Famine

Food insecurity is a major health problem in the United States and is associated with poor physical and mental health (Borre, Ertle, & Graff, 2010). It occurs when an individual or family lacks sufficient funds to gain access to food when it is wanted or needed, or lack of access to a store where they could purchase quality food with enough variety for a healthy diet. Food insecurity may or may not accompany hunger. Research has shown that food insecurity leads to obesity, diabetes,…

premise, in Famine, Affluence, and Morality, where he argues a moral way to live by is marginal utility. The first premise Singer gives us is “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.” (Singer 231) Basically from this he’s saying that everyone should give as much as they possibly can without making their own families suffer, and give it to aid organizations that help famine…

The Great Grandparents on Dad’s Mother’s side immigrated from Ireland during the Great Potato Famine when they were 18 and 19 years old. This was a time of tremendous hardship for many people in Ireland as the main agricultural crop; the potato failed badly for a number of years in a row. People in Ireland were found dead with green rings around their mouths as they ate grass in a vain effort to survive. Mothers and Fathers placed their faith and children on boats to America in an effort to…

In 1845, the Great Famine began, leaving an everlasting mark on the Irish people and the political landscape of their country. The potato crop, which sustained much of Ireland’s population, stopped growing, leading to mass starvation and the death of over a million people. In The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, Anna O’Donnell is born near the end of this national tragedy and survives, but later chooses to starve herself, much to the despair of her nurse Lib. Similarly, the movie Some Mother’s Son…

This year I volunteered at Atlanta food bank. The Atlanta food bank is an organization that provides food and other critical resources for low-income Georgians who suffer from hunger and food insecurity. The mission of the Atlanta community food bank is to fight hunger by engaging, education and empowering the community. Their mission is lived out every day through seven projects that help engage, educate and empower both people in need and those who want help. I have fulfill the agency’s…

Attempting to live by bread alone brings alive the ancient words of the devil “…command that these stones become loaves of bread.” (Matthew 4:4). What are the ways we try to make bread from stones? By investing all of our energy and resources into our jobs and career, family and social commitments. They things are not evil in themselves; rather they are quite necessary for us to be successful human beings. But it is bread of business, busyness and boredom. Yet, they are not our daily bread.…

The Causes and Effects of Poverty Currently, poverty is one of the most disastrous problems in the world. There is a huge number of people that die every year due to the lack of good standards for living such as education, jobs, food, and health care. Many countries around the world have a variety of people who need help in order to have the ability to live in difficult circumstances. However, not many people from developed countries help these kinds of people who are in need. Poverty…

Consumers believe if they create a large demand for product, the niche markets will produce enough product even when the population continuously increases. This negatively impacts the industry because consumers then create an increased demand for this product, and the producers supply as much as possible. According to the “The Future of Food” article written by I. Y. R. Odegard and E. Van Der Voet it states, “Presently, a billion people are undernourished and the FAO estimates that food…

World hunger is undoubtedly one of society’s most (formidable?) issues today. According to Oxford Dictionaries, hunger is “a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat. ” We are able to produce more than enough food to feed our large population, yet over 800 million people around the world, or one in nine, do not have enough food to eat. Developing nations __ hold the vast majority of 98% of the world’s undernourished people; however, there are some…

A Silent Crisis: The Fight to End Childhood Hunger "More than 12 million children under the age of eighteen in the United States are food insecure—unable to consistently access adequate amounts of nutritious food necessary for a healthy life. More than three million children under the age of five are food insecure" (Cook and Jeng, n.p.). Child hunger is a devastating problem communities all over the world face today. Malnutrition is the state of being unhealthy because of a shortage of food, or…