TY  - BOOK
AU  - Way, Wendy
AB  - In the years between the two world wars of the twentieth century leaders in Western countries worried about a food surplus. The hardships of the Great Depression were intensified by a glut of wheat and consequent low prices on the world market. Yet at the same time nutrition scientists protested that significant proportions of populations, even in affluent countries, were unable to afford a diet ‘adequate for health’. Fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products and meat were out of reach for the poor. This book traces the work of three men who sought to bring together the interests of farmers and the needs of the hungry: scientist and passionate campaigner for better nutrition, John Boyd Orr; Australian politician and international statesman, Stanley Melbourne Bruce; and Economic Adviser to Bruce at the Australian High Commission in London, Frank Lidgett McDougall. Bruce once said ‘McDougall brings me a new idea every morning’. One of those ideas became the genesis of their work, which helped bring about the formation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. All three undertook significant roles in the formative years of the organisation.    The story of this contribution to the international world order is little known.  The cooperation, diplomacy and persistence of these men provides inspiration for tackling the alarming prospect of food shortages in the present century.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_459941
ID  - OAPEN ID: 459941
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 859591729
KW  - australian history
KW  - food
KW  - Food and Agriculture Organization
KW  - London
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Tariff
KW  - United States
KW  - Wheat
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/14b74300-8509-4456-b140-64d39d2fcee6/459941.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33541
PB  - ANU Press
PP  - Canberra
PY  - 2013
SN  - 9781922144102
TI  - A New Idea Each Morning : How food and agriculture came together in one international organisation
ER  - 
