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People are hungry not because there aren't enough farmers or food, but because they don't have access to it or can't afford it.

In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.

When you are already eating as cheaply and meagerly as possible, any raise in cost can quickly plunge you and your family into hunger.

One in six people in the U.S. at some point each year don't know where their next meal will come from.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

I'm not sure that some of the food purists are in touch with what really goes on in American households.

The fact that most kids aren't eating at home with their families any more really means they are eating elsewhere. They are eating out there in fast food nation.

The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?

There are some who complain that there is not enough food grain. But I put the argument that at the moment we use 2000 census population figures and require 50-55 million tonnes for distribution.

In a country with an overabundance of food, no one should go hungry because of a lack of funds or technical and professional knowledge. We have the food, and we have the networks; we now need to support the providers.