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Enlisting ‘foodies’ in the assault on hunger

Chefs and food lovers have a role to play

Farmer’s markets featuring locally grown foods are making a comeback in developed countries, as consumers rediscover the pleasures of heirloom fruits and vegetables and lesser-known varieties of grains and legumes. Farmers in developing countries are also recovering traditional crops that were disappearing, and people are learning to bring these foods back into their diets.

Hunger rabble-rouser

Activist Raj Patel: stop the magical thinking about food systems

If there’s just one thing you have to do to end hunger, it’s to realize that there could never be just one thing we need to do. [...]

The food budget challenge

Could you eat on less than $1.50 a day?

Descriptions of extreme poverty often highlight how little money the poor have to spend each day. We’re told that more than a billion people live on the equivalent of less than one US dollar per day. One of the Millennium Development Goals is to reduce by half the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day. [...]

Way out of the box

Clever tech solutions for easing hunger

Even in today’s tech-savvy world, some of the latest technical innovations for hunger reduction can prompt a double-take. [...]

Is ‘peak hunger’ behind us?

It may just be possible to end chronic hunger in our lifetime

Your generation could be the one that sees hunger disappear. The statistic of 868 million hungry could fall steadily down to zero in your lifetime. If governments and civil society groups reinforce their commitment to ending hunger – and not just fighting it – hunger could be over very soon. [...]

Yes, we can!

Leading expert sees good prospects for an end to hunger

High food prices, expanding populations, environmental damage, climate change and hundreds of millions of hungry people . . . it’s all a bit overwhelming. But at least one man is optimistic. Sir Gordon Conway, Director of Agriculture for Impact and Professor of International Development at Imperial College London, contributed this guest blog post to EndingHunger.org. [...]

Chronic hunger is a simple, nasty reality for the person who suffers. But bringing an end to hunger is a complex challenge. Learn about the forces that cause hunger, who’s working on the problem and what’s working. Be informed. You’ll find a lot of resources right here.