by Srijan Chakraborty | Dec 2, 2016 | Advocacy, Blog, Food Systems
A nourishing meal is a great antidote to a hungry stomach. And when the stomach is full and the mind calmer, the question we need to ask is: why are people hungry? It’s surely not the lack of food. We have enough food in this world to feed everyone well. In fact, 40%...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Food Systems
A blog post with real English words? Doesn’t that excite you and make you want to read? Do you think I’m being facetious? Then what do you think of “fruit smoothie with real fruits”? I’m quoting that from a billboard advertisement next to a fast food restaurant...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Food Systems
A paper cup is all I wanted to save. A normal, regular, paper cup. I wasn’t trying to change the world. I wasn’t trying to stop global climate change. I was at one of many ubiquitous coffee shops in Seattle. I had some time on hand and as a good Seattleite, it felt...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Feb 22, 2016 | Advocacy, Blog, Food Systems
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a step by step recipe on how to end hunger? We know it’s not an unsolvable problem. We have enough food. We have people who need jobs. We have data on what policies work and what don’t. But things are messy. Even when we...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Food Systems
It was another Martin Luther King Jr. Day, more airing of his “I have a dream” speech, and tens of thousands of people serving all over the nation from painting day care centers to picking up garbage, cleaning up shelters, and feeding the hungry. For us at HIP, it was...
by Srijan Chakraborty | Jan 19, 2016 | Blog, Food Systems
I complain about all the rain storms we are getting this season, or how cold it is some days. We love to talk about the weather here, so it was no surprise when it came up as the conversation topic during one of our senior meals at the Lake City Community Center. I...
