Hunger Quiz #2 for the Genius in You!
If our first Hunger Quiz didn’t leave you scratching your head, take our “genius” edition to test your knowledge about food, trade and aid!
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Jordan Namerow
World Summit on Food Security
The World Summit on Food Security is happening right now (November 16 to 18) in Rome. According to an article in today’s New York Times, world leaders have rallied around a new strategy to fight global hunger and help poor countries feed themselves. They have not, however, pledged the $44 billion sought by the U.N. …
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Agro-Ecology in Colombia: Farming in the Face of Flooding
Imagine waking up one morning to find your crops—the food that keeps you alive—completely submerged in water and entirely destroyed. This is exactly what happened along the Sinú River in northern Colombia, a region that has supported a diverse community of indigenous people for generations. The Zenu and Embera people who live by the Sinú banks …
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Solutions to Global Hunger: From Seed Banks to Market Gardening to Crop Rotation
Today’s New York Times features several letters to the editor in response to “Experts Worry About Feeding the World as Its Population Grows,” an article published on October 22. The letter writers call attention to several issues: the political realities that perpetuate global food insecurity; the relationship between access to contraception and reduced food demand; …
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Test Your Knowledge! Take Our Hunger Quiz
How much do you really know about global hunger? Take our quick quiz now to find out!
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Empowerment in Peru
Greetings from Peru. Today was a full day in Iquitos. I traveled for several hours by a large, elongated motor boat up the Amazon River to a typical small fishing village where AJWS’s long-term partner Minga Peru is located. Founded in 1998, Minga Peru works with the indigenous populations of the Peruvian Amazon to empower …
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Secretary Clinton Supports Local Food Production
Can food be grown in the developing world where hungry people can actually get it, at prices they can afford? For all of us at AJWS, the answer is, of course, a resounding YES. Even though poverty and difficult growing conditions plague the places that need new food production most, including sub-Saharan Africa and South …
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Take Action on World Food Day
World Food Day is tomorrow, October 16th. This is a day when the global community comes together to unite against hunger. Want to know how you can get involved? Here’s how:
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So Much Food. So Much Hunger.
The article “So Much Food. So Much Hunger.” in Sunday’s NY Times could not be more relevant to the daily buzz at AJWS around Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up. In fact, here at AJWS, we’ve been joking about how one of us must have been the article’s ghost writer.
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Great Press in The Oregonian!
In just a few short weeks, Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up has gained tremendous momentum from coast to coast! The incomparable Ruth Messinger has hit the road to spread the word about AJWS’s campaign and to express the dire need for changes in government legislation to ensure that no one is hungry. Check out this fabulous article about Fighting …
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