🚫Zero Hunger 🚫 
Supply Chain
Lack of Education
Early Childhood education- Image: Tot Day at The Madison Farm
Community Gardens and farms associated with Schools-Image: Madison Academy Gardening students potting basil
Rising Costs
Covid-19 halted workers
Wars with Ukraine
Produce 1/3 of the world's wheat
Ports remain blocked with hundreds of ships containing grain exports
Better Farming Practices
Genetic diversity in food production
Extreme Weather
Drought Resistant Farms
Years of Drought
Improve land and soil quality
Support for mothers
Young mothers need confidence to breastfeed and need access to lactation consultants
Less waste of produce due to "dumping" because of demand and cost
Borders and Customs processes are not efficient causing food to be wasted
Poverty
Nutritious food is higher in price
Access to food banks is not easy without transportation or convenience of times
Qualifying for assistance for programs like SNAP and WIC can be a challenge
Malnutrition leads to other health concerns that create a vicious cycle of increased financial burden
Unequal distribution of income leads to people not being able to afford land to farm or produce food
Gender Inequality
Women own only 20% of the world's land
Sex is exchanged for food within countries that have experienced conflict when the male of the household is no longer in the picture
Female farmers are not given the same respect with important decisions within their local area regarding farming practices, land, etc.
Women have higher nutritional needs particularly when pregnant or breastfeeding
Women are not prioritized at meal time and let the men and children eat first
Agricultural cycles often lead to supplies diminishing too soon
Hungry children are not able to focus or learn as well
Performance on tests are lower when children are hungry