Focus on International Food Assistance - in Kansas City, April 6, 2009
The International Food Aid Conference took place on April 6, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri. This was truly a unique opportunity to attend a conference with 30 countries represented without leaving my hometown. On the first day of the conference, I attended the "United Nations Association Symposium on Food Security." The symposium was organized by the Greater Kansas City United Nations Association and was free and open to the public. The symposium was organized by the KC chapter of United Nations Organization. It’s an opportunity for advocacy as Jay Sjerven, president of the organization, highlighted the profile of food prices and the impact on poor people. There were four industry experts on the panel. Tony Hall, former US congressman from Dayton, Ohio , US Ambassador to the UN, and author of Changing the Face of Hunger (http://www.amazon.com/Changing-Face-Hunger-Conservatives-Republicans/dp/0849918693/ref=ed_oe_p), explained how a 1984 trip to Ethiopia transformed his p...