WE LEAD Sustainability and Food Security Issue Team

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here are some powerful photos that I came across yesterday:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/maceyjforonda/heartfelt-photographs-of-hope-and-hunger

Heartfelt Photographs Of Hope And Hunger The solution to hunger starts with us. A selection of images submitted to National Geographic from its photo community, Your Shot .

Hey, everyone! I hope that your week is going well so far!
A reminder that we will be showing the documentary Fed Up tomorrow night (Wednesday, November 19th) at 6:30pm in Hyma.

It's a recently released film that addresses for security issues and the broken food system in America. If you're interested in health, food, medical issues and the American obesity epidemic, this is the place to learn!

Here's a link to the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUbvOwwfWM

FED UP - Official Trailer NOW PLAYING. FOR THEATERS AND INFO VISIT: fedupmovie.com facebook.com/fedupmovie Twitter: This is the movie the food industry doesn't want you to...

sponsored by the Parish House and Sustainability and Food Security

The Upshur County CROP Hunger Walk made it onto the news on Sunday! Check out this link to see the video and photos.

http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view§ion=Fox-10&item=CROP-Walk-A-Community-Event-to-Raise-Awareness-About-Hunger-18590

CROP Walk: A Community Event to Raise Awareness About Hunger Three different community groups partnered together Sunday to raise awareness about worldwide hunger. A service group at West Virginia Wesleyan C...

Americans throw out more food than plastic, paper, metal, and glass More than a fifth of the country's garbage is food.

Vertical Floating Farms Could Feed Densely Populated Countries Singapore has roughly 5.4 million people crammed into 716 square kilometers (276 square miles), making it the most densely populated country in the world. This country—whose area is less than a quarter of that of Rhode Island—does not have enough room for agriculture and thus imports over 90% of its…