Every Five Seconds

Somewhere in the world, a child dies of hunger every five seconds—even though the planet has more than enough food for all.

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Posted by BillK  on  11/19  at  02:44 PM

Don't blame the overweight Americans too much.

See:
<http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5AF42220091116>
One in seven Americans short of food
Mon Nov 16, 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 49 million Americans -- one in seven -- struggled to get enough to eat in 2008, the highest total in 14 years of a federal survey on "food insecurity," the U.S. government said Monday.
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also:
The number of Americans receiving food stamp assistance soared above 36 million for the first time in August, the eighth month in a row that enrollment set a record, the USDA said earlier this month.
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Many of the overweight Americans are eating cheap, low quality food.

If Americans refuse to feed their own people adequately, how do you expect them to develop the will to help feed the third world?

Posted by CygnusX1  on  11/21  at  02:32 PM

Here is a link to the "World Food Programme : contributions by nation"

> http://www.wfp.org/about/donors/wfp-donors/2009

Quote : "Is that something that emerging technologies can provide? Or is it an ethical challenge that can only be met by looking within ourselves? "

Good point, I would say both are required.

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