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In the United States, 11.7 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet. That means one in ten households in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger. | In the United States, 11.7 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet. That means one in ten households in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger. | ||
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[http://www.ted.com/talks/josette_sheeran_ending_hunger_now.html TEDtalk video] by [http://www.ted.com/speakers/josette_sheeran.html Josette Sheeran], the head of the [http://www.wfp.org/ UN's World Food Program], who talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. | [http://www.ted.com/talks/josette_sheeran_ending_hunger_now.html TEDtalk video] by [http://www.ted.com/speakers/josette_sheeran.html Josette Sheeran], the head of the [http://www.wfp.org/ UN's World Food Program], who talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. | ||
| − | [http://www.ted.com/talks/louise_fresco_on_feeding_the_whole_world.html Louise Fresco] shows us why we should celebrate mass-produced, supermarket-style white bread. She says environmentally sound mass production will feed the world, yet leave a role for small bakeries and traditional methods. TEDtalk video | + | [http://www.ted.com/talks/louise_fresco_on_feeding_the_whole_world.html Louise Fresco] shows us why we should celebrate mass-produced, supermarket-style white bread. She says environmentally sound mass production will feed the world, yet leave a role for small bakeries and traditional methods. TEDtalk video. |
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| + | Thomas Keneally, author of [http://www.amazon.com/Three-Famines-Starvation-Politics-ebook/dp/B0055TH54U#reader_B0055TH54U Three Famines:] Starvation and Politics, about the modern history of famines. [http://www.npr.org/2011/10/30/141837920/three-famines-a-struggle-shared-across-the-globe author interview] 10/11 | ||
In his new book, ''World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse'', [http://www.earth-policy.org/ Earth Policy Institute's] Lester [http://www.earth-policy.org/about_epi/C32 Brown] looks at the state of the world's resources ( a [http://www.earth-policy.org/press_room/C68/pr_wote "food bubble"]), warning that the outlook does not look good when it comes to feeding the world's population. | In his new book, ''World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse'', [http://www.earth-policy.org/ Earth Policy Institute's] Lester [http://www.earth-policy.org/about_epi/C32 Brown] looks at the state of the world's resources ( a [http://www.earth-policy.org/press_room/C68/pr_wote "food bubble"]), warning that the outlook does not look good when it comes to feeding the world's population. | ||
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| + | Global food crisis studied by [http://rajpatel.org/meet-raj/ Raj Patel]in [http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/frontpage ''Stuffed and Starved''] [http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/8/stuffed_and_starved_as_food_riots video interview] [http://rajpatel.org/category/videos/ and discussed in videos]. [http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01-14-raj-patel-on-colbert/ Colbert Report] | ||
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| + | [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/review/Edge-t.html?ex=1374724800&en=da24b08d56bf1b8e&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Review of book ''The End of Food''] | ||
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[http://dbacon.igc.org/Hunger/hunger.htm Hunger in California] | [http://dbacon.igc.org/Hunger/hunger.htm Hunger in California] | ||
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Ironically/tragically, today in US [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121274651 kids of migrant laborers] are going hungry (audio). (December 10, 2009) Nearly a million migrant children crisscross the U.S. with their families, from harvest to harvest and from job to job. In North Carolina, migrant families struggle to find work, and many rely on schools for food and clothing. The people who run the state's migrant program say living conditions and financial hardships for laborers are the worst in memory. | Ironically/tragically, today in US [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121274651 kids of migrant laborers] are going hungry (audio). (December 10, 2009) Nearly a million migrant children crisscross the U.S. with their families, from harvest to harvest and from job to job. In North Carolina, migrant families struggle to find work, and many rely on schools for food and clothing. The people who run the state's migrant program say living conditions and financial hardships for laborers are the worst in memory. | ||
[http://www.bread.org/BFW-Institute/ More info from Bread for the World.org] | [http://www.bread.org/BFW-Institute/ More info from Bread for the World.org] | ||
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[http://www.oxfamamerica.org/multimedia/flash/a-seat-at-the-table/ A Seat at the Table] is a game/simulation from Oxfam. | [http://www.oxfamamerica.org/multimedia/flash/a-seat-at-the-table/ A Seat at the Table] is a game/simulation from Oxfam. | ||
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[http://www.grist.org/population/2011-10-13-we-can-feed-10-billion-of-us-study-finds-but-it-wont-be-easy We can feed 10 billion], but we have to change. 10/11 | [http://www.grist.org/population/2011-10-13-we-can-feed-10-billion-of-us-study-finds-but-it-wont-be-easy We can feed 10 billion], but we have to change. 10/11 | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 30 October 2011
Food Scarcity
See also food production and consumption. See also Third World Development (and its associated topics). Genetically Modified Organisms. For labor issues, see Labor page.
More than 862 million people in the world go hungry.
In developing countries nearly 16 million children die every year from preventable and treatable causes. Sixty percent of these deaths are from hunger and malnutrition.
In the United States, 11.7 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet. That means one in ten households in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger.
Video
TEDtalk video by Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, who talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war.
Louise Fresco shows us why we should celebrate mass-produced, supermarket-style white bread. She says environmentally sound mass production will feed the world, yet leave a role for small bakeries and traditional methods. TEDtalk video.
Books
Thomas Keneally, author of Three Famines: Starvation and Politics, about the modern history of famines. author interview 10/11
In his new book, World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, Earth Policy Institute's Lester Brown looks at the state of the world's resources ( a "food bubble"), warning that the outlook does not look good when it comes to feeding the world's population.
Global food crisis studied by Raj Patelin Stuffed and Starved video interview and discussed in videos. Colbert Report
Review of book The End of Food
Websites
Ironically/tragically, today in US kids of migrant laborers are going hungry (audio). (December 10, 2009) Nearly a million migrant children crisscross the U.S. with their families, from harvest to harvest and from job to job. In North Carolina, migrant families struggle to find work, and many rely on schools for food and clothing. The people who run the state's migrant program say living conditions and financial hardships for laborers are the worst in memory.
More info from Bread for the World.org
A Seat at the Table is a game/simulation from Oxfam.
We can feed 10 billion, but we have to change. 10/11
