hunger

Irish Legend Should Inspire the Fight Against Famine Today

by William Lambers

The Irish show Riverdance has incorporated elements of legend derived from the Irish experience of famine, and raised funds to help victims of hunger around the world, an example to follow at St. Patrick's Day. 

After Invasion, Famine

by Scott Reynolds Nelson

Russia has stopped 300 grain ships from leaving Ukraine. People in north African and south Asia will bear the brunt of higher prices and shortages.

The "Doughboys" Made their Biggest Contribution Fighting Postwar Hunger

by William Lambers

At the anniversary of American entry into the first World War, we should remember the role of American troops in distributing food as part of the American Relief Administration. 

How Abraham Lincoln Can Inspire Peace for Yemen

by William Lambers

The postwar "friendship train" campaign involved Americans personally in delivering food to the hungry in Europe, and symbolized the nation's larger commitment to the Marshall Plan. A similar broad effort could help advance the policies needed to end the humanitarian crisis of war and starvation in Yemen. 

"A Christmas Carol" Makes the Same Demand Today: Feed the Hungry

by William Lambers

Three ghosts visiting Americans this holiday might show the lifesaving benefits of food aid in the past, the scope of food insecurity today, and the prospects of hunger worsening in the future. 

Take a Lesson from the Persistence of the Founder of Modern Thanksgiving

by William Lambers

Sarah Josepha Hale pushed Abraham Lincoln to declare a national Thanksgiving holiday as a day to seek healing and unity. Fighting to end hunger is a way to recommit to the spirit of the holiday.

This Independence Day, Celebrate and Carry On America's Past Generosity

by William Lambers

As we celebrate America’s birthday on July 4th, let’s remember how our nation’s generosity has aided many hungry and oppressed people around the world. 

COVID-19 Didn’t Break the Food System. Hunger Was Already Here.

by Carla Cevasco

The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing the hunger underneath the rhetoric of American plenty.

V-E Day Must Inspire Our Fight against Hunger and Pandemic

by William Lambers

The Greatest Generation won a world war and fed the hungry. We need that same spirit today as we face the Coronavirus menace and a world hunger crisis.   

The World War I Battle That Didn't End with Armistice Day: Hunger

by William Lambers

Even after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 ending World War One, American soldiers were carrying out heroic missions. Lieutenant Orville C. Bell and officers in the American Relief Administration saved civilians in Montenegro from starvation. 

A Declaration of Independence from Hunger

by William Lambers

Food is of the utmost importance to our domestic and foreign policies. Each one of us can do something about it, especially when it comes to helping charities fight hunger.

Remembering Audrey Hepburn's Best Role

by William Lambers

How her experiences as a child motivated her commitment to ending children's hunger.

We’ve Helped Starving People Before. We Need to Do It Now.

by William Lambers

"Across 46 countries, 83 million people require emergency food assistance in 2019, 75% more than in 2015." -- Study

We’ve Known since the 1940s that Kids Don’t Do Well in School When They’re Hungry

by William Lambers

So why don’t we fully fund programs to feed kids worldwide?

We Used to Understand the Connection Between Hunger and War

by William Lambers

We shouldn’t have to relearn the lesson today that prompted the Marshall Plan.

The Lesson General Grant Taught Us that's Still Relevant

by William Lambers

On the anniversary of the end of the Civil War, it's worth remembering, as we read about other countries facing the challenge of national healing.

We Are Spending Six Times More on Halloween Candy and Costumes than We Do to Feed the Poor Overseas

by William Lambers

Can’t we do better?

We’re in a Global Hunger Crisis. Solution? Take JFK’s Approach.

by William Lambers

Like JFK and other presidents, Trump should feed the hungry. It will help bring peace and stability.

The UN Success Story Nobody Talks About

by William Lambers

On the fifth anniversary of the Syrian Civil War, it’s worth remembering that but for the UN millions would have starved to death.

William Lambers: The Food Law That Changed the World

William Lambers partnered with the UN World Food Programme on the book Ending World Hunger. He is a member of the Feeding America Blogger Council. Lots of laws gets signed in Washington D.C., but how many have saved millions of lives as the one inked by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 10, 1954? It was called Public Law 480 and with a title like that you might just skip over it and read about something else. But this law has another name: Food for Peace. It was started because there was so much food in the United States, it made sense to avoid costly storage and move it overseas where there were hungry people. This meant food for flood victims in Austria, earthquake relief in Chile, and school meals for millions of children in war-torn Japan and Italy. South Korea's road to recovery from its own war also included millions of school meals for children. India received the largest Food for Peace shipment ever including a food reserve to protect against natural disasters. Food for Peace was a way to continue the amazing humanitarianism of the United States so demonstrated following World War I and II when we fought famine in dozens of countries. Food for Peace was a continuation of the the Marshall Plan which rebuilt Europe after World War II.