Things to do about the Food Crisis

Send an email to your MP. Bill C-33 requires that more ethanol (usually made from corn) be added to gasoline. This drives the price of corn higher, making it harder for people to afford food. Corn ethanol also is not a viable alternative to gasoline. To ask your MP to vote against this bill, click here. Copy the written passage, then click on the link at the top to get your MP's email address. Super simple.

Want a fun and easy way to send rice to starving people? Try this game. Warning: it's addictive.

Want to learn more? Visit the UN World Food Programme website, Bread for the World, The International Food Policy Research Institute, read a New York Times Editorial or the visit the One Campaign.