Global Food Crisis Day Today

11 posted on March 11, 2009

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Ok, I’ll be honest with you. I wanted to write a long post about this subject. I’ve had it sitting in my drafts folder for weeks. For whatever reason life has caught up with me this week and I haven’t had as much time to throw towards my blog as I would have liked.

This is a HUGE issue for me though so I want to at least make you aware of what today is. Today is the Global Food Crisis Day. Here’s some more information…

WHAT IS GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS DAY?

Compassion International is partnering with radio stations, media, churches and bloggers to spread the word about the Global Food Crisis and raise funds that will make a real difference to those impacted by it.

WHY THE CRISIS?

Overshadowed by recent political and financial economic news, the UN World Food Program calls the current global food crisis “a phenomenon, a silent tsunami,” that is affecting millions of families in every nation on every continent. This global food crisis is more rapid, urgent and devastating than any other in the history of our planet.

WHY IS THE CRISIS HAPPENING?

The cost of food staples have roughly doubled in many countries where Compassion serves. Some of the original factors that turned this trend into a world calamity recently include unstable oil prices, increased meat consumption in countries like India and China, droughts in major crop-producing countries, and increased production of biofuels.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Visit http://www.compassion.com/please to learn more about the Global Food Crisis
Donate to Compassion’s Global Food Crisis Fund.
Blog about the crisis, talk to your friends, email those you’re close to about the issue to help spread the word
Add a Global Food Crisis widget to their blog sidebar or posts: http://share-compassion.org/gfc/

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1 The Global Food Crisis said:

[...] My buddy Brad posted some more info about it on his blog, so go check it out if you have a second. [...]
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2 Juli Jarvis said:

Thank you for speaking up about this issue. I believe the food prices have tripled in some countries. Surely we can all chip in a little of our riches to help those in need. And yes — I did blog about it as well.

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3 Shaun Groves said:

Thanks, Brad. I’ve got this post linked up from CompassionBloggers.com now.

-Shaun
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PS> Stop making our graphics guys look bad will ya? Killer tweak of the CFC Day logo.
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4 chelan said:

brad – my husb.(a graphic & web designer {rresu.me}) & i are a big fan of your work, your site and i liked this post. to the point, impacting. great job. here’s my post if you wanna check it out – http://chelaners.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/a-perfect-day/

be blessed!

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5 chelan said:

oh yeah – i totally kiped your graphic, thinking you got it from Compassion’s site. sorry!

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6 holly said:

Thanks for bringing this to my attention – if only we were all more aware and helped – even just a little.

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