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Hello World Moms!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

We are back this week from our extended summer break and have been up and running behind the scenes in October planning out our next year! Today, we have a special call to action for World Food Day\u2026read on! <\/p>\n

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Sunday, October 16, 2022, I was in Philadelphia with the\u00a0CARE<\/a>\u00a0foundation for World Food Day at the hip Taiwanese restaurant,\u00a0Bao\u00b7logy<\/a>, with the amazingly talented and inspirational Chef Judy. And I don\u2019t use those adjectives lightly \u2013 Judy\u2019s bao buns, dumplings, noodles, and more were delicious! <\/p>\n

Local public servants, CARE volunteers, and people working on humanitarian initiatives that help feed those who need it most in Philadelphia attended the event. There, Chef Judy encouraged guests to join together to help eliminate hunger and powerfully stated that we\u2019re \u201cunder-resourcing our most important resources, our people.\u201d Now that Chef Judy and CARE have sounded the alarm and called us to action this World Food Day, I\u2019m calling YOU to action, too.<\/strong> But first, let\u2019s take a deeper look at what food insecurity looks like in my home country, the U.S., and globally. I\u2019ll also provide some simple tips about how we can all help reach SDG #2 from our own corners of the world! <\/p>\n

What is the current food insecurity situation in the U.S.?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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In 2021 89.8% of the U.S. population was food secure,\u00a0leaving 10.2% of the population not being able to meet their nutritional requirements<\/a>. Maybe you think 10.2% sounds small? \u2013 Well, that is the equivalent of 13.5 million households, or the 33.8 million Americans living in them, that need food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To\u00a0put it into perspective<\/a>, that is about only 4 million people less than the ENTIRE population of Canada OR about the same as the entire populations of the countries of Peru or Saudi Arabia!!! This is not ok. <\/p>\n

Even though the percentage of food insecure households has decreased slightly in recent years ( in 10.5 % in both, 2020 and 2019, and 11.1% in 2018), we are still leaving way too many people unfed in the United State.<\/p>\n

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Graph from: https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/topics\/food-nutrition-assistance\/food-security-in-the-u-s<\/a>\/<\/a>key-statistics-graphics\/<\/a><\/p>\n

White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and the Farm Bill <\/strong><\/h2>\n

At Sunday\u2019s event I learned that there was a recent\u00a0White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health\u00a0on September 28th. The U.S. government coordinated with leading companies and organizations around the country to tackle the nation\u2019s food insecurity state by state. President Biden is planning to put the U.S. back on track to eliminate national hunger and reduce diet-related diseases such as, diabetes, obesity and hypertension by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some examples are Bowery (an indoor vertical farming company) forging new partnerships with hunger relief organizations increasing its produce donations by thousands of pounds, Chobani\u2019s adopting of 3 schools to end food insecurity and also launching a program to encourage the adoption of 50 schools by additional businesses across the country, Google making the search for SNAP benefits more easily accessible, and the American Academy of Pediatricians focusing on training all of its doctors to better identify malnutrition and referring patients to helpful resources. Organizations are attacking the problem in all different creative ways. Here<\/a> is a full list of what was pledged at the conference.<\/p>\n

Additionally, in the U.S. the Farm Bill, originally passed in Congress in 1930 as part of the New Deal, is also up to be refunded for 2023. It\u2019s original\u00a0three main goals<\/a>\u00a0were:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep food prices fair for farmers and consumers.<\/p>\n

Ensure an adequate food supply.<\/p>\n

Protect and sustain the country\u2019s vital natural resources.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Today, the\u00a0Farm Bill<\/a>\u00a0impacts\u00a0\u201ca multitude of topics, such as health care, poverty, climate change and school foods.\u201d\u00a0Refunding this legislation is important to farmers and national nutrition programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What does Food Insecurity Look Like Globally?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With all the focus on the U.S., you may be wondering where your country or the entire planet stands when it comes to food security. According to a Standing Together for Nutrition study, in 2019,\u00a0the UN World Food Programme estimated<\/a> that 150 million people in 81 different countries needed food assistance. In February of 2022, it rose to 276 million people. The agency predicts that number to increase to 323 million this year alone!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sadly, the planet is not on track to reach Sustainable Development Goal #2,<\/a> to eliminate hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. According to CARE, recent global events such as 1\/3 of Pakistan being flooded and staggering inflation in Lebanon ameliorate the global hunger situation. Not to mention, <\/a>the strains on the global grain supply<\/a> from the war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Global Food Security Reauthorization Act<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This past July, I was on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. lobbying U.S. Congress with a fellow CARE advocate, Christina Nhankundela of Mozambique. CARE works in over 100 countries servicing over 90 million people in over 1300 projects relating to crisis, food and water, health, education and work, climate, and equality. Christina and I were both part of an even bigger movement of over 200 CARE advocates (including World Mom, Cindy Levin, too!) on the hill asking our senators and representatives to support the reauthorization of the Global Food Security Act<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Global Food Security Act runs out in 2023 and is not emergency food funding. It provides sustainable programs to mostly women globally. Not only is the act keeping people fed, which is just the right thing to do, but it is a fantastic example of the U.S. working together from both political aisles to make a humanitarian impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Think Globally, Act Locally to Meet SDG #2<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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So, you may be thinking now what you can do from home to help the world reach SDG #2. Here are some ideas!\u00a0<\/p>\n

1) You can join\u00a0CARE<\/a>\u00a0as a local advocate or donate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2) Contact your domestic government representatives to tell them why you think it\u2019s important to eliminate hunger in your country or globally! And ask them what they are doing about it!\u00a0<\/p>\n

For example, if you\u2019re in the U.S., you can call and write your Congress members to support the Farm Bill and the Global Food Insecurity Reauthorization Act and vote in November for Congress members who support the legislation.\u00a0Not sure where your representatives or candidates stand on eliminating hunger and what food related policies they support? Pick up the phone, call them, Tweet them, Instagram message them, ask in a Facebook comment, show up at a campaign event \u2014 whatever it takes \u2014 just ask! <\/p>\n

3) And wherever you are on the planet, you can coordinate a local food drive, donate to your local food bank, or find ways in which you can help local organizations carry out the work to help feed people in your community. For example, I will be helping my daughter\u2019s Girl Scout troop organize a local food drive soon to help supply our local food bank. <\/p>\n

I hope you will join the World Moms in our call to action, doing what<\/em> you can when<\/em> you can, to help feed the people who need it most! Please tell us in the comments or on social media what step you took! We want to hear from you! <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is an original post to World Moms Network from founder, Jennifer Burden, of New Jersey, USA. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Jennifer Burden<\/a><\/h3>\n

Jennifer Burden is the Founder and CEO of World Moms Network, an award winning website on global motherhood, culture, human rights and social good. World Moms Network writes from over 30 countries, has over 70 contributors and was listed by Forbes as one of the \u201cBest 100 Websites for Women\u201d, named a \u201cmust read\u201d by The New York Times, and was recommended by The Times of India. <\/p>\n

She was also invited to Uganda to view UNICEF\u2019s family health programs with Shot@Life and was previously named a \u201cGlobal Influencer Fellow\u201d and \u201cSocial Media Fellow\u201d by the UN Foundation. Jennifer was invited to the White House twice, including as a nominated “Changemaker” for the State of the World Women Summit. She also participated in the One Campaign\u2019s first AYA Summit on the topic of women and girl empowerment and organized and spoke on an international panel at the World Bank in Washington, DC on the importance of a universal education for all girls. Her writing has been featured by Baby Center, Huffington Post, ONE.org, the UN Foundation\u2019s Shot@Life, and The Gates Foundation\u2019s \u201cImpatient Optimists.\u201d She is currently a candidate in Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in the Executive Masters of Public Affairs program, where she hopes to further her study of global policies affecting women and girls. <\/p>\n

Jennifer can be found on Twitter @JenniferBurden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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