City Region Food Systems
A new issue of Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 29, which is a special issue on city region food systems. This issue addresses the growing attention for policy and practice approaches that focus on...
Sustainable solutions in the supply chain could be worth €10,000!
The Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition is a food think tank based in Milan. Their Young Earth Solutions! student contest is open and they are looking for project ideas that make our food system more sustainable. Deadline:...
Transforming Innovation for Sustainability
This coming week I am giving two talks at conferences that seek to contribute answers to the question "how to feed 9 billion people by 2050". The first conference will be...
NEW BOOK: Food Security Governance: empowering communities, regulating corporations by Nora McKeon
A new and exciting book about food security governance is out and it is a MUST READ. I have just received my copy and will follow up with a more...
Survey on the Effectiveness of the CFS
Tomorrow is the last day to complete a survey on perceptions of the effectiveness of the work of the CFS. Completing the survey should take no longer than 10-15 minutes and your...
The dynamics of the contemporary governance of the world’s food supply and the challenges of policy redirection
New paper out written by Dr. David Barling (Centre for Food Policy, City University) and me. Unfortunately not open source but can be accessed here if your library has access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-015-0429-x The dynamics of...
How to feed 9 billion people without wrecking the planet?
I am moving WAY out of my comfort zone by presenting a Pecha Kucha (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) at the Eco Intensive Agriculture Conference. I will be...
Another call for papers: Post-neoliberal food transitions
We are looking for papers for a session at the XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress (http://www.esrs2015.eu/WG2 ) The session is: Post-neoliberal food transitions Co-conveners: Jessica Duncan [1], Damian Maye [2], Egon Noe...
Blurred lines in New York City governance: whose job is it to save our seas?
Excellent post about sustainability and fisheries governance....
CFS in Rome: The majority of governments remain blind to the challenges of global food security
La Via Campesina Press Release (Rome October 15th, 2014) The delegation of La Via Campesina, gathered in Rome for the 41st session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), recognizes the...