world hunger

If food is considered a basic human right, why do 800 million people in the world still go hungry every day? 6 Often viewed by other countries as self-centered and materialistic, it should not come as a surprise that Americans waste approximately 96 billion pounds of food each year. 3 In spite of this, no humane explanation can be provided as to why in India, where 350 million people live in poverty, an excess holding of food grain stocks exists.4 Statistics indicate that poor nutrition detrimentally affects an individual’s cognitive ability as well as their overall health. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), hunger “undermines the peace and prosperity of nations and traps individuals in a vicious cycle of poor nutrition, ill health and diminished capacity for learning and work that is passed on from one generation to the next.”5
The fact of the matter is the poor are hungry, and those that are hungry, more often than not, poor. In Fi...