Attend Building Bridges to a Hunger-Free World on
April 12th, 2018, 8:00pm
Phelps-Stokes Auditorium
Shannon Maynard, executive director at the Congressional Hunger Center in Washington, DC., works on understanding the root causes of hunger and finding solutions to food insecurity, both domestically and globally. She addresses how she has focused throughout her career on empowering individuals to become involved in community-based solutions in the fight against hunger. Sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Learning through Service (CELTS) and the Campus Christian Center (CCC). Service Convocation.
If you enjoyed her presentation, check out some books available on display in front of the Circulation Desk!
The Globalization of Food by
Call Number: 338.19 G562 2009 (3rd Floor)
ISBN: 9781845208165
Globalization has become perhaps the most central--and one of the most contested--terms in the social sciences in the present day. If one wishes to understand the conditions in which different groups of people live today, it seems increasingly impossible to ignore the aspects of those conditions that are seen to be characterized, or influenced, by "global" forces, movements and phenomena. Regarding particular phenomena, no matter how apparently "local" or parochial in nature, as being located within "global" flows or systems or structures, seems today to be a very necessary component of any effective sort of social investigation. Many social scientific scholars in the last decade or so have engaged in a "global turn" in their thinking, investigating key areas and facets of human life--such as work, economy, cities, politics, and media--in terms of how these are being affected, influenced and changed by (what can be taken to be) "globalizing forces."
The World Food Problem by
Call Number: 363.809 L438w 2004 (3rd Floor)
Recognizing that millions of people in the less-developed countries continue to go hungry while there is more than enough food in the world to feed them, the authors of The World Food Problem tackle the question of why - and what can be done about it. Entirely new to the third edition are chapters on the history of famine, the basic economics of supply and demand, and economics and policy analysis. Throughout, data have been brought up-to-date and recent policy debates explored; the discussion is enriched with frequent examples of current problems and policies. This highly readable and comprehensive text provides an accessible analysis of the state of world food supply and demand, as well as an assessment of prospects for the future.
Enough by
Call Number: 363.8 T542e 2009 (3rd Floor)
For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the "Green Revolution” succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year--most of them in Africa and most of them children. More die of hunger in Africa than from AIDS and malaria combined. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse.
Feeding a World Population of More Than Eight Billion People by
Call Number: 338.19 F295 (3rd Floor)
Since the 1960s, breakthroughs in agriculture have made it possible to satisfy the world's increasing requirements for food. Can this trend continue over the next thirty years when the world population is projected to exceed eight billion? This book takes a critical look at the immediatechallenges for feeding the population just a generation from now.
Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime by
Call Number: 338.19 E56 (3rd Floor)
At a time in history when conflict erupts daily in far-flung corners of the world, ending severe deprivation may be critical to global peace and stability. Yet we are far from reaching the goal of reducing hunger by 2025. The authors of this book bring good news: hunger can be banished in our lifetime. on important research findings and projections that show it can be done, through new and renewed institutions, scientific innovation, global economics and investment, and sustainable environmental practices. Although the book encompasses a wide array of ideas, arguments, facts, and figures, it is not intended as a dry, academic text. Rather, it is for anyone wanting a better understanding of poverty and hunger and how to end it.
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