Hunger: The Biology and Politics of Starvation

“Feeding everyone should be an easy task,” argue Dr. John Butterly, an associate professor of medicine, and Jack Shepherd, a professor in the environmental studies department. But it hasn’t worked out that way. One out of six people on earth suffer from chronic hunger despite advances in science and technology as well as humanitarian efforts. “If the last famine occurred in Europe in the mid-19th century, why is it occurring in the 21st?” ask the authors. “The reason—lack of political will.” Butterly and Shepherd end with a nine-point plan for political change. (Dartmouth College Press)