Word: hungers
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...arrived in Washington, D.C. hungry for excitement. But soon enough, my hunger materialized quite differently...
Food, like so much else at Harvard, simply isn’t something we have to worry about. The system in place to keep us well-fed and happy easily masks the situation that most people in the world—and many in this country—face. Hunger is thus an abstract concept, not a daily reality. We think nothing of wine and brie, and, somewhere along the way without realizing it, we begin to assume that we will enjoy these things for the rest of our lives; that to refrain would be strange and maybe even shameful...
...attention brought to the issue by student protests—such as the nine-day hunger strike that hospitalized two undergraduates—may have escalated stagnant bargaining efforts, said Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09, one of the student protesters...
...guards told us repeatedly that bargaining was really stagnant, but once the hunger strike was happening, there was movement around the issue," said Aguilera. "A lot of workers told us that when we started, it became easier for them to become outspoken...
...fewer nutrients. On a dollar-per-nutrient basis, healthy food is not more expensive. Lab studies have shown that fruits and vegetables are also more satiating--they make you feel fuller than junk food even though they have fewer calories. In short, we should stop subsidizing junk. To address hunger more directly, we could take that money and use it to increase the miserably small amounts we give people on food stamps. We should also spend a little to help food banks offer fresher locally grown food...