399. The Inseparable Link Between the Food and Water that Sustain Us

Published: Oct. 19, 2023, 7:05 a.m.

During a recent Summit in celebration of World Food Day, speakers gathered to explore this year\u2019s theme \u201cWater is Life. Water is Food. Leave no one behind.\u201d This week\u2019s episode of \u201cFood Talk with Dani Nierenberg\u201d features two sessions from the event. First hear about the importance of centering water in conversations about food and agriculture and the growing stress on one of the Earth\u2019s most precious natural resources. Then, hear from a panel of four youth leaders working to improve food systems on land and at sea, who explain why food security is impossible without water security.

Speakers include Tiare Boyes, Fish Harvester, Arbegar Fishing Co. Ltd; Dana James, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia; Lisa Kenoras, Communications Coordinator, Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Founder, Matriarch Resistance; Tom \xa0Pesek, Senior Liaison Officer; U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization; and Lizeth Ardila Ram\xedrez, MSc Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia.

The event was co-hosted by Food Tank, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Driscoll\u2019s, Wholechain, the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the University of Guelph, the Arrell Food Institute and Compass Group Canada.

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