Good News

Food as a Right of Citizenship, Coffee Farmers Fight Climate Change, ‘Dress to Impress’ Initiative

30.01.2019

by Roxana Adam

Photo: PortoBay Hotels & Resorts / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

At the cost of less than 2% of the city’s budget, Belo Horizonte cut its infant death rate – widely used as evidence of hunger – by more than half; a UN initiative will train farmers to be sustainable, reforest land, and plan for climate change, all while growing higher quality coffee for better profits; and the ‘Dress to Impress’ initiative will let anyone buy an interview outfit for just £10 at over 650 charity shops in the UK.