Sustainability and Food Security- Bryan McDonald and Kelsey Meagher

Throughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despite great global effort, events of the early 21st century clearly demonstrate that food remains a pressing challenge which has significant implications for security. Rising food prices have motivated unrest in many parts of the world and increased the number of people who do not receive proper nutrition. National and international food safety incidents have raised awareness of the ability of the food supply to transfer health threats to people and animals. Agricultural and food production activities are key drivers of environmental and climate change while also likely to face significant impacts from these changes in coming decades. This talk will provide an introduction to the major issues impacting global food security as well as linking food security to other pressing security challenges facing people and societies including sustainability and global environmental change. This talk will also discuss results from a recent survey of the UCI community about food and sustainability and provide an overview of efforts underway to promote sustainable food at UC, Irvine.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Sustainability
• Food
• Security
• Bryan McDonald
• Kelsey Meagher
• CUSA
• UC Irvine
• Sustainable Agrifood Systems
• UCI
• Planning Policy and Design
• food safety