Great Famine

malnutrition and food insecurity. In previous decades, North Korea has been agriculturally successful. Although they have flourished in the production of food, they haven’t been able to control the malnutrition issues in their own country because of recent famines and economic blunders. North Korea’s economy had fallen when trade was switched…

Neighborhoods in poverty are more at risk for hunger.. According to Tracie McMillian, “Urban neighborhoods with pervasive unemployment and poverty are home to the hungriest” (McMillian). Many Poor families do not have enough income to support themselves. In fact, “43,000 households in Houston, Texas, have no car and are more than half a mile away from a market”(McMillian). Since they do not have transportation they can not go to a grocery store to shop for food. This can lead to hunger because…

The men who volunteered in 1914 to go to war thought it would be a great chance to see the world and go on an adventure. What they didn’t think of, or could have even possibly imagined were the horrible conditions they would face. There were many factors contributing to making the Gallipoli battlefield an unbearable place for all soldiers, some are: the constant noise, cramped unsanitary conditions, disease, foul smells, daily death of your mates, terrible food, lack of rest and thirst. The on…

Fun fact: In the middle ages they could not drink water because it was so polluted. It was hard for the poor they did not get to drink a lot. They drank ale, mead or cider. But the rich could drink many types of wines. They usually ate meat and bread. They had a huge range of meat to eat. They would eat pork, lamb, bear, hedgehog, and rabbit. And they also ate fish like herring, salmon, whiting, cod, trout, and pike. They also ate shellfish which included crab, oysters, and mussels. People…

In “Purdue researchers tackle global hunger through innovation,” Hayleigh Colombo discussed the effects of GPS and drones on farming in the United States and Africa. Colombo used Chuck and Brian Shelby’s farm in Lafayette, Indiana as an example of farming that used modern GPS equipment to boost the efficiency and profitability. However, in Africa the story was portrayed much differently. Farmers used hand tools to scratch at the hard, solid ground that was difficult to break through, while…

The Scarcity Fallacy World hunger is a topic that has been the focal point of many economists and whether or not we have the means of feeding the entire human population. The general knowledge is that world hunger exists mainly because of natural disasters, increase in population, and not being able to produce enough food. Additional problems such as environment crises and global warming result in furthering the idea of food scarcity. If that is the case, then hunger exists simply because there…

Claim: The men undergo many pressures but the biggest pressure is the pressures of food and water Evidence with reasoning: The crew has now been going on without much food and almost no fresh water. The reason this is the biggest pressure is because without food and water you can not survive and also that starving or dying of dehydration is a pretty awful way to go. The reaction from the crew when they find water just says how thirsty they were, "The men had in fact, found a spring bubbling up…

In a world where we fight hunger and hear projections that our population will one day exceed the amount of food available sounds intimidating. People place trust in the nations government to take care of the food supply, so that the masses do not have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. When in fact, it is just the opposite, we should not place complete trust in them, but feel an obligation to ensure that our food resources are being overseen and distributed properly. Instead…

don’t have the money to buy food. Their kids need to wait for the next day to get food from their school. Then there are some schools that charge their students to get food. Those kids go through a whole day without any food in their stomachs. It's great that Food Page 1 Network have been able to find away to fix this problem and feed the young kids. It's the small things that can…

The Effects of World Hunger For decades, world hunger has been a huge problem. Ironically, “the world produces enough food to feed all seven billion people”().So why is everyone not being fed? The answer to this question is “either people do not have the money to purchase food or the land to grow it.” World hunger is a huge problem in today’s world because it results in unnecessary death, triggers violence, and also affects the learning abilities of kids. Additionally, hunger is often forced…