In this episode, Local Bites interviews Dr. M. Jahi Chappell of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy on the question, "What kind of food and farming system do we need to feed a growing world population in an ecologically sustainable and socially just manner?" His responses challenge widely-held notions about the future of our food supply.
Local Bites Podcast #2: How to Feed the World? A Political Agroecological Approach
By Brian Emerson, originally published by Local Bites
January 24, 2014
Tags: agroecology, feeding the world
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