Category Archives: hunger

I ain’t no delinquent, just misunderstood…

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

…Deep down inside me there is good! Just a bit delinquent at keeping up on my blog these days… Not sure why, but haven’t felt a real motivation to write much about our global food system. Maybe it is because … Continue reading →

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Infographic on rising food prices

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

IFPRI did a great visual on what rising food prices mean for the hungry and malnourished.

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Check out Gorta’s World Food Day conference

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Last Friday, I spoke at Gorta’s World Food Day conference on food prices. Gorta CEO Brian Hanratty severely criticised the fact that soaring food prices and food price volatility are yet another factor affecting the world’s most vulnerable. Entitled ‘Food Prices – … Continue reading →

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Hunger fighter

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

I was recently highlighted on the new and very cool Revolution Hunger site as one of the hunger fighters. There are some big names on there, such as Norman Borlaug, Roger Thurow, and Ruth Oniango, to name a few, so…I … Continue reading →

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A Taste Test for Hunger – A new way of measuring caloric intake

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

An interesting insight to counting calories and measuring hunger by delving deeper into how people spread their calories across different foods. A Taste Test for Hunger – NYTimes.com. “Rising incomes have indeed made people better off; however, they have used … Continue reading →

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what keeps mankind alive

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

“What Keeps Mankind Alive” sung by Tom Waits, (originally written by Pet Shop Boys) is a relevant song for all those working in the “fight against hunger”. There is even a version by William Burroughs. The lyrics: You gentlemen who … Continue reading →

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mad as hell and there is nothing we are going to do about it

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Last year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ran an ad campaign against the 1 billion who were hungry (now 925 million one year later, even with food price increases…). The numbers themselves are only estimates, and I … Continue reading →

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The Role of Food and Nutrition System Approaches in Tackling Hidden Hunger

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

Just published a new article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.  Below is the abstract and it is downloadable, free of charge. Holla to open access! One of the World’s greatest challenges is to secure sufficient … Continue reading →

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FAO announces: Those who suffer hunger have declined from 1 billion to 925 million.

Posted on October 12, 2010 by
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With the World Committee on Food Security meeting this week at FAO…

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

I thought I would throw in some definitions. It gets super confusing and many think that food security means military protecting national food stores, or food safety. FAO has some decent definitions here too. What does it mean to be … Continue reading →

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