Articles tagged #FOOD SECURITY
Articles tagged
#FOOD SECURITY
A Future Free From Hunger
A: Hunger is a condition where individuals do not have enough food to meet their daily nutritional needs, leading to physical weakness, malnutrition, and a weakened immune system. Community food security is about ensuring that all people in a community have access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food for a healthy and active life.
Two are Better than One
This Valentines Day we wanted to highlight a couple from Rwanda, Ignace and his wife Jacqueline. They have a happy family with 4 children and if you were to see them today, you’d be surprised to hear of the rocky road they had to travel to get here.
From Tree to Table A Global Food Journey
Global food markets connect cultures and farms around the world. But are they good for us? Follow a mango from Mexico to Canada to find out!
Overcoming Hunger
When Food for the Hungry (FH) started work in Amhara, Ethiopia, they saw that many of the children were going hungry. Unable to get the nutrients they needed to grow up strong and healthy, their bodies and minds struggled. In technical terms, the children were suffering from chronic malnutrition and severe stunting. In heart terms, the kids were half starved and their parents couldn’t stand it.
A Dinnertime Prayer
We pray before we eat a meal together. Often, my three-and-a-half-year-old volunteers to “say grace”. She’s perfected the art of a two second prayer to get us to eating as quickly as possible. “Dear Jesus, thank you for this food, you bless it to our bodies, in Jesus name, amen.” And while I always want to encourage her to pray, it can be somewhat lacking in sincerity. So, sometimes I insist on me or my husband praying.
UPDATE: Mozambique Cyclone
Cyclone Kenneth hit the coast of northern Mozambique April 25, 2019. It’s the second cyclone to plague the country this year, with cyclone Idai having torn through the centre of the nation only six weeks earlier in mid-March.
Lessons on Forests and Food Security from a Water Hyacinth
What the water didn’t know, though, was that the hyacinth is one of the most productive plants on earth. It boasts an incredible reproduction rate; doubling in size each day, and sending out runner stems to establish tons of “daughter plants”. The story goes on to describe how the hyacinth did just that …