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Posted on October 23, 2023
By Grow Further
Grow Further founder and CEO Peter Kelly, center, surrounded by researchers at the CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research in Ghana. Photo: Kwekwe Photography
At Grow Further, we “connect people and ideas for a food-secure future.” But what does this motto mean?
For an individual or company, the answer is simple. When they ask us, “I want to support the future of food security; how do I get involved?” we have a very clear answer for them. You can not only support agricultural research and development projects with potential for outsized long-term impact, but also engage, learn, and participate in our work if you so choose.
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Posted on October 20, 2023
By Meera Satpathy, Founder & Chairperson, Sukarya
Shipra, a Sukarya volunteer for 25 years, showing a nutritional lentil blend, safely packaged and well-labeled. Photo: Joel Meyers
“Food systems are defined by political decisions and the differential power of actors to influence those decisions”
– Olivier de Schutter, UN special rapporteur on the right to food from 2008 to 2014
The food system needs to become a public health priority. Developing policies and regulatory frameworks should be an integral part of the country. This will be ensured by establishing and implementing effective food safety systems.
A safe food system can ensure that the food supply is of high nutritional quality by enforcing regulations that promote nutrition, nutritious food, and accurate labeling, and consumers should be well informed to make the right choices for safe food handling. When consumers have confidence and appropriate knowledge of the food they consume, they are more likely to choose a balanced meal.
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Posted on October 16, 2023
By Tim Prewitt, President & CEO of The Hunger Project
This year, the world is coming together to chart a path toward a more sustainable and equitable food system — a system that can meet the demands of our ever-growing population and is resilient to environmental shocks.
Having spent my career working on food systems, I can easily say that never before have we seen such an outpouring of global engagement on this important topic. Typically, conversations about improving food systems focus on complex, commercial agricultural systems, delivering products from farm to table, often across borders. Nearly six billion people around the world find nourishment from these complex, commercial food systems, dominated by global agribusinesses that are responsible for producing a massive amount of food for our planet’s people.
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