The New Food Economy: Serve It Up Robyn OBrien - Friday, May 16, 2014 There is not a family in the country that isn’t impacted by allergies, asthma, obesity, diabetes, cancer or some other disease. When these conditions impacted my family, I was paralyzed. But paralysis wasnt an option, not with four little kids to look after, so I left Wall Street and a career as a financial analyst that covered the food industry and now stand on the front lines of the food movement. The CIA ranks life expectancy at birth for kids born around the world. The US ranks 41st. The United Nations ranks childhood well-being for the top 29 most developed countries. The U.S. ranks 26th, just ahead of Latvia, Lithuania and Romania. This data challenges how we view our country and ourselves. We can look at this as a crisis or as an opportunity. There is an explosion in the growth of ‘free-from’ products in the grocery stores, farm to table programs, farmers’ markets and investment vehicles to convert farms. From schools to corporations, people are getting involved, creating jobs, new opportunities and health. It’s time for a new food economy. Its an all-hands-on-deck time. The landscape in front of us is wide open and the economic upside is enormous. Please join me at TEDx Front Range on May 22, 2014 to look at what is in front of us, and how becoming part of the new food economy is one of the most patriotic things we can be doing. Source: robynobrien/_blog/Inspiring_Ideas/post/the-new-food-economy-serve-it-up/
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 14:35:19 +0000
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