Kristin Demoranville

And I want you to define food insecurity for us, Kyle, because I think people have a misunderstanding of what that is. And I would love you to give your perspective on that.

And I want you to define food insecurity for us, Kyle, because I think people have a misunderstanding of what that is. And I would love you to give your perspective on that.

That is so impactful to think about. I mean, if you just take it for what you just said, people are literally leaving whole nations because they can't grow food. That is, I mean, that is so intense to think about and so unnecessary. That doesn't seem like a problem we should be having.

That is so impactful to think about. I mean, if you just take it for what you just said, people are literally leaving whole nations because they can't grow food. That is, I mean, that is so intense to think about and so unnecessary. That doesn't seem like a problem we should be having.

right that should be solvable that's really i mean that really does grab you my thoughts around this especially since the audience consists of a lot of food protection people and cyber security individuals both in ot and ics and systems thinkers and things like that could you you've already mentioned it the the russian ukraine conflict but what specifically is impacting food security is it just that region or is there other parts of the globe that are really impacted by that

right that should be solvable that's really i mean that really does grab you my thoughts around this especially since the audience consists of a lot of food protection people and cyber security individuals both in ot and ics and systems thinkers and things like that could you you've already mentioned it the the russian ukraine conflict but what specifically is impacting food security is it just that region or is there other parts of the globe that are really impacted by that

And it would also put a lot of pressure on the farmers of these various other countries that surround the conflict area to produce more. Their yields have to be higher. And I would assume that would drive costs because we're having fertilizer issues and probably seed issues and a bunch of other things. Are you seeing that as well?

And it would also put a lot of pressure on the farmers of these various other countries that surround the conflict area to produce more. Their yields have to be higher. And I would assume that would drive costs because we're having fertilizer issues and probably seed issues and a bunch of other things. Are you seeing that as well?

There's so many factors here that are so interconnected. I'm sure we could spend the entire time here just talking about that, which would not be a waste of time either. But there's just so many nuances on nuances here that it really is a struggle.

There's so many factors here that are so interconnected. I'm sure we could spend the entire time here just talking about that, which would not be a waste of time either. But there's just so many nuances on nuances here that it really is a struggle.

For me, realizing that the conflict specifically impacting food security in countries that were thousands of miles away was really important because it shows how interconnected we really are in our systems. And how we don't realize that because we take it for granted because we don't have to think about it, right? We go to the grocery store, we pick up our food. We don't see how it got there.

For me, realizing that the conflict specifically impacting food security in countries that were thousands of miles away was really important because it shows how interconnected we really are in our systems. And how we don't realize that because we take it for granted because we don't have to think about it, right? We go to the grocery store, we pick up our food. We don't see how it got there.

We don't see what went into making it safe for us or any of the aspects behind the scenes. We just pick up our loaf of bread. And I think we take that for granted a lot, especially I'll say in the US, because we don't have to worry.

We don't see what went into making it safe for us or any of the aspects behind the scenes. We just pick up our loaf of bread. And I think we take that for granted a lot, especially I'll say in the US, because we don't have to worry.

The fact that now we have this conflict and I'm sure many other conflicts that are going around the world right now that really are compounding people's ability just to go buy a loaf of bread.

The fact that now we have this conflict and I'm sure many other conflicts that are going around the world right now that really are compounding people's ability just to go buy a loaf of bread.

Well said, and I think everybody understands, especially in the U.S., what the devastation of hurricanes and earthquakes and even fires, we can even go that far, and how the preparedness of the community is what has made those particular disasters better or worse. A lot of people don't think about food. It's an afterthought. They think about water and power.

Well said, and I think everybody understands, especially in the U.S., what the devastation of hurricanes and earthquakes and even fires, we can even go that far, and how the preparedness of the community is what has made those particular disasters better or worse. A lot of people don't think about food. It's an afterthought. They think about water and power.

They don't think about, oh, how am I going to eat until you can't eat or there is no food. That's when you start thinking about it. And it's really scary to me that even as a developed country, that we haven't really had that conversation on a community level. I mean, when was the last time you were sitting in your town or city and thought, are they prepared for a famine?

They don't think about, oh, how am I going to eat until you can't eat or there is no food. That's when you start thinking about it. And it's really scary to me that even as a developed country, that we haven't really had that conversation on a community level. I mean, when was the last time you were sitting in your town or city and thought, are they prepared for a famine?