As published in the Otago Daily Times, 12 May 2011
Amid the jubilation over higher dairy prices that are boosting our flagging economy, spare a thought for those who are suffering. It has been a bad year for the 44 million people in poor countries who slipped into hunger since the surge of food prices in June 2010. That’s four million every single month, nearly the population of New Zealand. For those of us who have seen the pain of chronic hunger and the effect that it has on children, even one hungry person in our world is too many.
