Giving Compass' Take:

• In Buenos Aires, Marcos Ezequiel Filardi built El Museo del Hambre, which is an agricultural art museum aimed at sparking discussions about food security in Argentina and South America. 

• How can food sovereignty be expressed through artwork? How can communities address food security at the local level? 

• Read about how schools are using food as an entry point to talk about more significant issues such as immigration and mental health.  

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, human rights attorney Marcos Ezequiel Filardi built El Museo del Hambre, or the Hunger Museum, in the basement of his home. Filardi’s aim is to share the idea that hunger should only be found in a museum. Using a modern understanding of indigenous agricultural knowledge and urban food landscapes, El Museo del Hambre works to create a dialogue surrounding global food security and food sovereignty in Argentina and South America.

El Museo del Hambre features exhibitions on Argentina’s crop production and agricultural staples, emphasizing the impact that foreign seed companies have had on changing the country’s rural landscape and diet.

Says Filardi, "It may or may not have permanent or temporary exhibits. It is a meeting point. A place of convergence of all men and women who, collectively, are willing to struggle for food sovereignty."

Read the full article about El Museo del Hambre at Food Tank.