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Global Food Policy: Encouraging a plague of abundance and an epidemic of scarcity Logan Strenchock MESPOM 2010-2012

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Let’s take a trip around the world….

U.S.A All Photos: Copyright Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com

Can you identify any trends? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Quick Facts: Hunger ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Stuffed? Starved?

Quick Facts: Environment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where we stand today: Overfed vs. Undernourished Source Data: FAO 2010, BBC 2008 Undernourished by Region, 2010

More food, more hunger? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Why Hunger?

What got us into this mess? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Political and Economic Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Science and Environment Factors Consequences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],+ + = =

The “hourglass figure” of the U.S. Food System ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Farm Operators 3,054,000 Farm Proprietors 2,188,957 Consumers 300,000,000 Grocery and product wholesale 35,650 Food Manufacturers 27,915 Farm product raw wholesale 7,563 Food and beverage stores 148,804 Statistics (Patel and Holt-Gimenez 2009) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Concentration of Power, Profit Concentration= market volatility

North’s Industrial Model: Market Concentration and Consolidation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What does this mean? For agribusiness corporations and the market For Farmers For Consumers * Remember = market consolidation

Vulnerability of the Market: Food Price Spike 2008 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*Statistics (Patel and Holt-Gimenez 2009)

Expanding the hourglass model from North to South ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example 1: Free Trade destroys Haitian rice market ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Statistics (Patel and Holt-Gimenez 2009) Lesson: An influx of cheap food does not lead to food security, destruction of local markets causes mass migration

Example 2: NAFTA and corn in Mexico ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Lesson: Multinational trade agreements favor industrial agriculture; immigration issues are largely tied to agricultural displacement

Example 3: Green Rev. technology and the deterioration of Rice in the Philippines ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Lesson: Green Revolution tech. does not guarantee food security and comes with great environmental cost, International agreements can do much to dismantle beneficial national production limits, and put small scale producers at risk

Reimagining the global food system (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Reimagining the global food system (2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Agroecology: The myths of underproduction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Criticisms (Myths?) Facts* ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Benefits ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*Source Data: (Badgley et. al 2007)

The benefits of small farms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*Source data (Patel and Holt-Giminez 2009)

Food sovereignty, not security ,[object Object],[object Object]

Fast Food……Weapon of Mass Destruction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Big Processing=Big Corporation Dollars=Small Nutrition & Small Farmer profit

Personal Reflections…eating three times a day…or four…or five…where do you fit into all of this? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Back to you, What can You do? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Suggested Reading ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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