Hunger exists in the world due to the
reason of poverty. The root cause of poverty is powerless and uses the titled
question as an approach to the solution by connecting communities to resources,
while providing immediate access to nutritious emergency food. Why there is
hunger in the world and how can we solve it? Here are few things that we can do
to tackle the root causes of hunger and support long-term solutions at home and
abroad.
First of
all, protect the land, seeds and water in our nation. Communities around the world lose
millions of acres of farmland every year through land grabs by governments and
corporations. The world’s precious supply of fresh water is increasingly being
privatized. Therefore, a lot of the world’s agro biodiversity is threatened as corporations’
patent life forms and increasingly control the world’s seed supply. We should join
a local or national preservation organization that works to protect these
natural resources by boycott bottled water besides joining the local land trust
campaign to protect farmland and support seed saving.
Secondly,
we should support and encourage universal free nutritious school meals that
educate children
to behave better when they are well fed. Millions of children are hungry and a
large numbers of them are suffering from diet related diseases such as obesity
and diabetes. Thus, write a letter to our school district’s food service
director and speak at school board members meetings regarding this issue that
required serious monitoring. Every public school is mandated to have a
‘Wellness Policy’ that organized by parents, teachers and students to implement
the policies regarding good eating mannerisms within student-self.
Thirdly, transform
the emergency food system and dismantle racism in the food system. We have the most extensive
emergency food system in the world, but it can meet only a small fraction of
the needs of hungry people. The donated food usually comes from corporations
and can often be highly processed and non-nutritious. It is often people of
color who lose their land due to unfair loan requirements and denial of credit
as well as unfair prices for farm products are also often not covered by fair
labor laws and hiring practices. Communities of color face higher rates of diet
related health problems due to disparities in healthy food access.
Finally, create
healthy food hubs since there
are hundreds of urban and rural areas of the country that do not have easy
access to good food, referred to as food deserts. In rural areas people have to
drive several miles to the nearest grocery store or supermarket and in some
urban areas there may not be public transportation to a food store and only
fast food is available in the neighborhood. Thus, investing in local and
regional food systems, the farmers are engaging in direct marketing, local food
processing and distribution at local markets and creating healthy food hubs.
Therefore, we are courage to join folks who are growing food in their
backyards, roofs and community gardens besides purchasing food from local
farmers markets and stores.

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