Steve Collins is a medical doctor with a PhD in Nutrition, who has spent the last 35 years fighting malnutrition and starvation in the developing world. Steve has witnessed a lot of progress made in this area but unfortunately, he has also seen a reversing of that progress in recent years with global hunger levels starting to rise again.

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In this episode

Mick Kelly AND Steve Collins chat about:
  • Why global hunger levels are starting to rise again and what needs to be done about it.
  • The complexities between the World Health Organisation, the Irish government and the dairy farmer.
  • Why Steve is growing Aronia Berries on the hills of West Cork.
  • The intricate web of challenges and solutions at the nexus of food sustainability and global hunger.

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