Unequal policies force people to leave their homes and risk their lives to harvest our food. Unequal hierarchies in our food system determine who benefits and who gets sick. Unequal narratives justify this harmful system. As global citizens, eaters, and neighbors, we have the opportunity to challenge these inequalities.

Dr. Seth M. Holmes, author of "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies", is a professor, physician and cultural anthropologist whose work focuses on social hierarchies, health inequalities, and the ways in which inequalities are naturalized and normalized in society and in health care.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx