Attention Quote by Janet Poppendieck

The full extent of the problem of hunger is not obvious to most of us. We see the homeless, but there are a great…

— Scott Glenn

Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding…

— Tom Colicchio

The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.

— Frances Moore Lappé

Most Americans think of hunger as a problem affecting only places like India, Africa or South America. But it is a tragic reality that…

— Beverly Johnson

There is a new face to hunger today. Many of the people who come to food pantries and soup kitchens are people who never…

— Vicki Escarra

“Because the true root cause of hunger is inequality, any method of boosting food production that deepens inequality will fail to reduce hunger. Conversely,…

— Miguel Altieri

Famines are political. We all know that the immediate response to a famine must be food, aid, and shelter, but we should also look…

— Amber Rudd

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

We cannot end hunger unless we end poverty.

— Mark Winne

Everyone has needs, but Food for the Hungry is something that people can grasp onto as a practical way to step outside of themselves,…

— Marc Martel

When we say, 'We are starving,' we have to remember that there are people who are literally starving. If everyone fed one person, one…

— Tina Knowles