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“Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resources. The deficit is in human will.”                                                                        Martin Luther King, Jr

Dr. King got [...]

 “Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his [...]

“Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his [...]

The world does not say: blessed are the poor.    The world says: blessed are the rich. You are worth as much asyou have.    But Christ says: wrong. Blessed are the poor, for theirs is thekingdom of heaven, because they do not put their trust inwhat is so transitory.

                                              Archbisop Oscar Romero                                               The Violence of Love
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The world does not say: blessed are the poor.    The world says blessed are the rich. You are worth as much asyou have.    But Christ says: wrong. Blessed are the poor, for theirs is thekingdom of heaven, because they do not put their trust inwhat is so transitory.                                                  

                                        Archbishop Oscar Romero                                        The Violence of Love
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First bread, and then religion. We stuff them too much with religion, when the poor fellows have been starving. No dogma will satisfy the cravings of hunger.                                                                Vivekananda (1863–1902)

Truth is where you find it. And here is a sermon that needs to be heard by the so many well meaning, but over-zealous Christians I continually [...]

The writer, Martin Bell, has a way with words that I envy. He is able to capture the essence of his subject and slap the reader in the face with it.
In his small book, THE WAY OF THE WOLF, Bell has a chapter called “Hunger and Hurricanes.” In that chapter is this paragraph:

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USDA and USAID have continued to partner to work on global food security issues. In the excerpted article below from the USDA, the Secretary of Agriculture discusses some key initiatives.

USDA Focuses On Global Hunger, Agriculture And Food Security
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Posted on: 20th May 2010
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today delivered keynote remarks on [...]