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Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue

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Ellen Gustafson |

TEDxEast

• May 2010

Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. In her talk, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics.

Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. In her talk, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics.

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Ellen Gustafson

Ellen Gustafson

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Co-founder of FEED and creator of The 30 Project, Ellen Gustafson is trying to change the way the world eats.

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