Category Archives: Hunger

Freakonomics takes the quantitative knife to how we produce and consume food

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Chris Jensen

Freakonomics Radio “You Eat What You Are” This piece delivers a much needed kick in the self-righteous pants to the locavore movement. It systematically disassembles the assumptions of the local food movement, ending by discussing the minimal quantitative ecological benefits … Continue reading →

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HOME, a documentary about the impacted Biosphere

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Chris Jensen

I just watched the video Home, a production of Yann Arthus-Bertrand and his Good Planet Foundation. Composed solely of high-quality panoramic images intensified by a soaring new-age soundtrack, the film provides viewers with a fairly comprehensive overview of the earth’s … Continue reading →

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Changing and not changing the way we use our agricultural land

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Chris Jensen

A few years ago when I was still a graduate student in Stony Brook University’s Department of Ecology and Evolution, a group of us formed a reading group with the ambitious moniker “Social Policy and Global Progress”. Our ambitions in … Continue reading →

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