World traffic in food by massive corporations harms environment, jobs, and health; yields no net change in food availability; and harms jobs and food security everywhere. Hodge calls for prioritizing local food production and distribution and building back local economies.

Host(s): Helen Lobato, Frieda Werden Featured Speakers/Guests: Swedish linguist Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder of International Society for Ecology and Culture (now Local Futures) and author of books including Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh.

Credits: Interview by Helen Lobato, of Australian community radio series Women on the Line. Adapted for WINGS and updated by Frieda Werden.

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