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Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet? Jess Fanzo thinks it can, but it won’t be easy

24 May 2021

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Cover of book Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?

Food systems have been in the news lately, not least because the United Nations will be convening a food systems summit some time in September or October. The lead-up to the summit has drawn a lot of attention to the notion of food systems, which roughly means everything about food, from how it is produced to how we eat it.

If you’re looking for a guide through the tangled thickets of global food systems, you can do no better than Jess Fanzo’s book Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?

Jess Fanzo started her academic life as what she calls “a lab rat,” studying nutrition at the molecular level. She didn’t stay there. Moving further and further away from the laboratory, she went into the field, studying public health, diets and nutrition in many different countries. Not surprisingly, her experiences made her more and more interested in food systems. She’s now a globally-recognized thinker on food systems. Her book illuminates her thoughts on the big picture with her experiences in the field, and is a terrific introduction to the food system, what’s wrong with it, and how putting it right will require everyone, everywhere, to get stuck in and do the work.

Notes

  1. Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet? is available for pre-order from Johns Hopkins University Press.
  2. I refuse to get into the pros and cons of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. It’ll go on whatever happens, it’ll cost a lot of money, and I have no idea whether it will result in any changes. But, as Jess Fanzo said, it is about time.
  3. The transcript is here.

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64 thoughts on Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet? Jess Fanzo thinks it can, but it won’t be easy

  • Preethi Rao commented 4 years ago.

    What worries @JessFanzo about #UNFSS2021? Accountability. Inclusivity.

    “We care about people and their relationship with nature. It’s not the Secretary-General who is producing our food. How do we engage those populations in the summit?”

    Transcript at eatthispodcast.com/Fanzo

  • Gregory Miller, Ph.D. commented 4 years ago.

    What worries @JessFanzo about #UNFSS2021? Accountability. Inclusivity.

    “We care about people and their relationship with nature. It’s not the Secretary-General who is producing our food. How do we engage those populations in the summit?”

    Transcript at eatthispodcast.com/Fanzo

  • Edward Davey commented 4 years ago.

    What worries @JessFanzo about #UNFSS2021? Accountability. Inclusivity.

    “We care about people and their relationship with nature. It’s not the Secretary-General who is producing our food. How do we engage those populations in the summit?”

    Transcript at eatthispodcast.com/Fanzo

  • Ashley 💛 commented 4 years ago.

    What worries @JessFanzo about #UNFSS2021? Accountability. Inclusivity.

    “We care about people and their relationship with nature. It’s not the Secretary-General who is producing our food. How do we engage those populations in the summit?”

    Transcript at eatthispodcast.com/Fanzo

  • Dr Ranjitha Puskur commented 4 years ago.

    What worries @JessFanzo about #UNFSS2021? Accountability. Inclusivity.

    “We care about people and their relationship with nature. It’s not the Secretary-General who is producing our food. How do we engage those populations in the summit?”

    Transcript at eatthispodcast.com/Fanzo

  • Alessandra Mora mentioned this post 4 years ago.

    Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?

    🎧Listening to this super interesting podcast while waiting for my glucose tolerance test on a sunny Saturday morning in Rome 💉🍬😢
    I could be on the beach. But at least I am in good company!

    @EatPodcast
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo/

  • What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • m73fitness commented 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
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  • Johns Hopkins University Press mentioned this post 4 years ago.

    “If you’re looking for a guide through the tangled thickets of global food systems, you can do no better than Jess Fanzo’s book ‘Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet?'” @EatPodcast hosts Dr. @jessfanzo for new interview: eatthispodcast.com/fanzo/

  • Luz Marina Alvare commented 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • Arwen Bailey commented 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • Samantha Collins commented 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • Jenmcc commented 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • The Food System Economics Commission commented 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • Edward Davey commented 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • Jess Fanzo commented 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

  • Flicka Small mentioned this post 4 years ago.

    What a treat talking to @jessfanzo for today’s episode and hearing her sensible opinions on the lack of food systems policies, the need for EAT-Lancet 2.0 and her hopes and worries for the UN Food Systems Summit.
    eatthispodcast.com/fanzo

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