Missing One Hot Meal Won’t Kill Me!
As snow pummels the Northeast, temperatures plunge, and the threat and reality of coastal flooding in my area is a major concern, I’m rushing to cook a lot of food…
Tag Archives: #food
#FoodPrices Drop but Reflect Weaker #GlobalEconomy for All
Food prices fell by almost 20% in 2015 according to the FAO Index (UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization) Index. This though may not be such great news as this reflects…
Food for Thought on #WorldFoodDay
The goal to eradicate hunger in our lifetime is too far away. Try explaining lofty challenges and statistics to these Darfur refugees in eastern Chad whose food rations have been…
#Plastic Trash Islands Twice the Size of Texas in our #Oceans
From the obnoxious floating bottle to small plastic pellets, the Oceans could become more garbage dump than the expansive marine paradise that feeds, heals and nurtures our imagination and…
Encore, Encore to WhyHunger’s Success in Reducing Hunger
The Chapin Awards Gala this week at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan commemorated not only WhyHunger’s founding 40 years ago by visionary Bill Ayres and the late Harry Chapin. It was…
Contributing to Hunger or Food Security – Capitalism & Wholesaling?
Food’s route to our tables goes through many middlemen who facilitate the logistics of efficient distribution with minimum waste and expense. Whether capitalism is contributing to global hunger or, in…
Geothermal Energy is Future for Food Production?
Sustainability is becoming an ever greater consideration in energy and food production. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking greater efficiencies and greater production. According to the FAO:…
Women – Hands that Rock the Cradle & Breadbaskets for Families
Empowering rural women is a logical choice to achieving food and nutrition security according to UN food relief agencies: International Fund for Agricultural Development, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, and…