Food for thought
A couple of weekends spent on just one primordial pursuit: FOOD. Lately, some events in my life have been centered around "food for the hungry". Trying to get a bigger picture of what this really means, I spent most of this evening reading about food, malnutrition and its effects on child survival, development and the impact on future generations. Researching and reading well into the night, I found this video. A "TED talks" presentation which sums up in a simple way, the concise picture of the hunger crises and what can be done about it. I was challenged by it, and I hope you will too! "Despite India’s remarkable economic growth over the last decade, many children still struggle to meet their most basic needs, including access to sufficient f ood and h ealth c are. According to the 2 005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), 20 per cent of Indian children under five years old were wasted (acutely malnourished) and 48 percen...