COVID on USA campuses and in India news reports

    Reporting from The New York Times gives us a good look as to what’s happening on college campuses, and then the current crisis in India. What has caused the crisis? Poor government policies? Poor preparedness? New variants? Lagging vaccination rates? The New York Times reports, all important information, from a FoodWISE perspective: COVID…

FoodWISE, food insecurity, and India’s reopening during coronavirus

Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on food security. So, food security here, food security worldwide, how will easing coronavirus pandemic restrictions help address food security challenges? Here, India opens (reported by The Guardian), even though the peak of infections has not been reached. Read here for some of the considerations: India reopening

FoodWISE and cultural differences—resilience and coronavirus

  Gigi Berardi reads from FoodWISE about cultural upbringing and cultural information, and shares about her cultural upbringing. She  emphasizes that although many of her references are to the Pacific Northwest, her FoodWISE thinking has been developed by living elsewhere. Exposure to other cultures—including Kerala and Varanasi, India—informs all that she does. The huge numbers…