AFRI HEDGE SCHOOL 2010: FOOD SOVEREIGNTY - ROOTING OUT THE CAUSES OF GLOBAL HUNGER

On Saturday, 23 October 2010, Kimmage DSC, hosted the annual Afri Hedge School 2010 on theme of Food Sovereignty.

The event focused on the fundamental right to food and discussed the importance of food sovereignty as a precondition for food security and tackling world hunger. Introductory talks were given by *Alan Matthews*, from the Economics Department at Trinity College Dublin, Former UN Assistant Secretary General *Denis Halliday*, and *Clare O’Grady Walshe*, who launched her new pamphlet, entitled /Seeds of Hope in a World of Insecurity/. The pamphlet deals with issues of food insecurity and loss of biodiversity and was edited by Irish travel writer Dervla Murphy. A report, photos and an excellent short video clip (which includes the planting of a tree in the Kimmage garden) on the Hedge school can be viewed below and at:

http://www.afri.ie/hedge-school-2010/