The University Food Policy Collaborative of New York City Presents

Food Security Governance: Empowering communities, regulating corporations

A panel discussion in celebration of Nora McKeon’s new book Today’s global food system generates hunger alongside of land grabs, food waste, health problems, massive greenhouse gas emissions.

food book Nora McKeon’s just-released book explains why we find ourselves in this situation and explores what we can do to change it. In her talk she will contrast how actors link up in corporate global food chains and in the local food systems that are considered to be “alternative” but in fact feed most of the world’s population. She will describe how communities around the world are protecting their access to resources and building better ways of food provision and discuss how the Committee on World Food Security – a uniquely inclusive global policy forum since its reform in 2009 – could be supportive of these efforts. The talk will conclude with a call to blow the whistle on predatory capitalism by building effective public policy instruments for accountable governance and extending their authority to the realm of regulating markets and corporations.

Respondents:

Saulo Araujo, Director of the Global Movements Program, WhyHunger

Thomas Forster, New School Food Studies, Post 2015 Food and Agriculture Cluster

Moderator: Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, CUNY School of Public Health & Hunter College, and Faculty Director, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 5pm-6:30pm

CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room, 9th Floor 365 Fifth Avenue @ 34th Street New York, NY 10016

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Nora McKeon studied history at Harvard and political science at the Sorbonne before joining the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. She held positions of increasing responsibility there, culminating in overall direction of the FAO’s relations with civil society. A major area of her work over the years was strengthening civil society/social movement participation in field programmes and in policy dialogue at all levels, with particular attention to organizations of small food producers as the mandated representatives of those most affected by food insecurity and poverty yet most distant from decision-making that affects them. She now divides her time between research, teaching, consulting and advocacy around food systems, food governance, small-scale farmer movements, and UN-civil society relations. She coordinates a program of exchange and advocacy with African and European small-scale farmers’ organizations (www.europafrica.info). She is closely following the current reform of global food governance, particularly the Committee on World Food Security. She lectures in the Masters Course on Human Development and Food Security at Rome 3 University and in other universities in Italy and the US.
Saulo Araujo works to advance initiatives of food sovereignty and agroecology by identifying resources and network opportunities that will strengthen the work of grassroots organizations and social movements. Originally from Brazil, Saulo brings years of experience working with urban and rural families in the United States and abroad. Prior to WhyHunger, he worked as the Latin America Program Coordinator for Grassroots International, and served as consultant to international funders, including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Saulo is a senior fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program, and has served as board member and advisor for many organizations, including The Food Project, New England Grassroots Environmental Fund and Justice at Work.

Thomas Forster has worked for over 20 years with government and non-governmental agencies to address policy changes to strengthen urban and rural linkages in food systems, especially in relation to school food, sustainable agriculture, and food and nutrition security. Since 2002 he has worked to secure legislative and administrative changes affecting public procurement, and leveling the field for small to medium scale farmers and processors. He is the senior advisor for government affairs at School Food FOCUS and previously was policy director for the Community Food Security Coalition in Washington. Recently he helped facilitate an international initiative to raise the profile of “city region food systems” and continues to work internationally as a fellow for city region landscapes with EcoAgriculture Partners in Washington. Thomas teaches food policy and governance in the Food Studies Program of the New School for Public Engagement.

Nicholas Freudenberg has worked on and led interdisciplinary research teams to study health disparities in urban settings and to evaluate programs and policies designed to reduce disparities for more than 30 years. He is founder and co-director of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College. His recent work has focused on the role of public and corporate policy, including food, alcohol and tobacco policy in the etiology of chronic diseases and the potential for policy to reduce health inequalities related to food, tobacco and alcohol. content

Food Security Governance: Empowering communities, regulating corporations

The University Food Policy Collaborative of New York City Presents

Food Security Governance: Empowering communities, regulating corporations

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