Nourished Planet Annotated Table of Contents

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Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System Foreword (ix) Valuing the True Cost of Food by Pavan Sukhdev, UNEP Global Ambassador and founder–CEO of GIST Advisory, and Alexander Müller, Study Leader of “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food” and managing the TMG: Töpfer, Müller, Gaßner GmbH, ThinkTank for Sustainability. Preface by Guido Barilla, chairman of the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation (xiii) Preface by Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank (xvii) Acknowledgments (xix) Chapter 1. Food for All (1) Around the world, a revolution is taking place. Farmers, eaters, businesses, funders, policymakers, and scientists are finding solutions to the problems plaguing our current agri-food system to create a radically different agriculture system. Sustainable agricultural practices are becoming more widespread as farmers, consumers, and governments recognize the threats of chemical-dependent, large-scale agriculture. Chapter 1, ‘A Recipe for a Sustainable Food System,’ focuses on building a food system that produces more nutritious food and also protects natural resources, improves social equality, and values local economies. Subsections A Recipe for Sustainable Food Systems (1) Ingredients for Sustainability (3) Soil Degradation around the Globe (5) Food for All (14) Barriers to Food Access and Affordability (20) Precarious Prices for Food (25) Conclusion and Action Plan (30) Voices from the New Food Movement (36) Hilal Elver, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, discusses the responsibilities within her role. She discusses how to incorporate climate policies and social equity strategies into transforming the food system. (36)


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