Hundreds of millions of people will go hungry tonight. There is more than enough food produced to feed the world but it isn’t being distributed to those who need it. The industrialization of our agricultural system has led to massive inequities in both food production and consumption. These problems have only been exacerbated by the current global pandemic and the stress it’s bringing to the system. To remedy these discrepancies, there must be a massive restructuring of our global conceptualization of agriculture and our food supply chains.
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Students in political science and international relations at SUNY Geneseo examine the coronavirus pandemic from the perspectives of sustainability, democracy, and comparative politics