rotting surplus

in mid-september i urged the world food program to rethink their plan to cut aid to niger after the harvest.

if only they'd heeded this blog they would've saved thousands of young children from lethal starvation.

it's not wholly their fault: their resources are limited—thanks to rich nations with miserly hearts.

earth's 400 billionaires own assets equal to the national incomes of countries with 45% of world population, but 1.7 billion live on less than $1 a day can buy in the US.

half of g w bush's tax cut goes to folk with annual incomes over $1M, and more than half of humans are undernourished or starving.

the planet grows enough to feed all, yet profit-motivated gringos would rather undersell local farmers in mexican markets than ship food to hungry africans.