End the hunger scandal

I could not thathum the thought of people starving. It shouldn't be happening in this world that people throw away food. I remember working at mic e dees and the manager throwing away so much food.this is wrong and these countrys trying to back out on the deal.should be taken somewhere and no food for a couple days and feel what these feel.

And from what I have read, the only "G-8" leader attending this is Berlusconi. Organizations don't see anything concrete coming from this (not a big surprise there) but I am sure the usual corporate ag interests will have their requests in to various delegations including our own. We must stand up against their high cost, high imput monocultures that have only precipitated poverty and hunger, and for farmers in seeing more going to sustainable small scale farming that provides local food. Using these countries as laboratories for GMOs and profits for organizations like the World Bank and WTO has only exacerbated this crisis.

lets just hope they dont try to solve the problem with G.M. seeds and super fertilizers!

Yes !

Yes, I can see Monsanto, ADM, Syngenta, DOW, Bunge, Cargill, Bayer, et al; licking their chops already at the prospect of forcing GM garbage, chemicals, and biofuels down the throats of Africa and other developing nations. It is mindboggling the number of countries already infiltrated through shady means. After what Monsanto did and is still doing to Brazil, Argentina, and India, etc. that is not a good prospect for the biodiversity of this planet nor the health of humans and other species. GMOS should be ILLEGAL globally. Their "science" is non existant and pseudo, they are toxifying our planet, and they have only been pushed on us through government collusion and bribes.To think such crimes are ignored not only by governments but by this media including Current is a crime in and of itself. I find it sad that here you can make a webcam about a BS movie and "get on tv", but if you are reporting on an issue regarding the very survival of our planet and the species in it, you are virtually ignored.

And just to add, notice the sites for these conferences never post their menus. They live large and eat good while talking about people who are starving and whether or not 'they' will give them what they need to survive. I find that criminal.

Stated goals of food summit. It always looks good on paper. When the hungry in developing countries can have true food sovereignty instead of being enslaved to organizations like the WTO and multinational corporate conglomerates, and can actually save their seeds and farm in sustainable ways that keep food local instead of growing "commodity crops," perhaps then we wiil see a decrease in world hunger as well.

Tell em to GO TO WHERE THE FOOD IS ,,,,,,,NOTHING GROWS IN SAND !

Sigh.

This says a great deal about our collective failure; it is a very sad commentary.

Yes, sad. There isn't one person on this planet who should have to do without their right to water and food. Shame on us for allowing this to happen.

Honestly, I think that people aare so to the point, that when it comes to helping others, there's this sense of lack. And I think that this is a shame within itself.

passjay: about your video:

There are no words... only tears. We must end malnutrition and hunger. What is our purpose here as humans? We are so wasteful, never thinking of the effects of our actions. Some say they do not believe in a collective enlightening to save us. I say, it is the only thing that will. NO one deserves to die because they had no food or water. We can tout our technological marvels all we wish as if that makes us look more evolved. However, until we truly solve the basic crises of hunger, malnutrition, environmental destruction, and lack of potable water, we cannot say we have evolved as a species.

There is too many people on this planet, period. Every time it doesn`t rain in Africa or rains too much in Asia there is this outcry from organizations everywhere to give more money. No, no more. Sustainability is the only option and if nations around the world are continually needing money and food then their populations have become too high and they should deal with it in an intelligent manner. China tried it and look how much better they are now.

Well unfortunately, due to corrupt governments I tend to agree with you on one point regarding money. However, these poorer countries will need something to start with. And then after that, they need and want to have self sufficiency and food sovereignty and to have their own markets for growth to pull themselves out of poverty. I also think that since it is the policies of our own country in league with the World Bank and the WTO that have lead to their situations by holding them down that we do have some responsibility to fix it. And though I do agree with you to a point about population, we are now seeing the spectre of climate change effecting the Earth regardless of that. Is it truly about population, or just waste? Could we not sustain this planet and its people if we only had the moral will to do so? Call me crazy, but I think we could.

I don't understand how football players and actors can be making millions every year when places like the Congo has a GDP of $300 per capita...

when i was a missionary, i saw a body on the street and walked by. the next day the body was still there and i quit walking on that street.
unless you've seen it it's hard to comprehend.

The richest country in the world should be providing whole foods for all of humanity period!

translation we need the USA to give us more money

I hate the politics of this issue. People are starving.

Absolutely. Which shows the moral vacuum we live in. To even think they need a conference to decide what to do while people die from starvation is ludicrous. The answers are obvious.

i can only think of sarah silverman here: sell the vatican; feed the world.