Biofortified Corn, Food Security and GMOs with Curt Bowen

It's impossible to ignore the interconnectedness of global justice issues and the complexity of systems that affect societies. Sometimes a system enables people to thrive and other times the system puts people at risk. A clear example of this is looking at food systems and malnutrition in Central America. To help us dive deeper, we have Curt Bowen of Semilla Nueva on the show today. With work that addresses malnutrition through economic development and government partnerships, Curt and his team have turned the region's stable of corn into a driver for social change.

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Conversation Notes

• Understanding malnutrition and food insecurity in Central America
• The importance of taking a systems approach when addressing malnutrition
• Navigating public policy and legislation in a libertarian environment
• The intersections of economic development, climate change, forced displacement and malnutrition
• The difference between biofortified crops and GMOs
• Are GMOs always bad or do they just get a bad rap?
• Earned income is not always possible and doesn't fit every nonprofit operation

 

Theme music Kirk Osamayo. Free Music Archive, CC BY License