Most conversations around food that I hear or take part in involve eating too much and gaining weight.  Or how to eat less and lose weight.  Or why is it we can’t walk past the cookie jar/table/fridge/pantry without grabbing a snack?

I don’t believe I have EVER been involved in a conversation with someone who has actually GONE HUNGRY because there is no other option.  Here are some staggering statistics that may make you rethink your own obsession with food:

35.1 million AMERICANS – 12.4 million of those are CHILDREN* – have limited access to food because they can’t afford it.

1 in 4 of those who are standing in line at a soup kitchen waiting in line and hoping for food is a CHILD.*

Share the abundance that you take for granted every day.  No, not the “fat” abundance that you obsess on every day, but the abundance of your time, money and access to food.   Perhaps, finally, your relationship to food will morph into that which it is meant to be – one of nourishment.

For information on how to Dontate, Volunteer or Advocate to Feed America:  http://feedingamerica.org/

*statistics from the book, Every Monday Matters.