Jimmy Carter was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. After leaving office, he founded the nonprofit Carter Center in Atlanta, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He is a member of The Elders, a group of statesmen and humanitarians brought together by Nelson Mandela.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused hunger to spike, highlighting the need for radical reforms of the global food system to ensure its long-term resilience. But many fear that the United Nations Food Systems Summit on September 23 will entrench the current inequitable status quo instead of delivering real change.
