Australians throw away up to 4 million tonnes a year in perfectly edible food. Founder of DoSomething! and Planet Ark Jon Dee says we need a global solution to ensure food is not rotting in bins while people go hungry.
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WORLD HUNGER
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One billion citizens of the world are currently suffering chronic hunger, and the fires of Russia, floods of Pakistan and political wars aren’t helping. Yet there is no long-term strategy to deal with world hunger.
READ MORETake a quiz — and save the world
If you’re feeling bored and charitable (and want to brush up on art, language and more) try freerice.org. As the name suggests, people that really need it get free rice out of your visit. Michael Carter writes.
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VIDEO: Sarah Silverman: End world hunger, sell the Vatican
Sarah Silverman has got world hunger all figured out. Just sell the Vatican and use the $500 billion to feed all the poor children. That way, you won’t have to see them on your HD flat screen television looking sad.
READ MORESolutions for a starving planet
By 2050, the world will have nine billion people to feed, and increasingly less land to do it with. Popular Science looks at eight potential farming innovations — from genetically engineered rice to robot farmers — to help stop world hunger and feed a growing world’s appetite.
READ MOREGordon Brown: No-one in the world should go hungry
The world must act now on our moral duty to eliminate hunger from the earth, writes British PM Gordon Brown in The Independent.
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