The End of Hunger is a timely and inspiring book focused on the many ways that the world's citizens can help decrease the number of people who live with hunger each day. With a shrewd focus on the global concern that hunger presents and the many ways that it manifests in different communities, this book brings insight, optimism, and awareness to an issue that many worry about. The integration of the Christian viewpoint along with scientific evidence and research makes this a powerful book that appeals to a wide audience, infusing hope and empowerment throughout.

Hunger is very real in this world! This is something that can be changed and there is so much information in this book that is eye opening. Very thought provoking and be prepared to be informed on your part.

Too often we think of The End of Hunger as something that would be nice but not likely to happen as it seems to be simply too big of a problem. We do our part by participating in fundraisers at church or school and buy goats as Christmas presents knowing full well that a year later, we'll do it all again. What if there The End of Hunger was truly possible and we're going about it all wrong? The End of Hunger: Renewed Hope for Feeding the World, recently published by IVP, shows that ending hunger truly is possible and needs to be at the top of your reading list.

The End of Hunger contains essays by top economists, politicians, doctors, and many others. As such, this is not a quick, easy, feel good read. It must be read slowly so that the reader can fully absorb the content. The statistics and facts shared lay out how extensive the problem of hunger is and how hunger and malnutrition are the root causes of so many other world issues such as human trafficking, war,immigration, orphans, and nearly everything else that comes to mind. Yet, these same chapters lay out how their truly is enough food in the world and there is enough money for the problem of hunger to be solved.

The End of Hunger needs to be read slowly and thoughtfully so that you can contemplate the content that is shared and act on it. It is a book that needs to be read with others in order to process effectively. Anyone who cares about hunger or involved in raising funds for hunger relief in the U.S.A. or the world needs to read this book. Be prepared to have your heart broken, be frustrated, and to write lots of letters to politicians. Although I received a free copy, this is a book I'm definitely going to purchase in a paper copy so I can refer to it often and share with others.

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The End of Hunger
Renewed Hope for Feeding the World

by Edited by Jenny Eaton Dyer and Cathleen Falsani

InterVarsity Press

IVP Books

Christian , Religion & Spirituality


Pub Date 22 Oct 2019


I am reviewing a copy of The End of Hunger through Intervarsity Press and Netgalley:


Since 1990, our generation and our nation has led the world in halving the number of people who live in extreme poverty around the world. We did this in spite of the population growth during this period of time. Cutting extreme poverty in half has alai cut extreme hunger in half. This is not only historic it is also epic.


In this book we learn that The End of Hunger will come when everyone on the planet has an adequate income as well as access to healthful foods and living in a safe environment that allows for healthful food production.


This book points out too that the Bible underlines God’s special concern for the poor in a minimum of four ways: God acts in
to lift up the poor and oppressed. God identifies with the poor. God casts down rich people who oppress or neglect the poor. And people with resources who fail to share God’s concern for the poor are not really God’s people at all.


We are commanded by Jesus to feed all of God’s Children but is that possible, twenty five years ago 23.3 percent is the world’s population lived in hunger but today the number has dropped to 12.9 percent giving rise to the renewed hope that what once seemed unthinkable is now within reach. The challenges are great, but the fight to eliminate malnutrition and hunger is one we can wi



I found The End of Hunger to be an eye opening and well researched book and is therefore worthy of five out of five stars.


Happy Reading!

The book begins with an overview of the problem of hunger and has leading experts, from the front lines of famine to politicians, economists, theologians, and scientists, The authors cover the problems of global hunger and malnutrition.

It looks at hunger in the world from a multifaceted perspective alowing the reader to see that there is no one size fits all approach and must be done with cultural competence. Throughout they give concrete examples on addressing hunger.

The authors use stories and science and present "one of the latest scientific advances to overcoming the lifelong cognitive and physical consequences of malnutrition: addressing nutrition in the first one thousand days of a child’s life— from the moment of conception to the child’s second birthday."

Finally, they present a way forward.
1) "What can we do as citizens, perhaps even as Christians, living in the United States today?"
2) "How can we play a role in ending hunger?"
3) In providing nutrition during the thousandday window for a mother and child? Thre authors present various responses from growing your own garden, to cooking at home, to fasting, to advocacy.

This work is diviided into three parts:
1) An Overview of the Problem of Hunger
Each part contains a Case Study: Esther: Oaxaca, Mexico

Here we presented an overview of the problem of hunger from the perspective of different writers, working in differnt parts of the world

Part 2: The First One Thousand Days: Young Women, Mothers, and Children
Case Study: Vasco: Blantyre, Malawi
Case Study: Nighty: Pajimo, Uganda

This part considers the 1000 days approach to address hunger, premature deaths, and better outcomes for the mothers and children.from birth to two years old. Much of what is in this part is based on best practice, by that I mean well researched programs that result in positive outcomes.

Part 3: A Way Forward: What We Can Do
Case Study: Shorty: Bombay Beach, California, USA

In part thee the authors present to different ways the problem of hunger can be addressed. The final essay ends with these words, "God invites us to work for changes that will make the world more consistent with God’s love for everyone. Our loving God has made it possible to end hunger in our generation— and is inviting us, US Christians, to contribute to this great exodus from hunger."

This was a book that was enjoyable to read, challenging to paradigm regarding the poor, and stressed the necessity of including the poor in ending hunger in their own locales

It was a stimulating read challenging us to look for ways to end hunger and its sever consequence.

An impressive line-up of authors providing their thoughts on how to end hunger. Highly recommended for those who work in the fields of poverty alleviation and hunger relief.