The Right to Eat
Breakthrough crops, fertilizer subsidies, and aid campaigns may grab the headlines, but the worldwide right-to-food movement holds the greatest promise for ending hunger. Unlike the top-down measures that policymakers have usually favored, rights-based solutions empower multiple actors – and they are gaining momentum.
NEW YORK – Food systems have gone global. The average North American meal now travels 2,400 kilometers (1,491 miles) from field to plate. As the food-supply chain has been transformed, efforts to ensure that it is accessible to all have intensified, with the “right to food” serving as an important driver of bottom-up change.