Course: SAT 230 Managing Food Production Systems in the Urban Landscape

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Multimedia Assignment 2
Multimedia Assignment 2

The next video is about two sides of the same coin; hunger and obesity.  Ellen Gustafson, co-founder of the philanthropic company FEED Bags discusses the problems of hunger and obesity as a global food crisis, created by our food system.

In the video Ellen discusses the idea that hunger and obesity are not separate issues requiring separate solutions.  Rather they are related issues and a long-term approach to fixing the food system will go a long way toward eliminating both issues simultaneously.  In the video she mentions who many of those who go hungry in the developing world are; that is what they do for a living.  It is incongruous that this should be happening.

As you watch the video you’ll notice that Ellen offers some solutions to immediate issues but is also advocating for long-term dialogue and planning in order to create a better, more reliable, global food system.  Again, this video isn’t an urban agriculture video but it is relatively easy to see how urban agriculture can fit into a vision of a more reliable, more equitable and even a healthier food system.

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