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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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# 150:
4:28 am PDT, May 7,
Jean Standish, New York
The ethanol policy must be revisited in Congress. Besides the generous tax subsidy this program receives, land originally used to produce food are being set aside for ethanol production.
The ethanol policy must be revisited in Congress. Besides the generous tax subsidy this program receives, land originally used to produce food are being set aside for ethanol production.
# 149:
4:25 am PDT, May 7,
Mia Hall, Colorado
None should go hungry. In America, so many of us take food for granted. I try to do my part, even if it's giving the homeless my leftovers...every little bit helps. It is time for our over consuming sociaty to give back!
None should go hungry. In America, so many of us take food for granted. I try to do my part, even if it's giving the homeless my leftovers...every little bit helps. It is time for our over consuming sociaty to give back!
# 148:
4:25 am PDT, May 7,
Stephanie Lackey, Minnesota
if i can find money out of each paycheck to donate to needy families around the world, and sponsor a child whose family cant afford to support him, i believe that we sucha wealthy country should be able to help also. stop thinking only of your gain.
if i can find money out of each paycheck to donate to needy families around the world, and sponsor a child whose family cant afford to support him, i believe that we sucha wealthy country should be able to help also. stop thinking only of your gain.
# 147:
4:23 am PDT, May 7,
Sandra Dutcher, Rhode Island
# 146:
4:14 am PDT, May 7,
Hope Wason, Virginia
what about the people that can't afford it? They're just like us, they have to eat or else they'll die. Don't make people suffer for your own needs. Especially when you could fix it.
what about the people that can't afford it? They're just like us, they have to eat or else they'll die. Don't make people suffer for your own needs. Especially when you could fix it.
# 145:
4:11 am PDT, May 7,
Melanie Erickson, Georgia
# 144:
3:41 am PDT, May 7,
JoAnne Gilmore, Colorado
# 143:
3:41 am PDT, May 7,
Michael Kennedy, Alaska
# 142:
3:25 am PDT, May 7,
Penny Ervin, Tennessee
# 141:
3:11 am PDT, May 7,
Fancy Macdonald, Pennsylvania
# 140:
3:08 am PDT, May 7,
Silky Wyld, Wisconsin
# 139:
3:02 am PDT, May 7,
Tiffany Harter, California
# 138:
3:01 am PDT, May 7,
Dijana Jovicevic, Serbia And Montenegro
# 137:
2:55 am PDT, May 7,
BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 136:
2:35 am PDT, May 7,
Bonnie Ramirez, Texas
# 135:
2:33 am PDT, May 7,
Charlotte Elise Berg, Italy
# 134:
2:32 am PDT, May 7,
Sue Harris, United Kingdom
# 133:
2:26 am PDT, May 7,
Steve Klein, Canada
# 132:
2:14 am PDT, May 7,
Margaret Tollner, California
# 131:
1:51 am PDT, May 7,
David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 130:
1:43 am PDT, May 7,
Bill Craig, Germany
# 129:
1:18 am PDT, May 7,
Timothy Bruck, Ohio
# 128:
1:09 am PDT, May 7,
Jennifer Cribbs, Ohio
# 127:
1:07 am PDT, May 7,
Tanya Lapushner, Pennsylvania
# 126:
1:06 am PDT, May 7,
Cheryl Steele, Washington
# 125:
12:44 am PDT, May 7,
Ashley Weis, New York
# 124:
12:35 am PDT, May 7,
Candy LeBlanc, California
# 123:
12:34 am PDT, May 7,
Michelle Jump, New Zealand
# 122:
12:33 am PDT, May 7,
Stephanie Penny, Kansas
# 121:
12:32 am PDT, May 7,
Dona Snow, California
# 120:
12:07 am PDT, May 7,
Name not displayed, California
If you can do anything to solve the problem of escalating food prices, please do so before our entire planet is brought to the brink of starvation. For pity's sake, please take action now! Thank you.
If you can do anything to solve the problem of escalating food prices, please do so before our entire planet is brought to the brink of starvation. For pity's sake, please take action now! Thank you.
# 119:
12:01 am PDT, May 7,
Jason Bowman, California
# 118:
11:59 pm PDT, May 6,
Craig Snell, Singapore
It is funny how with speculation and commodity prices skyrocketing how certain people are making a lot of money. It is time we begin to look for solutions to end world hunger and poverty instead of alternatives to feeding our SUV's and our material desires.
It is funny how with speculation and commodity prices skyrocketing how certain people are making a lot of money. It is time we begin to look for solutions to end world hunger and poverty instead of alternatives to feeding our SUV's and our material desires.
# 117:
11:59 pm PDT, May 6,
Paige Smith, Connecticut
# 116:
11:57 pm PDT, May 6,
Lois Waldref, California
# 115:
11:52 pm PDT, May 6,
Angela Snell, Canada
We must be the voice for the poor and underprivileged. Empowered, developed nations have a responsibility to respond to the Food Crisis.
We must be the voice for the poor and underprivileged. Empowered, developed nations have a responsibility to respond to the Food Crisis.
# 114:
11:51 pm PDT, May 6,
Steven Reilly, Texas
# 113:
11:46 pm PDT, May 6,
Vanessa Beyers, Oregon
# 112:
11:43 pm PDT, May 6,
Tammy Stansell, Florida
# 111:
11:42 pm PDT, May 6,
Timara Motley, Virginia
# 110:
11:39 pm PDT, May 6,
Joanne McInerney, Illinois
# 109:
11:19 pm PDT, May 6,
Carolyn Loeb, Minnesota
# 108:
11:12 pm PDT, May 6,
Johanna Ellison Hanks, Illinois
# 107:
11:08 pm PDT, May 6,
Name not displayed, Florida
This is the basic right and building block for humans...please help to provide it for a better future for us all.
This is the basic right and building block for humans...please help to provide it for a better future for us all.
# 106:
10:59 pm PDT, May 6,
Michael Gray, Ohio
# 105:
10:49 pm PDT, May 6,
Helen L. Becerra, Georgia
# 104:
10:39 pm PDT, May 6,
Larry Bibayoff, California
# 103:
10:36 pm PDT, May 6,
Adriana Aquino, Paraguay
# 102:
10:32 pm PDT, May 6,
Kathleen Burke, Washington
# 101:
10:10 pm PDT, May 6,
Simonne Macklem, Canada
This is not only a justice issue, this is a serious threat to international security. You have the power to make a difference. Please act now, for the good of us all. Blessings
This is not only a justice issue, this is a serious threat to international security. You have the power to make a difference. Please act now, for the good of us all. Blessings