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The Leading Voices in FoodAgainst the Grain - A Plea for Regenerative AgI was at a professional meeting recently and I heard an inspiring and insightful and forward-looking talk by journalist and author Roger Thurow. Roger was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal for 30 years, 20 of them as a foreign correspondent based in Europe and Africa. Roger has written a number of books including one on world hunger and another what I thought was a particularly important book entitled The First 1000 Days, A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children and the World. Now comes a new book on farmers around the world and how they are coping with the unprecedented...2025-06-1631 min
Devex PodcastsThe food paradox: Why those who feed us can't feed themselves with Roger ThurowSummary
Award-winning journalist Roger Thurow reveals how conventional farming practices are simultaneously depleting resources and failing millions of farmers worldwide. His investigation finds that many receiving food aid are actually food producers, highlighting a fundamental flaw in global agricultural systems. Drawing from field research across multiple continents, Thurow highlights promising indigenous and regenerative farming approaches that could transform global food systems while addressing climate challenges.
Chapters
00:00 The Collision of Nourishment and Planetary Health
02:30 The Journey into Agriculture and Food Security
05:42 Unintended Consequences of Agricultural Practices
10:25 Lessons from Farmers: Regret and Resilience
14:26 The Debate: Regenerative vs. Modern Agriculture
20:08 Indigenous Knowledge and...2025-04-2829 min
The Devex Book ClubThe food paradox: Why those who feed us can't feed themselves with Roger ThurowSummaryAward-winning journalist Roger Thurow reveals how conventional farming practices are simultaneously depleting resources and failing millions of farmers worldwide. His investigation finds that many receiving food aid are actually food producers, highlighting a fundamental flaw in global agricultural systems. Drawing from field research across multiple continents, Thurow highlights promising indigenous and regenerative farming approaches that could transform global food systems while addressing climate challenges.Chapters00:00 The Collision of Nourishment and Planetary Health02:30 The Journey into Agriculture and Food Security05:42 Unintended Consequences of Agricultural Practices10:25 Lessons from Farmers: Regret and Resilience14:26 The...2025-04-2829 min
Walk Talk Listen PodcastThe Disease of the Soul: Confronting Global Hunger with Roger Thurow – Walk Talk Listen (Episode 183)In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, journalist and author Roger Thurow shares his decades-long commitment to addressing global hunger and malnutrition. With 30 years at The Wall Street Journal, including 20 years as a foreign correspondent in Europe and Africa, Thurow has consistently spotlighted issues of poverty, food insecurity, and the systemic injustices that perpetuate them. He reflects on his body of work, including The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change, The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children – And the World, and his most recent book, Against the Grain: A...2025-02-261h 12
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)468. Kim Severson on What’s in Store for Food Systems in 2025Dani kicks off a new year of Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg by sitting down with Kim Severson, an award-winning national food correspondent for the New York Times, to talk about what to expect for food and agriculture systems in 2025. They discuss what’s happening to portion sizes in restaurants as GLP-1s like Ozempic become more popular; how the changing political landscape in the U.S. may impact everything from agricultural research to the future of journalism; and the foods and flavors that Severson expects to see more of, including why 2025 is the year of sauce. Plus, a...2025-01-0252 min
IFPRI PodcastAgainst the grain: Could farmers feed the world and heal the planet?Policy Dialogue/Series/Special Event
Against the grain: Could farmers feed the world and heal the planet?
Co-organized by IFPRI and The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions
Virtual Event
August 27, 2024
Humanity relies on agriculture to provide nourishment, yet there is an urgent need to reduce the agricultural sector’s environmental footprint. Meeting these two goals is crucial for both people and the planet to thrive. Please join us for a conversation featuring Roger Thurow, award-winning author and journalist, whose recently released book argues it is possible for farmers to meet these two critical objectives.
This seminar will discuss the importance of...2024-08-271h 36
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)449. Roger Thurow on Trusting the Wisdom of the World’s Smallholder FarmersOn “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” author and journalist Roger Thurow talks about his new book Against the Grain: How Farmers Around the Globe Are Transforming Agriculture to Nourish the World and Heal the Planet. During the conversation, they discuss the link between the environmental and hunger crises, how farmers around the world are turning to practices that heal the soil and restore biodiversity, and becoming comfortable with new relationships that will put the Earth back in balance. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world...2024-08-2248 min
Airway FirstS8:E72 - Natalie Udwin: Getting to the Root Cause with Occupational TherapyMy guest today is Occupational Therapist, Natalie "Nat" Udwin. Nat is an infant development, airway and reflexive feeding specialist. Most people know them on Instagram as "Nat The Baby OT".Nat has a B.A. in Studio Art from Whitman College and a M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Milligan College and has been an OT for 12 years. They have specialized in infant development for 7 years now.Nat, alongside some incredible mentors and colleagues, has spent the past 7 years mastering their understanding of infant development to not only become an infant development specialist, but to...2024-06-2356 min
Deep Dish on Global AffairsThe Global Cost of Childhood MalnutritionNearly one in every four children worldwide is affected by malnutrition. Roger Thurow, senior fellow and author of The First 1,000 Days, joins Deep Dish to explore the impact of good nutrition for mothers and children. He provides ten-year updates on the communities in India, Uganda, and Guatemala featured in his book, explores the importance of good nutrition on growth and development, and considers the vital question: what might a child have accomplished for all of us were they not malnourished and stunted in their first 1,000 days? This episode is brought to you by the Islamic Food and Nu...2023-05-2533 min
The BomaRoger Thurow on the global burden of malnutrition - Part 2In the second of our episodes featuring writer Roger Thurow, we hear about what inspired his most recent book, 'The First 1000 Days'. What exactly is this crucial period of life - and what is its impact on the rest of a child's life?Malnutrition is a terrible burden to bear, but as Thurow warns, it ultimately affects us all. Further reading and listening:Roger Thurow | The Chicago Council on Global AffairsListen to our podcast featuring child nutrition expert Lora Iannotti from Season 2 of The Boma hereScript written by David Aronson2023-04-0614 min
The BomaRoger Thurow on global poverty - Part 1Roger Thurow is a senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He writes about many of the same issues that animate the work at the International Livestock Research Institute - nutrition, development, hunger, and aid for subsistence farmers. As a writer, Thurow conveys what the lives of the poor are like in vivid, granular detail. We hear from him about what inspired him to focus on these issues - and how he has seen the lives of smallholder farmers change for the better.Further reading2023-03-2214 min
Savvy BroadcastingThe Economic Social Impact of Childhood Hunger on Society with Roger ThurowRoger Thurow joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs as senior fellow on global food and agriculture in January 2010 after three decades at The Wall Street Journal. For 20 years, he was a Journal foreign correspondent based in Europe and Africa. In 2003, he and Journal colleague Scott Kilman wrote a series of stories on famine in Africa that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting. Their reporting on humanitarian and development issues was also honored by the United Nations. Thurow and Kilman are authors of the book ENOUGH: Why the World's Poorest Starve in...2022-06-0626 min
Forbidden SpeechThe Economic Social Impact of Childhood Hunger on Society with Roger ThurowRoger Thurow joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs as senior fellow on global food and agriculture in January 2010 after three decades at The Wall Street Journal. For 20 years, he was a Journal foreign correspondent based in Europe and Africa. In 2003, he and Journal colleague Scott Kilman wrote a series of stories on famine in Africa that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting. Their reporting on humanitarian and development issues was also honored by the United Nations. Thurow and Kilman are authors of the book ENOUGH: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age...2021-11-0826 min
Nóz da Nutrição#NózComunica 10 – Os primeiros 1100 dias de vida e o papel do nutricionista materno-infantil – por Gabriela NichesNovo Nóz Comunica, o quadro produzido pelo Nóz da Nutrição com as nutricionistas colaboradoras. Episódios rápidos pra trazer novos conteúdos e reflexões para vocês!
Você sabe o que são os primeiros 1100 dias e porque eles são tão importantes? Nesse episódio a Gabriela Niches explica como esse conceito foi criado e difundido no meio acadêmico e na comunidade e qual o papel do nutricionista nesse período.
Nutricionista Gabriela Niches graduada na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Especialista e Mestranda em Saúde Coletiva pela UFRGS, Consultora...2021-09-0212 min
Actual AgFood Insecurity in the United States: Part TwoIn this series I am speaking with Dr. Kate Thornton, Director of Global Education in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn University and the Director of Research and Academic Initiatives for the Hunger Solutions Institute, as well as renowned author and journalist Roger Thurow, who is well known for his work covering global affairs for The Wall Street Journal and for being a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the series that he copenned on famine in Africa.Contact our speakers through email: Dr. Kate Thornton - brockmk@auburn.edu Roger Thurow - rthurow@thechicagocouncil.org2021-07-1339 minActual AgFood Insecurity in the United States: Part OneIn this series I am speaking with Dr. Kate Thornton, Director of Global Education in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn University and the Director of Research and Academic Initiatives for the Hunger Solutions Institute, as well as renowned author and journalist Roger Thurow, who is well known for his work covering global affairs for The Wall Street Journal and for being a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the series that he copenned on famine in Africa.For more information on Auburn University's Hunger Solutions Institute Additionally, more information can be found on the amazing K...2021-06-2244 min
SolvableSetbacks: Global Hunger is SolvableAbby Maxman is President and CEO of Oxfam America and says “there's no reason in the 21st century that people should be going hungry.”Want to learn more about how you can reduce hunger locally and globally? Check out the links below to learn more about the suggestions that Maxman makes in this episode:Find Your Local Food Pantry, Feeding America Local Food Directories, USDAThe Last Hunger Season by Roger ThurowThe Hungry Farmer- My Moment of Great Disruption Roger Thurow at TEDxChangeIn De...2021-04-2821 min
Eat Real To Heal PodcastEp 78 Reversing Diabetes with Brooklyn Borough President, Eric AdamsOn today’s episode, Nicolette and Eric discuss how he nearly lost his eyesight because of type 2 diabetes. Instead of googling ‘how to live with diabetes’ as recommended by doctors, Eric instead did a Google search: ‘how to reverse Diabetes’. This launched Eric into a whole food plant-based journey and he successfully reversed his diabetes completely. Eric is now working with schools and other community groups throughout Brooklyn to support them in learning about plant-based wholefoods as medicine. Tune in now to hear more about the incredible work that Eric is doing to heal the American diet and lifestyle. And defini...2020-12-231h 02
Field, Lab, EarthDr. Norman Borlaug with Julie Borlaug, Dr. Ronnie Coffman, and Dr. Ed RungeDr. Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist who specialized in wheat breeding. Known as the Father of the Green Revolution, he helped other hunger fighters save hundreds of thousands of lives in Mexico, India, Pakistan, and other countries throughout his long and varied career. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 and founded the World Food Prize to celebrate other food fighters worldwide. This episode we speak with his granddaughter and colleague Julie Borlaug and fellow colleagues Dr. Ronnie Coffman and Dr. Ed Runge to discuss the “Man who Fed the World.” Listen to learn: What are...2020-10-021h 40
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)155. Dr. Maureen Miruka Discusses Women and Agriculture and Roger Thurow Talks Global Food Insecurity Amid American AbundanceToday on “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani interviews Dr. Maureen Miruka, Director for Gender, Youth & Livelihoods at CARE USA and Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Dani and Dr. Miruka discuss women and agriculture and how CARE is invested in programs that empower women. Then, Dani and Roger talk about the breakdown of the United States’ food chain and why global food security persists amid an abundance of food in the U.S. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to ha...2020-05-211h 28
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)155. Dr. Maureen Miruka Discusses Women and Agriculture and Roger Thurow Talks Global Food Insecurity Amid American AbundanceToday on “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani interviews Dr. Maureen Miruka, Director for Gender, Youth & Livelihoods at CARE USA and Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Dani and Dr. Miruka discuss women and agriculture and how CARE is invested in programs that empower women. Then, Dani and Roger talk about the breakdown of the United States’ food chain and why global food security persists amid an abundance of food in the U.S. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to ha...2020-05-211h 28
Outrage and InspireYour Child Can Achieve Great ThingsRoger Thurow recounts the story of mothers in northern Uganda. 2017-10-2400 minOutrage and InspireWhat Have I Done to My Child?Roger Thurow tells the story of a child named Hagirso to describe the lasting damage of hunger and stunting.2017-10-1000 min
Deep Dish on Global AffairsBonus Episode: Your Child Can Do Great ThingsRoger Thurow presents his second Outrage and Inspire story about young mothers in northern Uganda.2017-10-1010 min
Discover Popular Titles Full Audiobooks in Self Development, ParentingThe First 1,000 Days Audiobook by Roger ThurowListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The First 1,000 Days
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A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true. Among them were Esther Okwir in rural Uganda, where the infant mortality rate is among the...2017-10-0511h 09How to Get Full Audiobook in Self Development, ParentingThe First 1,000 Days by Roger Thurow | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The First 1,000 Days
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Publisher: Hachette Audio
Genres: Self Development, Parenting
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"Your child can achieve great things."
A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true. Among them were Esther Okwir in rural Uganda, where the infant mortality rate is among the highest in the world; Jessica Saldana, a high school student in a violence-scarred Chicago neighborhood; Shyamkali...2017-10-0511h 09
Deep Dish on Global Affairs1,000 Days of Immeasurable Cost and Irreparable DamageThe International Rescue Committee deemed today's hunger crisis “the least reported but most important issue of our time.” The Council's Roger Thurow, author of The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—and the World, outrages and inspires as he explains the injustices of stunting and tells inspirational stories of overcoming hunger on this week’s episode of Deep Dish.2017-09-2850 min
Deep Dish on Global Affairs1,000 Days of Immeasurable Cost and Irreparable Damage - Sept. 28, 2017The International Rescue Committee deemed today's hunger crisis “the least reported but most important issue of our time.” The Council's Roger Thurow, author of The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—and the World, outrages and inspires as he explains the injustices of stunting and tells inspirational stories of overcoming hunger on this week’s episode of Deep Dish.2017-09-2850 min
Listen to the Best Full trial Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Parenting TipsThe First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children -- And the World by Roger ThurowPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302958 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children -- And the World Author: Roger Thurow Narrator: James Edward Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Genres: Parenting Tips Publisher's Summary: 'Your child can achieve great things.' A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true. Among them were Esther Okwir in rural Uganda, where the infant mortality rate is among the highest in the world; Jessica Saldana, a high school...2017-09-1203 min
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Title: The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children -- And the World
Author: Roger Thurow
Narrator: James Edward Thomas
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2017
Genres: Parenting Tips
Publisher's Summary:
'Your child can achieve great things.' A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true. Among them were Esther Okwir in rural Uganda, where the infant mortality rate is among the highest in the world; Jessica Saldana, a high school student...2017-09-1211h 11
Face2Face with David PeckRoger Thurow - The First 1000 DaysRoger and I talk about his new book The First 1000 Days, “stupid poverty”, malnutrition, journalism and “gray matter” as infrastructure.More about Roger here at Outrage and Inspire.For more information about his book “The First 1000 Days” go here.The First 1000 Days initiative is here.BiographyRoger Thurow joined The Chicago Council on Global Affairs as senior fellow for global food and agricultural in January 2010 after three decades at The Wall Street Journal.For 20 years, he served as a Journal foreign correspondent, based in Europe and Africa. His coverage of...2016-11-3049 min
Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics#35: The First 1000 Days with Roger ThurowJeanne talks with author, journalist Roger Thurow about how hunger and malnutrition robs mothers and children of their chance to reach their full potential. He writes about women in the U.S. as well as developing country to tell the stories of how hunger affects women all over the world.
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Take Out With Ashley and RobynEpisode 23 with guest Roger ThurowRoger Thurow is a senior fellow in global food and agriculture for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Previously he spent 30 years at The Wall Street Journal, 20 of them as a foreign correspondent based in Europe and Africa. In 2003, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for coauthoring a series on famine in Africa, and was honored by the United Nations for his work. Thurow frequently speaks on agricultural development and is the author of several books including The Last Hunger Season. His newest book, The First 1,000 Days, was published in May 2016.2016-06-0143 min
Hacking HungerJournalist Roger Thurow on Hunger in a Post 9/11 WorldWe're joined today by Roger Thurow, an award-winning journalist and author who has traveled across the globe reporting on food security, agriculture and humanitarian issues. We spoke to Roger about his experience in the field, how 9/11 led him to cover global hunger issues, and his motto: “Outrage and inspire.” Music Featured: Modest Mouse, "Float On" 2015-09-3000 min
Hacking HungerEpisode 1: Journalist Roger Thurow on Hunger in a Post 9/11 WorldWe're joined today by Roger Thurow, an award-winning journalist and author who has traveled across the globe reporting on food security, agriculture and humanitarian issues. We spoke to Roger about his experience in the field, how 9/11 led him to cover global hunger issues, and his motto: “Outrage and inspire.” Music Featured: Modest Mouse, "Float On" 2015-09-3029 min
Development DrumsEpisode 22: Enough – Hunger in an Age of PlentyRoger Thurow and Scott Kilman talk about their book Enough: Why The World’s Poorest Starve In An Age of Plenty.
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The World Beyond the Headlines from the University of Chicago“Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty”A talk by journalist and author Roger Thurow. For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the "Green Revolution" succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse. In the west we think of famine as a natural disaster, brought about by drought; or as the legacy of brutal dictators. But in this powerful investigative narrative, Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman argue that in the past few decades, American, British, and European policies conspired to...2010-03-031h 12![CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [video]](http://chiasmos.uchicago.edu/chiasmosPodcastLogo_05_144.jpg)
CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [video]“Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty” (video)A talk by journalist and author Roger Thurow. For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the "Green Revolution" succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse. In the west we think of famine as a natural disaster, brought about by drought; or as the legacy of brutal dictators. But in this powerful investigative narrative, Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman argue that in the past few decades, American, British, and European policies conspired to...2010-03-031h 14CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [audio]“Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty”A talk by journalist and author Roger Thurow. For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the "Green Revolution" succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse. In the west we think of famine as a natural disaster, brought about by drought; or as the legacy of brutal dictators. But in this powerful investigative narrative, Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman argue that in the past few decades, American, British, and European policies conspired to...2010-03-031h 12