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Twenty-first century high technology has not abated hunger. Pesticides and industrialized processing deplete needed nutrients, often doing more harm than good. On this program, we take a look at the role multinational corporations play in perpetuating the cycle of hunger. We also hear how so-called free trade and food aid contributes to starvation.
Featuring:
Debi Barker, co-director of the International Forum on Globalization; Frances Moore Lappé, author of “Diet for a Small Planet”; Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Pesticide Action Network; Yolette Etienne, a leader of women’s cooperatives in Haiti; Janice Oliver, deputy director for the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Wenonah Hauter, Public Citizen; Arthur Hughes, president of the Northeast Council of Food Inspection Locals; Dr. Mark Wheelis, a microbiologist at the University of California at Davis.
For more information:
International Forum on Globalization – San Francisco, California
Public Citizen - Washington, DC
Pesticide Action Network - San Francisco, California
Oxfam Haiti – Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Tags: economy, environment, food and agriculture, globalization and trade, poverty
I liked the points discussed in this program. I totally agree that food security is a very important step to a more democratic society. In fact, I am from a Western African country, Burkina Faso, one the poorest country in the world where food insecurity leads most people to cast their voice to candidates with immidiate solutions this food insecurity in presidential election time. The point about the United States agricultural production affecting poor countries is also very relevant and my country is a ready example of this fact as we are top cotton producer in Western Africa but cannot export it or export at a very low cost because of the United huge production of cotton.