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FOOD JUSTICE IN AN AGE OF
CRISIS
Presentation for Food for All Conference
Mark Fried
October 15, 2011
HUNGER IS ON THE RISE
FOOD PRICES DOUBLE BY 2030
WHO GETS TO EAT?
WHERE ARE THE HUNGRY PEOPLE?
CLIMATE DISASTERS
CLIMATE AND FOOD PRODUCTION
ARABLE LAND RUNNING OUT
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS OF FOOD
FOOD WASTE AND LOSS
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2011
SCRAMBLE FOR RESOURCES
IN ONE SLIDE
THREE MAJOR CHALLENGES
1. Sustainable Production – feed 9 billion
people by 2050 without wrecking the planet
2. Equity – address appalling inequities, ending
the chronic hunger that affects nearly 1 billion
people
3. Resilience – scale-up our collective ability to
manage risks and build resilience to shocks
WHAT CANADA CAN DO
Get serious about climate change
• Radically reduce emissions
• Secure a global deal on climate change
Stop the biofuels boondoggle
• Reorient tax breaks and subsidies
Transform agriculture
• Invest in smallholders
• Reform large-scale farms
Improve response to food crises
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Reduce risks and build resilience
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Support social protection
THE FOOD SUPERPOWERS
THE FARMING BARBELL
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