HungerU Engages USU Students in Fight against World Hunger

Utah State University students have a unique opportunity to learn about one of the most pressing global challenges their generation will be charged with solving — world hunger.

The interactive mobile HungerU exhibit will be at the Taggart Student Center patio Thursday and Friday, Sept. 4-5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., to encourage students to learn about the global hunger challenge and solutions for feeding the world. By building awareness of the hunger issue and the critical role modern agriculture plays by putting food on our tables, HungerU will engage students in the ongoing hunger crisis and encourage them to take action in their communities to meet the growing demand for safe, nutritious and affordable food.

Hunger and malnutrition are responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other cause, according to the nonprofit Farm Journal Foundation and HungerU. Even in the United States, one in six Americans goes to bed hungry at night. The HungerU Tour is coming to the Utah State University to ignite the conversation about how tomorrow’s leaders can join the fight to end world hunger.

“In the next 50 years, we will need to produce more food than over the past 10,000 years combined, with fewer resources than before,” said Margie Alsbrook, director of operations for the nonprofit Farm Journal Foundation and HungerU. “HungerU is about creating a greater understanding for agriculture and the food system, and more open conversations about how to alleviate the growing hunger crisis.”

The Utah State University visit marks the kickoff of the HungerU Fall 2014 tour that will continue throughout 13 states over the next three months. To date, the exhibit has been to 50 universities throughout the United States.

Learn more about the growing hunger issue and the platform to make a difference at the HungerU website and take the HungerU Challenge. Or become part of the discussion today at #HungerCantWait.

HungerU is a special project of the Farm Journal Foundation’s Farmers Feeding the World effort made possible by support from the Foundation’s sponsors, including DuPont. HungerU enlists students to join in the conversation about global hunger issues and the critical role of modern agriculture. The HungerU Tour travels to university campuses, engaging students in the ongoing hunger crisis and empowering them to take action in their communities. For more information, visit the website.

The Farm Journal Foundation is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to sustaining agriculture’s ability to meet the vital needs of a growing population through education and empowerment. Farmers Feeding the World is a platform dedicated to rallying the agricultural community around the fight against world hunger. The foundation’s approach includes bringing together their extensive partnerships to elevate the next generation’s understanding of the connection between expanding global nutritional needs and advanced agriculture’s capacity to meet those needs. For more information visit its website.

Contacts: Megan Kelbel, (262) 563-5645, mkelbel@charlestonorwig.com

Ann Horack, (262) 563-565, ahorack@charlestonorwig.com