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• The Homelands Blog

  More food for thought on population

  February 13, 2012

  It was great to see National Catholic Reporter blogger Jamie Manson‘s thoughtful response to Sam Eaton’s PBS NewsHour story about food and family planning in the Philippines. It’s worth taking a look at the comments, too, …

• The Homelands Blog

  Double shot of Ff9B on TV and radio today

  January 23, 2012

  Today is sort of a coming out for the “Food for 9 Billion” project, with features airing on American Public Media’s Marketplace and PBS NewsHour. Both stories look at the links between population growth and …

• Sam Eaton

  Food for 9 Billion

  Turning the Population Tide

  Sam Eaton

  Food for 9 Billion

  Turning the Population Tide

  When Filipino fishing families got access to birth control, the effects were dramatic: more food, kids in school, and a new will to defend their reefs.

  The Philippines’ swelling population is causing fishing villages to embrace birth control for the first time, and not just as a means to plan their families. They also see it as a path to long-term food security, ensuring that future generations enjoy the same abundance of fish.

  This video was produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting.

  Reporter/Producer: Sam Eaton
  Camera: Sam Eaton
  Editor: Charlotte Buchen
  Local fixer: Carlos Conde
  Additional field translation: Mercy Butawan
  Consulting producer: Stephen Talbot
  Series producer: Cassandra Herrman
  Executive producer: Sharon Tiller

  Date

  January 23, 2012

  Other Contributor(s)

  Charlotte Buchen

  Outlets

  PBS NewsHour

  Tags

  Themes: Food, Health, Environment

  Regions: Asia / Oceania

  Media: Video

  Other Tags: family planning, fishing, Philippines, population, reefs, Bohol, contraceptives