Violence, food insecurity, climate change, and hope. All of these terms tend to be separated into their own categories, but in this TEDx talk, Flynn Pollard suggests combining them to form ideas in combating the Global Crisis. Flynn Pollard is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia. He holds two advanced degrees, a Masters of Public Administration and a Masters of Arts in International Environmental Policy Studies, from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. He has worked as a data analyst and consultant on multiple social change projects in the United States and abroad. His work, both academically and professionally, has largely focused on the role of food in both sustainability and human security around the world. He is a co-founder and officer at an ag-tech social enterprise called Urbavore, where his team is designing low-cost hydroponic systems to improve sustainable food production and increase household access to healthy foods. Flynn believes that the greatest challenges we face today must be considered holistically, and that the interconnections between them often hold the secrets to their solutions. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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