Great Famine

Introduction: Webb County, Texas is predominantly Hispanic community along the South Texas border. The majority of the population is economically disadvantaged, which affects their ability to live a healthy lifestyle. The average median household income in Webb County is $35,659, and the poverty rate is approximately 31.8% of the total population, which is double the state average.1 As a consequence, school-aged children face the nutritional problem of being food insecure. Food insecurity is…

first of which being the skill of gardening and cooking can be passed down generations. Another benefit to growing food is extra food can be shared with the community or donated to a food pantry. Growing and sharing food within the community is a great solution for those living in food deserts, but it has its downfalls. The first problem with gardening is a garden requires time. A person may want to have a garden, but cannot make the time commitment required, gardening requires weeding, watering…

What makes you global The item that represents a current global issue I am strongly passionate about is child hunger in Colombia. Colombia is a third world country that is home to a vasts amount of diversity, ranging from the culture to the climate zones. Despite this, children all across the country have little to none access to food on a daily basis. Internal displacement of millions of citizens in the country that can be attributed to the long lasting internal conflict with the…

October 16, 1936, in the village of Yablochnoye, a part of Ukrainian state of the USSR during Stalin’s regime ( Serial Killers: Unmasked par 2). Ukraine being the “breadbasket” of the Soviet Union, Stalin’s agricultural collectivization polices brought famine and starvation in the village during Chikatilo childhood (McCarthy par 2). He was forced to eat grass and leaves to stay alive, and had not tasted bread till he was 12 (Goss, Gray & Villalvazo par 5-6). Moreover, things worsened…

GMOs are a great alternative to feeding the world’s growing population. The world’s population is currently 7.6 billion people and is continuing to grow everyday. By the year 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach 9.5 billion (Carrying Capacity, 2016). “By 2050, humans will need to produce 70% more food than we currently do in order to adequately feed the global population” (Rangel, 2015). The earth can only hold and sustain so many people. Each species on the planet has a carrying…

combating world hunger? The United Nations are sponsoring the red cup foundation, basically if you fill one red cup that is filling the stomach of a starving child. This foundation has helped the lives of many people suffering from starvation. After the famine in the horn of Africa, the United Nations was…

Executive Summary Food insecurity has three key components; food access, food availability and food use (1). Gaining access to nutritionally adequate and safe food is the primary outcome associated with food security (2). People experiencing food insecurity struggle immensely to eat the recommended daily servings of breads, cereals, vegetables and fruit. A higher prevalence of food insecurity in Australia has been reported among individuals in remote areas, indigenous people, unemployed people,…

Food deserts are known as areas that lack access or opportunities to affordable and healthy foods such as, fresh produce or other foods that can provide essential nutrients. These areas are mostly in underprivileged and rural areas of the country and have been mostly associated with minority and of low socioeconomic status populations. Food deserts have been associated to lead to inadequate nutrition and an increased consumption of highly processed foods, sodium, saturated fats, and refined…

People have experienced hunger since the beginning of time. From the times of hunter gather, to the agricultural revolution, humans have found ways to quench their hunger. But in today's world, the word hunger has developed multiple connotations, such as being a synonym for desire and crave. Even more so, hunger can be used to describe not only a craving for food, but for other objects and even feelings. Being that 795 million people today are hungry, meaning they do not have enough food to lead…

Sahel the Struggling Land Reporter: Jillian Daly Sahel is one of the poorest and most vulnerable regions in Africa. It is situated south of the Sahara desert and stretches from Mauritania to Chad. Consequently it is constantly suffering from a continual negative cycle called food insecurity. Sahel suffers from desertification, poverty, conflict, natural disasters and population pressure which contributes to a continual negative cycle of food insecurity that needs to be broken. Today CARE a…