Subject: Obesity vs. Hunger FYI Kathryn
From: "kathryn e johnson" <[email-masked]>
To: "'Rick Leach'" <[email-masked]>, "'Randy Russell'" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Rene McGuffin" <[email-masked]>, "'Alma Jane Shepard'" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:20:45 -0800

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From: Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank [mailto:daniellenierenberg=[email-masked]] On Behalf Of Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:40 AM
To: kathryn
Subject: Obesity vs. Hunger

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Dear kathryn,

First, let me say how surprised, humbled, and grateful I feel to be part of this incredible food movement. Food Tank <http://www.FoodTank.org>  launched less than a week ago and already more than 500 of you stepped up and became <https://foodtank.org/membership>  founding members! Our goal is to be 1,000 strong by March 1st. 

Will you join today and become a member? Please click  <https://foodtank.org/membership> HERE NOW [https://foodtank.org/membership]. We are hoping to raise $4,500 in new memberships today to pay for a series of original educational videos, infographics, and animation to complement our free online food and agriculture resource library which will be launched on March 1st. Are you in? JOIN <https://foodtank.org/membership>  right now!

In this week's newsletter, we are highlighting the dual problems of hunger and obesity. Worldwide, at least 1 billion people are hungry, while another 1.5 billion people are considered overweight or obese. One of Food Tank’s goals is to bridge the major disconnect between organizations that are fighting hunger and organizations that are fighting obesity. The two groups have more in common than they think and the solutions to both problems aren’t that different.

According to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter <http://www.srfood.org/> , our current food system has failed to address hunger, while at the same time encourages diets that lead to weight gain. Obesity causes even more deaths worldwide every year than hunger does. And Professor De Schutter notes that both undernutrition and overnutrition are dimensions of malnutrition that must be addressed together from a human rights-focused perspective.

The Barilla Center for Food  <http://www.barillacfn.com/en/> & Nutrition reports that for each person who suffers from hunger, two people eat too much – causing a disproportionate gap between those who do not have sufficient food to survive and those who are overfed. In the book  <http://www.barillacfn.com/en/bcfn4you/il-libro/> Eating Planet, the Barilla Center digs deeper into this alarming paradox of hunger vs. obesity – while agriculture is the most efficient and productive it has ever been, roughly one-third of the world’s population is either hungry or overweight and at least two billion people worldwide suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. Through a more holistic approach to agriculture and greater investment in agro-ecological practices, the Barilla Center believes that the negative trends of hunger and obesity can be reversed.

In his book  <http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/stuffed-and-starved/> Stuffed and Starved, author Raj Patel <http://rajpatel.org/>  says, “Global hunger and obesity are symptoms of the same problem and, what’s more, the route to eradicating world hunger is also the way to prevent global epidemics of diabetes and heart disease, and to address a host of environmental and social ills." 

And in Food Tank co-Founder Ellen Gustafson's TEDx talk <http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_gustafson_obesity_hunger_1_global_food_issue.html> , she highlights the shift in our global food system over the past 30 years toward processed foods and how this transition has perpetuated both hunger and obesity. “The fundamental problem continuing to cause both hunger and obesity is that it is difficult, almost everywhere in the world, to access nutritious foods,” says Gustafson.

What do YOU think? What are the best ideas, studies, and on-the-ground innovations helping fix the broken food system to ensure that everyone, no matter where they live, has access to safe, nutritious, healthy, and sustainable food? 

Check out some of our newsletter articles below, and reply to this email, call me, and please join the conversation on our  <http://www.foodtank.org/> website, on  <http://www.facebook.com/TheFoodTank> Facebook, on  <https://twitter.com/DaniNierenberg> Twitter, on  <http://pinterest.com/DNierenberg/> Pinterest, on  <https://plus.google.com/107283596094324478261/posts> Google+, and on  <http://www.youtube.com/user/daniellenierenberg> YouTube.

 

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Fracking Up Our Food System <http://foodtank.org/news/fracking-up-our-food-system> 

As fracking becomes an increasingly prevalent--and controversial--source of energy, farmers are becoming more concerned about its' impacts on agriculture and livestock production. 

 

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Fat and Starving? Obesity and Malnutrition in Western Africa <http://foodtank.org/news/fat-starving-obesity-malnutrition-in-western-africa> 

Obesity and malnutrition are, ironically, dual problems in Western Africa refugee camps

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Food Tank in the News!

Food Tank is getting lots of exciting coverage. Check out some recent clips including: Grist <http://grist.org/food/thought-for-food-new-think-tank-looks-for-global-solutions-to-our-broken-food-system/> , Bloomberg BusinessWeek <http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-10/cultivating-a-better-food-system#r=auth-s> , the Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-we-can-eat/post/new-sites-want-you-to-better-understand-your-food/2013/01/07/1bfa7a56-58ff-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_blog.html> ,  <http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2013/01/food_tank_food_agriculture_cle.html>  the Boston Globe, the LA weekly <http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2013/01/food_tank_think_tank.php> , the Toronto Star <http://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/1312617--a-better-snack-toward-better-food-and-why-cupcakes-are-good> , <http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/01/10/food-focused-think-tank-launches-website/article>  the Des Moines Register <http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/01/10/food-focused-think-tank-launches-website/article> , the Wall Street Journal <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324461604578191860349076882.html> , Culinate <http://www.culinate.com/articles/sift/food_think_tank> , Epoch Times <http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/food-think-tank-aims-to-fix-a-sick-food-system-335683.html> , FSR Magazine <http://www.fsrmagazine.com/content/food-tank-launches-time-change-food-system> , Agriculture.com <http://m.agriculture.com/farm-management/launch-of-food-tk_326-ar28614> , Patch.com <http://georgetown.patch.com/blog_posts/food-tank-launches-time-to-change-the-food> , AgWeek <http://www.agweek.com/event/article/id/20367/> , Toque Magazine <http://www.toquemag.com/> , North Country Public Radio <http://blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org/thedirt/2013/01/14/monday-kick-off-food-tank/> , Progressive Radio Network <http://connect.pure.com/p#!/uk/content/podcast/2801352-ieat-green-with-bhavani> , Mother Earth News Network, <http://www.motherearthnews.com/better-food-production-system-zwfz1301zkin.aspx?page=2>  570 Radio News, <http://www.570news.com/2013/01/09/wednesday-jan-9th-12pm/>  Cleveland Magazine <http://clevelandmagazine.blogspot.com/2012/12/something-interesting-came-in-over.html> , and Earth Island Journal <http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/13_resolutions_to_change_the_food_system_in_2013/> . 

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 <http://foodtank.org/news/creative-data-and-app-based-initiatives-for-resolving-hunger> Creative data and app-based initiatives for resolving hunger

A recent USAID competition highlights innovative projects connecting technology and social entrepreneurship in order to fight hunger.

 

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Ethiopian Land Reform Fostering Gender Equality and Economic Productivity <http://foodtank.org/news/ethiopian-land-reform-fostering-gender-equality-and-economic-productivity> 

The Ethiopian government has taken enormous steps in the past decade to protect women's rights to land ownership in the interest of bolstering national productivity.

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