2022 People’s Food Summit
Wow! Check out the 2022 Peoples Food Summit organized by Regeneration International on October 16. It was held just days before the Global Earth Repair Summit and was a fantastic success with 700,000 people tuning in. The following quote is from their website and you can learn more and watch videos by their presenters. This is their second year and they are really getting it dialed in. Compare that with the 1,000 participants in the Global Earth Repair Summit. The inspiration for our GERS Summit was RI’s round the world 2021 People’s Food Summit. There ended up being quite an overlap of our two summits this year. Precious Phiri and Ercilia Sahores were key organizers for both summits, we had some mutual speakers and many people attended parts of both.
RI is a wonderful organization working for the small-holder farmers of the world. Anyone interested in the global earth repair theme will feel right at home at Regeneration International.
“Regeneration International, in conjunction with our partners, held a world wide ‘People’s Food Summit’ again this year.
“It was the second time this world’s first event was held – a major 24-hour event on World Food day on Oct 16, featuring speakers from every region of our planet.
“It was a spectacularly successful event, with over 700,000 people from all regions of our world tuning in to watch and listen to numerous topics.
“Because we reached so many people, this event had a very high impact.
This year’s participatory, virtual summit started in Oceania and moved westwards through the time zones of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America. Each region was self-organized, so they were empowered to present the messages and issues that are their priorities.
“The People’s Food Summit is a truly participatory summit that empowers the majority of the world’s food producers: the small-holder family farmers, pastoralists, and foresters who produce 70% of the food we eat.
“This year we also featured natural health as how we produce our food and what we eat is essential to our health and the health of our environment and society. Regenerative organic agriculture and climate change were also a feature of the summit.
“Regeneration International has been working with our many partners such as the Organic Consumers Association, The Global Alliance for Organic Districts, IFOAM Asia, Navdanya, the International Network of Eco Regions, Savory Hub Africa, Via Organica, AFSA, The League of Organic Municipalities and Cities and BERAS International in hosting the People’s Food Summit on World Food Day to present these inspiring speakers, and get an overview of exciting agricultural projects from around the world.”
