Three million of the country’s eight million students have been missing classes – due to lack of food, transport to get to school or basic facilities such as electricity and safe water. “Hungry people aren’t able to teach or learn,” said Victor Venegas, president of the Barinas chapter of Venezuela’s national Federation of Education Workers. “We’re going to end up with a nation of illiterate people.”
Author: Sarah Polaski
Why our local farmers are heroes
May 1 was Alaska Agriculture Day. AmeriCorps Vista volunteer, Sydney Vaught, of Breadline Inc., highlights ways that Alaska’s local farmers are a major key to alleviating Alaska’s unique issue of food insecurity.
Interactive Website Illuminates Food Insecurity Across Montgomery County
Montgomery County Maryland launched an interactive online tool that sheds light on food insecurity across the area, highlighting concentrations of need in parts of the county where residents face a high cost of living and can lack mobility and accessibility to food.
Wasted labour: Kenyan Farmers lost over Sh150 billion
In 2017, Kenya Shilling 150 billion worth of food went to waste, tossed out or left to rot, a report that tries to track food waste has said. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), farmers lost earnings as they struggled to manage, store, and transport their produce to the market.
Only a cohesive action plan can tackle the menacing epidemic of malnutrition and food insecurity in Pakistan
Dr. Mehreen Mujtaba argues that the government of Pakistan needs to address malnutrition and food insecurity comprehensively. 18 percent of the population in Pakistan is severely undernourished and almost half of the population of Pakistan, around 48.6 percent, doesn’t have access to sufficient food.
How market-based agriculture affects homes’ food security
Small-scale farmers contribute about 70 per cent to the national food basket, yet the average maize farmer in Kenya is a net buyer – able to grow enough to supply themselves for seven to nine months in a year, and the rest of the time they must buy from the market. However, the market system is not well developed in rural Kenya.
Americans Waste About A Pound Of Food A Day, USDA Study Finds
A recently published study funded by the United States Department of Agriculture found that American consumers waste about one pound of food per day, or 225-290 pounds per year. This means that roughly 20% of all food put on the plates of Americans is trashed every year, or enough to feed 2 billion extra people annually.
Seniors Face Hunger in Colorado
Senior citizens in the United States often face unique challenges in regards to hunger, but in Colorado’s San Luis Valley seniors receive assistance in part through South-Central Colorado Seniors, an “Area Agency on Aging” organization which last year reached 1,900 people.
EWU introduces food pantries to end student hunger
In 2016, Eastern Washington University conducted a survey, which found one-third of its students are what is called “food insecure.” Now, the university is trying to end the problem of student hunger, introducing new food pantries all around campus with the help of 2nd Harvest.
Can the Recovery Quench America’s Food Deserts?
In a time of seeming prosperity, millions of Americans struggle with food access and security
