ELCA World Hunger

Here’s a Sudanese recipe for a dish called Bamia from Food for Life. I am going to try Bamia this Friday as a part of my Lenten discipline (which, by the way, has been very enlightening so far, and I’m...

A few months ago, I read Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman. About halfway through the book, he describes what life will be like in the energy-efficient future. He tells about how your house has a Smart Black Box...

Just about everyone on the World Hunger team has decided to abstain from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays through Lent. I think I’m personally going to give up meat for the whole of Lent (Mary, are you still up for...

Today on the train I read several articles that relate to my work here at World Hunger. I suppose this is not surprising given the current economic situation. Paul Krugman commented on the Federal Reserve open market committee’s prediction that...

I just read an interesting report from the Global Policy Forum that makes important connections between food and finance. One little factoid that struck me: more than half of U.S. grain and nearly 40% of world grain is being used...

Hunger Rumblings will periodically highlight the work of organizations that received financial support through an ELCA Hunger Education/Advocacy grant in 2008. We hope you are as inspired by these stories of our faith in action as we have been! Tour...

Last night while perusing the New York Times online, I ran across this little article. It outlines just how difficult it would be for those poor Wall Street executives to live on a measly $500,000 a year. The article spells...

I am working my way through the Bread for the World Institute’s 2009 hunger report (which is well worth your time!). I came across this little statistic that is both frightening and hopeful. According to a 2008 poll, 47% of...

Where our food comes from and how it’s produced is no laughing matter. But this video is just too much fun to pass up! Whether you agree with what the video has to say or not, it’s certainly an entertaining...

A beautiful poem by Adrienne Rich sent to me from one of my traveling partners, Kim Winchell: My heart is moved by all I cannot save,so much has been destroyed.I have to cast my lot with thosewho age after age,...