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How much do you know about hunger?
Out of every 10 children in the world, one will die from hunger-related causes before the child's first birthday.
Every minute, 28 people in the world die from hunger or hunger-related causes.
Twenty percent (20%) of all food grown in the United States is wasted (enough food for 49,000,000 people).
True or False?
The world's population has grown so rapidly that we can no longer produce enough to adequately feed everyone.
Between 500,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 people in the world are chronically hungry.
Caulking our windows at home will help world hunger.
The practice of gleaning was developed and implemented during the Irish potato famine of the 1880's.
Answers
1. False: In fact, we produce enough food to feed everyone a daily diet of 2,300 calories.
2. True.
3. True: Poverty is both the cause and effect of poor environmental management.
4. False: Gleaning means leaving some of the harvest in the fields for the poor.
So, what did you learn? How can you and your family help reduce the issue of hunger?
Simplify your lifestyle; decrease your use of material goods.
Recycle, reuse, and reduce.
Educate others about hunger.
Work for a living wage for all workers.
Learn more about hunger, poverty, agribusiness, the environment, and interrelated causes of hunger.
Write or call your legislators and ask them to be responsive to hunger in the United States and around the world.
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