How to create a better food system (+video)

Our worldwide food system needs an overhaul. Here are 13 steps to change food policies and improve lives.

8. Engage youth

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Wesley Johnson, left, and Sharolyn Hyson, center, watch as first lady Michelle Obama, right, works in the garden at the White House on Wednesday, March 31, in Washington.

Making farming both intellectually and economically stimulating will help make the food system an attractive career option for youth. Across sub-Saharan Africa, mobile phones and the Internet are connecting farmers to information about weather and markets; in the US, Food Corps is teaching students how to grow and cook food, preparing them for a lifetime of healthy eating.

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