World Hunger.

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.