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Let’s Talk about Food Hunger
Today, millions of us are considered “hungry”, yet we produce more than what we can consume
Food hunger isn’t the issue of scarcity. It is the matter of logistical system and everyone can take on the roles of changing the attitudes about how we solve hunger — Jasmine Crowe, The Hunger Hero & Founder of Goodr
In the suburb of South Chicago, there lived a bright cheerful 8 year-old girl, Amy Constantine. She was the youngest of 2 children whose parents were construction workers living way below poverty line.
One late afternoon, Amy was walking home with her sister from school. They passed a small diner selling pancakes and hot dogs. Amy, being naive and bright as she always was, asked her sister, “I’m so hungry. Can we get some food from that place?”. Her sister, Mila, answered lightly, “We can’t. I don’t have enough money. Let’s get home quickly so we can find something to eat at home.” “But I’m hungry now. It looks like they have more than enough food to sell. Can’t they give us some food that they can’t sell?”, Amy insisted. “Of course not. The world doesn’t work like that, Amy.”, said Mila as she grabbed Amy’s hand so that they can walk…
