas A&M University’s Agricultural Economics department, Mr. Rodriguez is the government’s representative on the Humanitarian Response team in Honduras.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlosR32738659
Etienne Labande - Deputy Country Director for WFP in Honduras
Born in the French Alps, after 13 years working in the private sector Etienne joined French NGO Première Urgence as a Program Officer in Guinea during the Guinea Civil War, quickly becoming their country director and eventually their regional director. When refugees from Cote d'Ivoire began to flee to Guinea en masse, he was recruited by the WFP. Now with over twenty years of experience in emergency response and food assistance, Etienne has been involved in critical actions in Guinea, Chad, Syria, Lebanon, and Northern Iraq. Currently, Labande is the Deputy Country Director for WFP in Honduras.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/etienne.labande
Iris Sanchez
Iris is a community leader in the drought-affected region of Las Mercedes, Opatoro, La Paz.
Gloria Lopez - REDMIAH
Gloria Lopez is the president of Red de Mujeres Indígenas y Afro-hondureñas (REDMIAH), the Network of Indigenous and Afro-Honduran Women. REDMIAH is actively involved in human rights and food security programs in Honduras.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/redmiah2012
Raul Bardales - National Program Officer for WFP in Honduras
Raul Bardales is Elizabeth’s translator on her visit to Honduras.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raul.bardales.98
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raul-bardales-63002047/