In the third program of the UChicago Center for International Studies series "Food (In)Security: Access, Equity, Frameworks," held on May 9, 2012, three speakers delivered presentations on the nuanced differences between food security and food sovereignty as defined by international organizations and local activists.

In the fourth program of the UChicago Center for International Studies series "Food (In)Security: Access, Equity, Frameworks," held on May 15, 2012, two speakers discuss issues of supply, pricing, and individual empowerment that alternately affect global food security.

In the fifth and final program of the UChicago Center for International Studies series "Food (In)Security: Access, Equity, Frameworks," held on May 22, 2012, two speakers examine the results of initiatives pledged at both the 2009 L'Aquila G8 Summit and the 2012 G8 Summit at Camp David and determine whether progress has been made in further ensuring global food security.

How we use urban land is shaping up as one of the biggest dilemmas of the 21st Century. A booming population needs to be housed, but it also needs to be fed, and the cost of relying on imported food is already being felt.

Urban agriculture of the community kind is on the rise, but UNSW research suggests the health benefits go way beyond what ends up on the dinner table.

Africa owns 60% of the world's uncultivated land suited for crop production, but accounts for 30% of the world's malnourished and only 3% of global agricultural exports. If there is one thing global agricultural policy experts Paul Collier and Derek Byerlee can agree on, it's that Africa's food system is struggling.Their different views on the causes and investment solutions to put Africa on a more prosperous and food secure path made for a provocative discussion at a symposium hosted last week by Stanford University's Center on Food Security and the Environment.

Which way to food security in East Africa? Future scenarios in a changing climate

Clem Bezold, co-founder of the Institute of Alternative Futures and author of more than ten books about the future, discusses food in the future.

United Nations statistics cite the number of malnourished people around the world at 925 million, making hunger the globe’s number one health risk. What are the root causes of this problem and what can be done to ensure food security for our growing global population? On November 17, guest speaker Gawain Kripke explored these and other questions.
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To achieve food security in a changing climate, the global community must operate within three limits: the quantity of food that can be produced under a given climate; the quantity needed by a growing and changing population; and the effect of food production on the climate. At present the planet operates outside that safe space, as witnessed by the enormous number of people who are undernourished. If current trends in population growth, diets, crop yields and climate change continue, the world will still be outside this 'safe operating space' in 2050.