PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE DISASTER CHEESECAKE


With Canadian Red Cross & Dani Stover


At the societal and environmental level:


• Most rural women appear to have a long-term viewpoint on what food security actually entails compared to men, particularly if they have a say about what they grow and for whom;


• Women also have much more to say about sustainable practices in nutrition, in health provision as well as in production - and about the use of chemicals and pesticides;


• Women and men have different resources and experiences at their disposal to deal with climate change and climate variability.


“Women need to be central in the solution…”


It follows, then, that food security and climate change


• 1/4 cup honey • 1⁄3 cup peanut (or other nut) butter • 1 snack cup of chocolate (or other) pudding • 2-3 crunchy almond granola bars • 1 tbsp. fruit juice • Blueberry (or other) jam to drizzle on top • Powdered milk or protein powder for rolling (optional)


Make the “crust” separately by putting the granola bars in a bowl, and using another bowl on top, crush the bars down to make a crumble. Mix the peanut butter, pudding, honey and fruit juice together in a bowl. If the mix is too sticky, add more juice. Add carefully to prevent mix from becoming too runny. Add the mix onto the “pre-made” crust. Smooth the top (for aesthetics) and drizzle with a jam of choice. Alternatively, add the powdered milk and shape the mix into balls and roll them into the crumble. In a disaster, try scooping on to tortilla chips for an extra-delicious sweet and salty combination!


// Dani Stover is a Morning show co-host on The Wolf 101.5 FM. For more information and this recipe and others, visit the Red Cross Talks Blog.


responses and the policies developed around adaptation to and mitigation against climate change – need to be gender-sensitive and build on these different priorities in order to effectively benefit from women’s capacities and interests. Women hold a vested interest and stake in food


systems – as producers, consumers and managers. These are distinct roles but also roles which are intertwined and inter-dependent. In the context of changing climates and increased stresses on the natural environment, women farmers need consistent, relevant and intelligent support, in a timely manner, to enable them to ‘scale up’ their critically important roles in food security, health and biodiversity conservation. Women need to be central in the solution by managing a peer-to-peer network of training, traditional-knowledge sharing, and distribution of information to ensure their sustainable livelihoods and the long-term sustainability of their communities.


// Nidhi Tandon is a social activist and Director of Networked Intelligence for Development. Nidhi recently participated in an online policy discussion hosted by Oxfam in November 2012, on achieving food justice for women. The discussion included ten experts presenting ten essays to reframe the discourse on food security from the perspective of women’s rights and women’s agency, and offering bold proposals for building a collective agenda to advance gender justice within the food system. The online discussion,” Making the Food System Work for Women,” is available here.


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