Philanthropic Entrepreneurial Women - Part 2
At the Bisnow event on May 14, Lauren Bush from FEEDs Project mentioned a startling statistic "One billion obese; one billion hungry." She went on to mention that the one billion obese are overweight in part due to processed cheap food. As a firm believer in Michael Pollan and Jamie Oliver's missions to rid the world of processed food, I can only hope that government regulations will follow these pursuits and that processed food will slowly be phased out from society.
UN Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin, made another comment that stuck in my mind. She said that we need to no longer focus on the project, but the problem when promoting a cause related issue. I hope that in promoting "whole" foods over processed; that the problem of obesity is at the core of these marketing efforts. I can only hope that in my lifetime I see a dramatic shift in how the world eats. For now, I will continue to buy mostly organic, non-processed foods, support local farmers markets, and encourage loved ones to learn more about this movement.
