- she noticed that the hunger goes with insecurity and that the poorest nations of the world were also the most angry
- looked into school feeding programs - gets kids to school and nourishes them
- poverty and hunger leads to child malnurition versus education and nourished children leads to end of poverty
- feedbag - each bag sold would schoolfeed a kid for year - 55 million kids fed for a year
- what are you doing for Anericas kids - 49 million kids are hungry, one third are obese - a billion people around the world are obese
- agriculture - consolidated farming - corn soy and wheat. But America doesn't export a good system and systems around the world are deteriorating. Farmers in America are fat, farmers elsewhere are starving
- America's farming system has led to obesity, not to mention sodas
- in the developing world is going to America's system and becoming obese
- agriculture and obesity are one system, not separate
- the 30 Project - long-term ideas for food system change, connects disparate organisations
- ideas - organic food, easy access to vegetables, sustainable animal management, crazy tax processed foods
I don't think 'natural' is good. There are many things that we apply (some almost arbitrary) (some ignorant and backward ideas of natural and not-natural agenda-propagating) rules of morality. I think 'natural' is a political rhetoric, profoundly abused. 'Diversity' is the only defensible rhetoric for 'thinking' beings. We are not, of course, the only creatures that do thinking, but we are the only creatures with the power to oppress others and other creatures whose languages we don't understand. Us (badly) thinking creatures, slowly, ponderously gathering the evidence of our badness (I see no reason for your (god's) patience with us), have the ability to decide to be better than (the fashionable) 'natural' of the day. It is our responsibility to transcend our vileness. Just that. That one task. Our thinkingness I believe is for that. A world (constructed by god) to demonstrate this point. And we will find every rhetor...
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