by Beth | Sep 16, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
When gathered last week in St Louis to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Ladies of Charity USA, some 300 representatives of 73 associations throughout the United States sat down to “the hunger banquet”. Here’s a site that allows you to take a...
by Beth | Sep 16, 2007 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Unless there isn’t enough of it or a health crisis causes reconsideration of diet, most people don’t spend much time thinking about food. But hunger and health — our own and that of the increasingly stressed land — are reasons to think about...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 28, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Wall Street Journal had a brief 2 minute video which points to a shortcoming of the adage that says that if you teach people to fish you feed them for a life time. For a llimited time the video can be viewed here The text can still be read here
by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to the Financial Times the United Nations World Food Programme has warned that rising food prices are threatening its ability to feed the roughly 90 million people around the world that it helps, urging donors to boost their contributions. One concern is...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Biofuels are not clean and green. Biofuels will result in deforestation. Biofuels will not bring rural development. Biofuels will cause hunger. Today’s International Herald Tribune, with more than one million political and influential subscribers...