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Hunger
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 1981 Hunger Strikes: America Reacts 
 This exhibit traces public opinion in the United States before and after the 1981 Northern Ireland hunger strikes. It features nearly 200 excerpts from media coverage about the events, a timeline using news headlines related to the strikes, brief biographies of the ten men who died in the strikes, images, and related resources. From the Archives of Irish America, New York University Division of Libraries. http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/aia/exhibits/0501_hunger/ Topics: Labor, Poverty, Society & Social Science Last updated Jan 6, 2005 Agflation: The Real Costs of Rising Food Prices
News coverage of the causes and effects of rising world food prices, with news stories, graphics, photos, data, maps, videos, polls, and blog posts. Topics include specific crops (such as rice and corn) and specific countries, food aid, hunger, and the effect of biofuel production. From Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/agflation Topics: Agriculture, Industries, Poverty Last updated May 13, 2008 The Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America, 2007
National and state data on hunger and poverty, covering topics such as unemployment rates, poverty rates of children and seniors, and food insecurity and poverty rankings of states. Also includes an overview of the U.S. food bank network, narratives on federal nutrition programs, and related background material. From the hunger relief organization Feeding America, with statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal agencies. Formerly called America's Second Harvest. http://feedingamerica.org/our-network/the-studies/hunger-almanac-2007.aspx Topics: Food & Cooking, Poverty, Statistics Last updated Feb 23, 2009 American Culinary Federation Chef & Child Foundation
The mission of this nonprofit foundation is "to educate and assist the family in understanding proper nutrition ... and to be the voice of the culinary industry in its fight against childhood hunger, malnutrition and obesity." Includes information about the Childhood Hunger Day national awareness campaign as well as partnerships and fundraising activities. http://www.acfchefs.org/Content/NavigationMenu2/Partnerships/CCF/ Topics: Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Food & Cooking, Health, Holidays and Observances Individually, Notable People, Nutrition & Food Safety, Poverty Last updated Sep 27, 2008 Buckminster Fuller Institute
This site is devoted to the "principles articulated by Buckminster Fuller," creator of the geodesic dome and design science. Full text articles and books on alternative living structures, natural resources conservation, and sustainable development are available. There are links to related Web resources on Fuller, design science, domes, energy, hunger, synergetics, international conferences on global ecological issues, and more. http://www.bfi.org/ Topics: Architecture, Environment, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poverty, Science, Technology Last updated Apr 10, 2009 Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC)
The CFSC is "a North American organization of social and economic justice, environmental, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, community development, labor, anti-poverty, anti-hunger, and other groups." Its website features material about programs and advocacy efforts (such as the farm to school program about obesity and the 2007 Farm Bill), and publications on topics such as the health benefits of urban agriculture and community food security in California. (Some publications only available for a fee.) http://www.foodsecurity.org/ Topics: Nutrition & Food Safety, Poverty Last updated Jul 18, 2007 Economic Research Service Briefing Room: Food Security in the United States
Food security is defined on this site as "access at all times to enough food for active, healthy living." Includes statistics, information about conditions and trends, and the prevalence and measurement of food insecurity. Features reports back to 1995 on topics such as the elderly, children, and rural households. From the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/FoodSecurity/ Topics: Agriculture, Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Food & Cooking, Nutrition & Food Safety, Poverty, Senior Health Last updated Jun 22, 2005 Feeding America
Website for this organization (formerly America's Second Harvest) whose "network of more than 200 food banks serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.The Feeding America network secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually." Provides a food bank lookup by state or ZIP code, background and news about the organization's programs, and studies and public policy about food banks and hunger in the U.S. http://www.secondharvest.org/ Topics: Food & Cooking, Nutrition & Food Safety, Poverty Last updated Dec 15, 2008 FRAC: Food Research and Action Center
"The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is a leading national organization working to improve public policies to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States." Its Web site provides statistics on hunger, information on government programs such as food stamps and WIC, news, and analyses of reports. http://www.frac.org/ Topics: Nutrition & Food Safety, Poverty Last updated Jan 2, 2003 Free Rice
Practice your English vocabulary skills and provide 20 grains of rice to hungry people for each vocabulary word for which you identify the correct definition. "The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen." The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Also includes a FAQ and a list of total donations by date back to October 2007. http://www.freerice.com/ Topics: Poverty Last updated May 6, 2008 Global Food Crisis
Compilation of material from 2008 about rising food prices, food security, and contributing factors to the world food situation. Includes updates, maps, key documents, FAQs, data, and resources for further information. From ReliefWeb, administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/GlobalFoodCrisis?Readform Topics: Agriculture, Industries, Poverty Last updated May 13, 2008 Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS): On Food and Agriculture
The mission of this news service from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is "[t]o keep world food supply/demand under continuous review, and provide early warnings of food crises." Find a FAQ about the 2008 food price crisis, relevant periodical publications (such as on crop prospects), photo gallery, region and country reports, satellite imagery of countries in nutritional crisis, and policy recommendations. Available in several languages. http://www.fao.org/giews/english/index.htm Topics: Agriculture, Food & Cooking, Poverty Last updated Jul 30, 2008 An Gorta Mór: The Great Hunger Archive
Collection of material about the Irish potato famine that began in the 1840s. The site features transcriptions of workhouse minute books, a multimedia presentation about the Killarney workhouse minute books, digitized documents and papers, photographs, a bibliography, and links to related sites. From Quinnipiac University. http://www.thegreathunger.org Topics: History By Place, Poverty Last updated Feb 28, 2006 An Gorta Mór: The Great Irish Famine
This site has digitized texts from the 1800s, as well as links to other texts, other Irish potato famine sites, and some general Irish and Celtic sites. Some materials are in large files and may be slow to load. From the Great Hunger Archive, Arnold Bernhard Library, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn. http://www.thegreathunger.org/html/main/indexa.htm Topics: History By Place, Poverty Last updated Apr 27, 2006 The Great Irish Famine
Millions of Irish people starved to death, were evicted from their homes, or emigrated during the Irish Famine (also known as An Gorta Mor "The Great Hunger") of 1845 to 1850. Study units discuss factors that led to the tragedy, including penal laws, racism, and mass evictions. Additional units cover mortality rates and emigration statistics and conditions. Actual journal accounts and poetry about the famine are also included. http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/irish_famine.html Topics: History By Place, Poetry, Poverty, Social Issues Last updated Feb 15, 2003 Hunger Awareness Day
This day in early June "serves as a platform for domestic hunger-relief organizations to raise awareness about hunger in America and the work ... [they] do." The site features a listing of local events throughout the country, and suggestions for individual, group, and corporate actions for helping to end hunger in America. Also includes links to publications on hunger and poverty in the U.S. From America's Second Harvest, "the nation's food bank network." http://www.hungerday.org Topics: Poverty Last updated May 29, 2007 Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force
The website for this portion of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA) features links to documents, publications, tools, and organizations on topics such as community building, economic justice, funding and grants, social exclusion, statistics, and teaching aids. The archive section includes blog entries back to mid-2005. http://www.hhptf.org Topics: Librarianship, Poverty, Social Issues Last updated May 29, 2006 International Year of Rice: 2004
This site highlights "the vital role that rice plays in agriculture, food security, the environment, culture and science," with fact sheets about rice production, information about rice cultivation throughout the world, and material about cultural aspects related to rice. Also includes information for children (including a gallery of rice farmer hats) and recipes. Searchable. Available in several languages. From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). http://www.fao.org/rice2004/ Topics: Agriculture, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Crops, Fashion, Food & Cooking, Poverty Last updated Aug 11, 2004 Key Events: The Hunger Strike of 1981
Resources related to the Northern Ireland hunger strike of 1981. Includes a reading list, a summary of key events, a chronology of events, and names of the people who died during the hunger strike. From CAIN, a University of Ulster website that "contains information and source material on the conflict and politics in Northern Ireland." http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/hstrike/ Topics: Crime, Labor, Poverty Last updated Apr 24, 2006 National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Details about this awareness event, held annually one week prior to Thanksgiving, where "a number of schools, communities and cities take part in a nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness." Includes background about the week and a downloadable planning manual. Co-sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. http://www.nationalhomeless.org/projects/awareness/awareness.html Topics: Poverty Last updated May 28, 2009 Rebuilding Agriculture & Food Security in Iraq
News and reports concerning the U.S. government's efforts to "assure the food security of the people of Iraq right now and in the future." Includes a FAQ on the Iraq agricultural reconstruction, official government documents, and related links. From the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). http://www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/iraq.htm Topics: Poverty, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 The Rockefeller Foundation
The mission of this foundation is "to enrich and sustain the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people. ... [G]rantmaking is organized around four thematic lines of work: Creativity & Culture, Food Security, Health Equity and Working Communities." The site provides information about programs and current grant recipients, a history of the foundation, and foundation publications on subjects such as HIV prevention, inequities in health care, and nonprofit capital. Searchable. http://www.rockfound.org/ Topics: Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Poverty Last updated Jan 19, 2004 The Secretary-General's High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis
Website for this task force (established in late April 2008) whose primary aim is "to promote a unified response to the global food price challenge." Provides background, documents, event listings, news, press releases and statements, links, and related material. From the Department of Public Information, United Nations. http://www.un.org/issues/food/taskforce/ Topics: Industries, Poverty Last updated Jun 18, 2008 The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI)
This annual document reports on the international effort to reduce chronic hunger throughout the world. Includes detailed statistical estimates on the prevalence of undernourishment in developing countries, special features on the causes and impact of hunger in affected regions, and information about "hunger hotspots," countries requiring emergency assistance. Includes reports back to 1999. Available in several languages. From the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). http://www.fao.org/sof/sofi/index_en.htm Topics: Agriculture, Poverty Last updated Jun 21, 2005 Stuffed and Starved
This companion blog to a book of the same name provides updates about the global food crisis. Topics include rice-affected countries, food riots, hunger in America, biofuels, and more. Blog entries go back to November 2006. Also includes a list of "ten things that we all can do to promote justice and food sovereignty" and links to related sites. From an author and consultant. http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/frontpage Topics: Agriculture, Industries, Poverty Last updated May 13, 2008 Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2004
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) presents its seventh annual report on humanitarian crisis. The 2004 list includes the rising incidence of tuberculosis in developing countries, hunger in Ethiopia, and the effects (including hunger, disease, and displacement of people) of continuing or past conflicts in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Somalia, Chechnya, Burundi, North Korea, and Liberia. The Web site also archives the past six reports. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/article.cfm?id=1413&cat=special-report Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, International Governments, Poverty Last updated Aug 21, 2009 United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Information from this UN organization that distributes food aid throughout the world. Includes information about the organization and donors (government, business, and individual), a world hunger map, updates about areas needing food aid (such as the 2005 famine in Niger and other countries in western Africa), news, photographs and videos, publications, and more. Some materials available in several languages. http://www.wfp.org Topics: Charity & Nonprofit Resources, Food & Cooking, International Governments, Nutrition & Food Safety, Photograph Collections: Regional, Poverty, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Aug 9, 2005 The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM)
This is the "official nonpartisan organization of the nation's ... cities with populations of 30,000 or more." The site provides news, and describes key programs and provides publications in areas such as sustainable development, working families, and homelessness and hunger. Also includes a best practices database and links to websites of member cities. http://usmayors.org Topics: Environment, Government, Poverty, Social Issues Last updated Aug 1, 2005 World Food Day
"The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945." The site features posters and selected additional material about this commemoration back to 1981, audio and video clips, listing of events throughout the world, and links to related resources. http://www.fao.org/wfd/ Topics: Agriculture, Food & Cooking, Poverty Last updated Oct 9, 2006 World Food Situation
"This portal offers latest information on food commodity prices, supply and demand and factors that affect world food markets." Covers damaged crops, food emergencies, specific countries in crisis, food prices and volatility in agricultural commodities, climate change, and more. Provides a FAQ on rising food prices, and links to related data and reports. From the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/en/ Topics: Agriculture, Poverty Last updated Dec 2, 2008 World Soil Resources
The Soil Survey division works with institutions in other countries to manage and conserve natural resources; to attain sustainable agriculture; and to address problems of food security, income generation, and the environment. Includes many links to international food and agricultural agencies. From the Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture. http://soils.usda.gov/use/worldsoils/ Topics: Agriculture, Geography, Poverty Last updated Oct 18, 2006 |
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