Perhaps the most serious challenge currently faced by society is the conflict between global food security and environmental sustainability. Globally, about 840 million people are chronically hungry, (FAO, 2013), 2 billion suffer micronutrient deficiencies (Tulchinsky, 2010), and 1.9 billion are overweight or obese (WHO, 2014). The FAO projects that failure to increase global food production …
Steady State Vermont is a Chapter of the Center of the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. Steady State Vermont serves dual purposes. 1. Unifying the voice of the grassroots. Local grassroots organizations work on many different social, environmental and economic issues. Many of the challenges these organizations face ultimately are the consequence of national (and …