Hunger and Food Waste Facts

A child dies as a result of malnutrition every 2.3 seconds.

An estimated 26% of edible food is thrown away every year in the US. Meanwhile, people go hungry, eat inadequate meals, and starve.

Hunger is caused by poverty, not scarcity. The first thing to know is that hunger is not an accident, in the US or anywhere else. There is no scarcity of food in the owrld. Certainly there's no shortage here in the US. The other thing to remember about hunger is that the well-off in any country never go hungry, even in famine.

Formerly broad-based, the US economy has not "turned around." It has been turned over. The rechest 1% owns more than the poorest 92% combined. The economy now caters to a globalized elite whose lives are sealed off from scrutiny and accountablity.

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