WITH THE FINANCIAL MARKETS IN A PANIC, THE POSSIBILITY OF A WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION IS BECOMING REAL. IT IS NOT AS IF THERE WAS NO WARNING.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE UNCHECKED RISE IN THE PRICE OF OIL FOSTERED A SEVERE FOOD CRISIS OF THE KIND UNSEEN SINCE THE 1970âS. DOZENS OF COUNTRIES WITNESSED FOOD RIOTS, AS MILLIONS WENT HUNGRY.
FOR A GROWING NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION HAS CHANGED THE NATURE OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION AND IT HAS MEANT WIDESPREAD MIGRATIONS AND INCREASED POVERTY AND DESPAIR.
OCTOBER 16 IS WORLD FOOD DAY, A WORLDWIDE EVENT DESIGNED TO INCREASE AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMED YEAR-AROUND ACTION TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER.
THIS YEAR, HUNDREDS FROM OVER FORTY ORGANIZATIONS GATHERED AT THE GREAT HALL OF COOPER UNION IN MANHATTAN TO ANSWER AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION.
THE PROGRAM, NAMED âSTEP UP TO THE PLATE: ENDING THE WORLD FOOD CRISISâ WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY WBAI FRED NGUYEN WHO FILES THIS REPORT:
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