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Category Archives: food systems
New nutrition and agrobiodiversity manual: Implementing food systems field projects
Just published from Bioversity. Check it out! Bioversity Agrobiodiversity and Nutrition Field Manual
Posted in agriculture, biodiversity, diversity, food systems, nutrition
Tagged agrobiodiversity, bioversity, field manual, nutrition
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Forget “From Farm to Fork”! What about “From Farm to Flush”? Visuals not included.
The overly used motto, “from farm to fork” often refers to the idea of thinking more holistically about where our food comes from, how it is processed and how we cook and consume it. Or put more simply, what is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, eating, environment, food systems, malnutrition, nutrition, u.s. food system, undernutrition
Tagged digestion, farm to fork, flush, food chain, nutrition, value chain
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How Big a Backyard Would You Need to Live Off the Land? A big one for most people…
Cool infographic but obviously not realistic for most of the world. You would need 2 acres of land to be completely self sustainable, growing your own wheat, meat, eggs, veggies, fruits etc. Obviously this graphic is simplified. It doesn’t take … Continue reading
Oxfam digs deep into the global food system
Oxfam has just launched a new campaign called “GROW“. The report is quite good and calls for some major changes in how our ‘broken’ global food system could be repaired. They propose some solutions and criticisms about land grabbing, GMOs, … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, animals, biodiversity, diversity, environment, food systems
Tagged agriculture, beef, food security, global food system, GMOs, grow, nutrition, oxfam, smallholder
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The Role of Food and Nutrition System Approaches in Tackling Hidden Hunger
Just published a new article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Below is the abstract and it is downloadable, free of charge. Holla to open access! One of the World’s greatest challenges is to secure sufficient … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food systems, hunger, malnutrition
Tagged food and nutrition systems, hidden hunger
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Bringing food back into fashion
The more I work in the nutrition field, the more I realize how critical FOOD has become. And yet, it is essentially ignored by most nutritionist and health practioners. Well not food exactly, but the quality of food. In development … Continue reading
Posted in diversity, food systems, health, mediterranean, nutrition
Tagged dietary guidelines, jama, mediterranean, pollan, reductionism, waage, whole foods
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From supplements to systems
I recently wrote a post on an awesome blog called Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog. The post focuses on the recently published vitamin A fiasco paper by Latham. Here it is: As of 2010, one billion people are hungry, and 129 and … Continue reading
