Zero Hunger Action Plan
After reading the Food Technology article “Can Science Delivery Zero Hunger?” you may be inspired to take a deeper dive on the topic of food security. Here is a curated list of resources to help you learn more and take action.
Engage:
- FIRST (Food Improved by Research, Science, & Technology, July 19-21, 2021
- UN Food System Summit, September, 2021
- Zero Hunger: Will We Get There?, IFT Connect
Watch:
- Lecture/Discussion Series: Ertharin Cousin, Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
- TEDx Talk: Robert Saik, Pushing Boundaries in Agriculture
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