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Provide Food Security for All
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Catholic Relief Services
Sponsored by: Catholic Relief Services
The recent skyrocketing cost of food threatens the security of people all over the world. The price of wheat has doubled in less than a year, and rice, which is the staple food for 3 billion people, has tripled in cost in the last 18 months. For example, right now in Burkina Faso, a middle-class family of seven spends 75 percent of its monthly revenue on food costs alone. If immediate needs are not met, and if resources and policies supporting increased agricultural production are not put in place soon, we will see a cascade of hunger across the globe!
The sacredness and fundamental dignity of every human life calls us to do everything we can to meet the basic needs of our brothers and sisters around the globe, including the need for food. We must find immediate and long-term solutions so that more prices increases are averted. A first step is making sure that emergency help is provided in the U.S. 2008 Supplemental Appropriations bill and that money is also set aside for development programs to avert future food emergencies. Please take action today!
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# 100:
10:06 pm PDT, May 6,
Susan MacNutt-Martin, Canada
You must do as you promised...
You must do as you promised...
# 99:
9:51 pm PDT, May 6,
Bryan Todd, California
# 98:
9:50 pm PDT, May 6,
Audrey Liebl, Massachusetts
# 97:
9:48 pm PDT, May 6,
Charles Shelhart Jr, Ohio
# 96:
9:44 pm PDT, May 6,
Audra Hughes, Florida
# 95:
9:24 pm PDT, May 6,
Charlene Sotak-Ponko, Arizona
# 93:
9:03 pm PDT, May 6,
Denise Lytle, New Jersey
# 92:
9:01 pm PDT, May 6,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 91:
8:59 pm PDT, May 6,
Questa Anderson, New York
# 90:
8:48 pm PDT, May 6,
Kaitlyn Wheeler, New York
# 89:
8:36 pm PDT, May 6,
Melissa Dawson Chapman, Michigan
# 88:
8:34 pm PDT, May 6,
Avery Champion, Colorado
You need to STOP wasting human-grade food products used for fuel; convert ANY AND ALL fuel burning to NON-food alternatives, and stop the insane rise in food costs immediately.
You need to STOP wasting human-grade food products used for fuel; convert ANY AND ALL fuel burning to NON-food alternatives, and stop the insane rise in food costs immediately.
# 87:
8:33 pm PDT, May 6,
Dave Waugh, Texas
# 86:
8:22 pm PDT, May 6,
Erika Stokes, Florida
# 85:
8:22 pm PDT, May 6,
Jason J Green, Virginia
# 84:
8:19 pm PDT, May 6,
Andrew Potter, California
Stop turning corn and other foodstuffs into motor fuel. It's what has directly caused the food prices to skyrocket in the last two years. Diverting foodstuffs to make fuel to make a few guilt-ridden liberal millionaire movie stars feel good is a sin and a crime against humanity.
Stop turning corn and other foodstuffs into motor fuel. It's what has directly caused the food prices to skyrocket in the last two years. Diverting foodstuffs to make fuel to make a few guilt-ridden liberal millionaire movie stars feel good is a sin and a crime against humanity.
# 83:
8:19 pm PDT, May 6,
Daniel Klein, New York
# 82:
8:11 pm PDT, May 6,
Michelle Hatch, Nebraska
PLEASE HELP THE PEOPLE.
PLEASE HELP THE PEOPLE.
# 81:
8:10 pm PDT, May 6,
Melanie Sinclair, Texas
Stop trying to use food crops for bio fuel!! They are a useless drop in the bucket, spend our nations time and energy on developing clean energy alternatives!!!! Call it third world if you like but if they fall we will fall right next to them. We are all linked together.
Stop trying to use food crops for bio fuel!! They are a useless drop in the bucket, spend our nations time and energy on developing clean energy alternatives!!!! Call it third world if you like but if they fall we will fall right next to them. We are all linked together.
# 80:
8:08 pm PDT, May 6,
Jenny Kusy, Illinois
# 79:
7:47 pm PDT, May 6,
Bryan Freehling, Pennsylvania
# 78:
7:45 pm PDT, May 6,
Pamela White, North Carolina
# 77:
7:41 pm PDT, May 6,
Patricia Lubish, Pennsylvania
# 76:
7:38 pm PDT, May 6,
Carol A. Weiner, California
# 75:
7:38 pm PDT, May 6,
Anna Becker, Tennessee
# 73:
7:35 pm PDT, May 6,
J.W. Thornton, Mississippi
# 72:
7:35 pm PDT, May 6,
Katheryn Bray, Tennessee
# 71:
7:32 pm PDT, May 6,
L. Johnston, Wisconsin
We need to grow food locally to support local farmers, decrease energy cost of transportation and provide food security for all regions. We need to make sure that children everywhere go to bed with good nutrition. People have to become more important than profit in all societies.
We need to grow food locally to support local farmers, decrease energy cost of transportation and provide food security for all regions. We need to make sure that children everywhere go to bed with good nutrition. People have to become more important than profit in all societies.
# 70:
7:30 pm PDT, May 6,
Mary Riley, Washington
# 69:
7:27 pm PDT, May 6,
Victoria Mary Stong / Civil Rights Activist, New York
It's a no-brainer. Everyone MUST eat to survive and food that is affordable and nutritious is NOT a favor!!
It's a no-brainer. Everyone MUST eat to survive and food that is affordable and nutritious is NOT a favor!!
# 68:
7:23 pm PDT, May 6,
Marjorie Geri, Florida
# 67:
7:22 pm PDT, May 6,
Renato Calabrese, Massachusetts
# 66:
7:18 pm PDT, May 6,
Marisol Garcia, Florida
It's sad to see my parents who have worked so hard for their kids to barely be able to afford their cost of living. Food is essential, not a desire or want. It's needed... we must find ways to make it less costly and try to find other ways of trade. Grow in your own country and support your country....
It's sad to see my parents who have worked so hard for their kids to barely be able to afford their cost of living. Food is essential, not a desire or want. It's needed... we must find ways to make it less costly and try to find other ways of trade. Grow in your own country and support your country....
# 65:
7:16 pm PDT, May 6,
Stefan Hajek, California
# 64:
7:08 pm PDT, May 6,
James H. Fitch, Pennsylvania
# 63:
7:02 pm PDT, May 6,
Alex Won, California
# 62:
6:57 pm PDT, May 6,
Larisa Cummings, California
# 61:
6:54 pm PDT, May 6,
Joan Hutton, Florida
# 60:
6:54 pm PDT, May 6,
Eshana Amara, Washington D.C.
# 59:
6:51 pm PDT, May 6,
Crystal Conklin, Arizona
# 58:
6:51 pm PDT, May 6,
Michelle Lell, California
# 57:
6:48 pm PDT, May 6,
Peggy Singh, California
# 56:
6:45 pm PDT, May 6,
Jennifer Smith, Alabama
# 55:
6:44 pm PDT, May 6,
Joy Ellis, Texas
# 54:
6:42 pm PDT, May 6,
Name not displayed, Rhode Island
End world hunger --and American hunger too. (Grow corn for the hungry and use Brazillian sugar for ethanol.)
End world hunger --and American hunger too. (Grow corn for the hungry and use Brazillian sugar for ethanol.)
# 53:
6:42 pm PDT, May 6,
Pamela Russell, Florida
Please help the citizens of our world by providing relief and aid. Please.
Please help the citizens of our world by providing relief and aid. Please.
# 52:
6:41 pm PDT, May 6,
Valerie Bloom, Pennsylvania
# 51:
6:40 pm PDT, May 6,
Craig Corbeels, New Jersey