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June 12, 2013

What's wrong with this picture?

In this infographic from the UN agency that tracks hunger, the problem seems to utterly disappear. It hasn’t. We were taken aback by the way the agency both portrays the extent of hunger and misses critical lessons. Read and share our collaborative response that we sent to the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization. And see our own infographic World Hunger: Mainstream Messages & What We Need to Know.

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Jun 24, 2013

Becoming Ecoliterate: A New Integration of Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence
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San Domenico School

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Jul 10, 2013

2013 NACUFS National Conference
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Minneapolis, MN

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Sep 1, 2013

Green Prize for Sustainable Literature
with Frances Moore Lappé

Santa Monica, CA

Santa Monica Main Library

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May 9, 2013

After Boston, Eyes-Wide Open Hope?

April 30, 2013

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Down with the clown: Third graders stand up to McDonald’s junk-food marketing

May 25, 2013

Wendy’s What Are You Waiting For: Calling on the Fast Food Giant to Stand up For Farmworkers

May 17, 2013

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Surprising Facts

Ninety percent of Americans make less in real dollars than they did in 1973 – on average $4,000 less. The wealthiest 400 Americans now control more wealth than half the world’s people.

Worldwide, more people are members of cooperatives than own shares in publicly traded companies. Cooperatives provide a fifth more jobs than do global corporations.

More than a third of both the world’s grain and fish catch now go to feed livestock, which return to us only a fraction of the nutrients.

If the whole world moved to sustainable agriculture, a U. of Michigan study found that enough food could be grown to feed the world’s current and projected population.

An MRI study of people competing vs. cooperating found that cooperating stimulates the same parts of our brain as does eating chocolate!

America emits twice the carbon per person that Europe does. But think what’s possible: California emits 20 percent less carbon per dollar GDP than Germany; and it gets almost a quarter of its electricity from renewables!

In Washington DC, more than two dozen lobbyists push mainly corporate interests for every one representative American citizens have elected to protect our interests.

In 2011, solar use grew all over the world, soaring 54% to 28 gigawatts.

Organic farming yields are about the same as conventional yields under normal weather conditions, and during times of drought, organic farming outperforms conventional methods by 31 percent! Organic farming also uses 45 percent less energy.

Because of lower overhead costs, farmers using a non-pesticide approach in India enjoy a 23 percent increase in income, and report their health improving as well.

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