Can you draw a circle? Most of us can. But if you lacked food as a child, you wouldn’t be able to draw one now. You would lack the manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination that makes it possible to draw a picture of something as simple as a ball.
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Could you go from March to August eating almost nothing at all?
Could you subsist for five months on just tea and the hope that when harvest comes you’ll eat? Take a look at this video shot in Kenya and meet people who have been living like this for years.
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A recent report by aid organization Oxfam caused a stir by pointing out that the world’s 10 largest food companies – who reportedly make US$1 billion a day – are falling short on workers’ and farmers’ rights, the environment, and transparency about their supply chains.
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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.
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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.
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Sembrar la vida
