Stop+Hunger+Now

 Enough wheat, rice and other grains are produced to provide every human being with 3,500 calories a day ||  Nature is not to blame. Human-made forces are making people increasingly vulnerable to forces of nature. ||   Rapid population growth is not the root cause of hunger. Like hunger itself, it results from underlying inequities that deprive people, especially poor women, of economic opportunity and security. Rapid population growth and hunger are endemic to societies where land ownership, jobs, education, health care, and old age security are beyond the reach of most people. ||  Food is available for those who can afford it-starvation during hard times hits only the poorest. || "Hunger Myths." //Stop Hunger Now//. 16 Aug 2009 . ||   Natural events rarely explain deaths; they are simply the final push over the brink. Human institutions and policies determine who eats and who starves during hard times. ||  ||   ||   ||