POWER OF POETRY World Food Day and Poetry’s Work to Alleviate Hunger BY HIRAM LAREW
course, the backdrop to what follows is the sobering news that rates of hunger continue to climb in the U.S. and around the world. Climate change, conflict, COVID and a host of other factors have contributed to the spike. A recent CNBC segment on “Why the U.S. Can’t Solve Hunger” offers one well-reported account of the most notable chal - lenges that are the confluence of issues at the root of food insecurity, including the following highlights: ● According to a 2021 report by the USDA, 33.8 million Ameri - cans didn’t have adequate access to food. ● Experts believe income inequity and affordability are the larg - est drivers behind food insecurity. ● The USDA also found that food deserts, or areas that have limited access to affordable and nutritious food, are another main cause; in the U.S. some 53 million people live in these areas considered food deserts. ● The last 2 years has seen a rise in food inflation, largely due to the pandemic and the supply chain issues as a result. ● Despite exponential growth to spending on food assistance programs like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro - gram) — reaching a record of $182.5 billion in 2021 — food insecurity has remained relatively the same as it was in 2001. ● In 2014, the Bread Institute reported that hunger had cost the U.S. $5.48 billion in lost productivity. So like World Food Day, the work of Poetry X Hunger is as im- portant as ever. With help from food banks, arts councils, community
Water Is Life. Water Is Food. Leave No One Behind – 2023 World Food Day Theme
Each year since 1979, the world has commemorated World Food Day on October 16 — the day in 1945 when The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) was founded. And, because food, hunger, water, soil, farmers, consumers, weather, and a host of other related topics continue to be so important to us all, the Day’s importance keeps growing. This year, the focus will be on the impor- tance of water as a precious resource — one that affects our ability to cultivate food in many, many ways. The Day also typically spotlights the prevalence of hunger around the world, including in the U.S. Many folks pitch in on that day to redouble efforts to fight hunger. In fact, World Food Day was a key reason that Poetry X Hunger was founded – as one more way to recognize the Day’s significance by bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. Here are a few ways that Poetry X Hunger is fighting hunger. Of
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