Giving Compass' Take:

• Food Tank interviews Dean of the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Dariush Mozaffarian, on the importance of education and science when it comes to changing our global food nutrition crisis and why he believes our academic institutions need to step up. 

• How can funders impact the global food system at scale? How can this issue gain more attention from policymakers? 

• Learn about how behavioral science can make our food choices more sustainable. 

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dariush Mozaffarian, Dean of the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, talks about maneuvering out of the global nutrition crisis while guaranteeing a better future for the food system. “If you put together the health implications, the business implications, the environmental implications, and the implications for disparities [of the food system], this is a global crisis,” says Mozaffarian.

“The food industry at large must be part of the solution,” says Mozaffarian. At the Friedman School, educators and experts hope to have a hand in creating this future, generating trusted science, educating future food leaders, and impacting global nutrition science and policy.

Read the full article on why academic institutions need to act for the food system by Katherine Walla at Food Tank.