Presentation Slides

Readings:

Denning, Glenn (2023) Universal Food Security: How to End Hunger While Protecting the Planet. Columbia University Press.

Chapter 1. Prophets of Doom (pp. 3-20)
Chapter 8. Food Systems Transformation  (pp. 160-181)
Chapter 15. More than a Miracle (287-307)

Unicef. (2025). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025: Addressing high food price inflation for food security and nutrition. Food & Agriculture Org.. (At a minimum, read the Core Messages and Executive Summary)

United Nations SDGs Knowledge Platform. Go to the https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal2, familiarize yourself with SDG2 and its 8 targets.

United Nations. “Secretary-General’s Chair Summary and Statement of Action on the UN Food Systems Summit.” Statement, September 23, 2021.

Further Reading:

Rockström, J., Thilsted, S. H., Willett, W. C., Gordon, L. J., Herrero, M., Hicks, C. C., … & DeClerck, F. (2025). The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems. The Lancet.