Food & Famine by Kristin Krenz https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92 Choose one article and write a response in which you 1) briefly summarize the article and 2) compare/contrast with the causes and consequences of the Irish Potato Famine en-us 2019-02-21 03:51:52 UTC 2025-11-27 16:14:49 UTC hello@padlet.com kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333485212 2019-02-21 04:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333485212 kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333485858 2019-02-21 04:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333485858 kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333485930 2019-02-21 04:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333485930 kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333486040 2019-02-21 04:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333486040 kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333604811 2019-02-21 13:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333604811 kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333605391 2019-02-21 13:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333605391 kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333959235 2019-02-21 23:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333959235 Denisse Medellin https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333976167 Many humans suffer from hunger, in this article it mentions how global hunger affects millions of people. In the Irish potato famine article it mentions how it was led to starvation which caused the population of Ireland to drop down to 4 million when it was raised to 8 million with the production of the potato. In the article ‘’ Alarm bells we can not ignore’: world hunger rising for first time this century ‘’ has a video explaining that 1 in 9 people around the world don’t have enough to eat which causes death because they die of starvation , this can be compared to the Irish potato famine article because it mentions how people died begging for food. Also climates are a problem because they wipe out crops that are being produced & causes the food to go up in price and causes people to move to other lands and won’t have the materials to grow or produce any type of food to survive. The increase of deaths bring diseases and you can’t really help anyone because you might catch the disease that is making them closer to death.

]]> 2019-02-22 01:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333976167 kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333997260 2019-02-22 02:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/333997260 Kevin Garcia https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334326631 In this article Nicholas Kristof emphasizes the negative impact of the Trump and Obama organization's support of the Saudi war, from weapons to intelligence sharing, and even air-to-air refueling . Thanks to the continued support from the United States Saudi Arabia has been able to bomb and starve Yemeni children due to the repressive ways of Houthis rebels. According to Kristof, the hunger is caused by cynical and failed policies in Riyadh and Washington. He also concludes that the starvation does not seem to be a byproduct of war, but rather a weapon in it. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, backed by the United States, are trying to inflict pain to gain leverage over and destabilize the Houthis rebels, and sadly the most affected are poor families and the children. It's depressing, but it's the truth, children are literally starved and or bombed. The war in Saudi Arabia and Yemen is actually pretty similar in perspective to the Irish potato famine, in that the people in charge, the "superior" people, make the decisions and each have issues, and sadly in both of these situations the lower class residents were the most affected. ]]> 2019-02-22 20:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334326631 Minerva Palacios https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334328714 The hunger crisis in Africa has affected around 28 nations in Africa, because of the fall armyworm's strong appetite for maize. This famine is growing from this worm's population, eating most of what people in these African countries eat. This is similar to the Irish potato famine, because of the crops that are growing, not being able to be eaten, likely to spread to Sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, the climate of these areas are causing the worm to be present often to eat the crops. ]]> 2019-02-22 20:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334328714 Kanella Benavides https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334328825 The fall armyworm is threatening African crops. It eats maize and is predicted to consume up to 50% of the produced crop.  However, since the insect has been present in North America, there is knowledge about how to contain them, and scientists are developing new methods for handling the threat. This situation is similar to the Irish Potato Famine because the attacked crop is one that is heavily depended on. These situations are different because the world is addressing the fall armyworm threat right now whereas the British government looked over the potato issue without lending aid. ]]> 2019-02-22 20:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334328825 Aysha Darilek https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334329233 In this article, the author talks about how there is enough food to feed the entire world, but due to uneven distribution of resources in developed and undeveloped countries, there is still hunger in the world. They then go on to talk about how  the UN has set goals for ending world hunger. The author works with a team of researchers looking to reduce global hunger by reducing food waste and redistributing the food that would have been thrown away. ]]> 2019-02-22 20:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334329233 Sarah Guerrero sarahg1033 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334329730 In Nigeria, as well as other parts of Africa, and other countries across the world, the increasing amount of fall armyworms, are destroying the livelihood of these people in eating corn. Similarly to the Irish Potato Famine, as the Irish were more than dependent on the starchy crop, the potato. The climate in Africa has increased the thrive of these worms as they are able to more easily grow in humid, and wet areas. However, in contrast, even though it is occurring more in Nigeria, this famine is spreading across the continent of Africa. Also, while the other was more in terms of political and economic, or biological cause. So, some could say that because of this factor, that the famine is more deadly. ]]> 2019-02-22 20:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334329730 Steven Spill https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334329837 The main point is that Venezuelans are being forced to try to grow their own food since prices are over inflated.
This is different from the Irish potato famine because the food crisis in Venezuela was caused by an economic collapse while the irish potato famine was caused by a blight. ]]> 2019-02-22 20:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334329837 Kay Upton https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334329922 A new law was passed to help feed kids during all hours of school (not just mealtimes), and after the bell rings. Schools in Texas waste tons of food each day by throwing away unopened, untouched, unused products. They want to start giving these products out to students. This can sometimes be an issue with the department of health and safety.]]> 2019-02-22 20:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334329922 Natalie Radicke https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334330034 In this article, the author talks about when Diego Bernal visited schools in San Antonio. The article expresses how he felt when he heard the stories of how children would come to or leave school hungry. It also talks about what he did to help that issue. This article and this issue is different from the potato famine because the people involved did not lose their MAIN food source, the either didn't have one or had a rather small one. It's also different in the sense that not nearly as many people died, whereas millions died in the potato famine. ]]> 2019-02-22 20:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334330034 Diego Villegas https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334330229 The article elaborates upon the saudi war in Yemen and how our soldiers are causing mass poverty and famine in yemenese cities. The article elaborates on several specific stories of child hunger and stunted children. The article sites shocking data: numbers of deaths and numbers of stunted children.

The similarity between the article and the potato famine are the side causes. Both were caused by elite peoples having troubles of their own, and the middle and lower class get caught in the crossfire.

]]> 2019-02-22 20:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334330229 Erick Daniel Ramos https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334330500 This article is talking about children who go home or to school hungry and how laws choice be implemented to help these starving children ]]> 2019-02-22 20:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334330500 Armando Calderon https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334331115 A lot of children are not being fed enough than what is being provided for them. So a law was passed that allowed schools to feed children more food during and after school]]> 2019-02-22 20:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334331115 Julen Navarrete https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334492924 In this article there is a problematic bug called an armyworm that is eating maize, a crop that the lives of many people throughout sub-Saharan depend on. Similar to the Irish potato famine, maize, is what a large portion of the population, around 200 million, depend on for the majority of their nutrition. Another similarity is the climate, both Ireland and The parts of Africa in which the armyworm  is invading are damp areas, this makes sense considering they are both crops originated in the Americas.]]> 2019-02-23 23:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334492924 Article Summary https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334881551 This article talks about the how the people of Yemen have been dealing with a multitude of issues, such as, hunger, malnutrition,bombings, and violence. The author talks about how the US and other outside forces have had a negative impact on the people of Yemen.
This is similar to the Irish potato famine, as many people (mostly children) who are affected are suffering from malnutrition. As well as the similarity of outside forces negatively affecting a situation (British Empire in the Irish potato famine).]]> 2019-02-25 15:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/334881551 Greta Baez https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/335698568 This article discusses how the funding for the Saudi War negatively impacts Yemen families in need of aid, medication and food. As it discusses this problem it puts large emphasis on how Yemen once was a colorful thriving place full of nature, nurture and effective growth as a result of it's people but was now only a shell of its once bright beauty. Following this we see various images of children in a ill state of manner as a result of starvation and malnutrition but cannot get needed help due to lack of medicine and financial funding from families. Which similarly seems much like the Irish Potato Famine because both issues were caused by governments the people had no say in and housing being too close to one another. This is seen in the Irish Potato Famine through the British controlling Ireland and  managing its decisions on the famine, much like the US and Saudi Arabia controlling the entire situation, and in proximity housing led to potatoes being easily accessible to the infectious pathogen along with the Irish people catching numerous disease. Which is also seen in the situation in Yemen because much of the war destroyed the housing and evacuation along with grouping of survivors left many families and children ill and scavenging for food.]]> 2019-02-27 00:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/335698568 Kiara Reese kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/338170565 Hungry kids would go to school starving everyday and morning and at first the cafeterias could not do anything to help them until it was a argument that students throw away good untouched food that they haven’t ate and that’s not good because other students could have those left over foods. Overtime, people set up tables that had good edible food on them after lunch and breakfast. Finally, a new law for students were invented and that is to protect those who donate food, and non-profit organizations that distribute it. Health and safety standards of the food will continue to be followed by law.

The causes of the new law for hungry students were that the children would continuously starve and that lead to them being able to have more healthy food when going to school and also, food to take home over the weekend. During the 1800s there was a potato bright outbreak that lead to widespread starvation and this ruined the Irish economy. 1 million people died and 2 million emigrated to the United States. The Irish potato came along in the period of 1780-1845. This potato helped double the Irish population from 4 million to 8 million and this lead to the potato being the only solution of people eating because it produced large amounts of food that the Irish needed. The Irish lived off of potatoes on their family lands, and by the time of the potato famine, Ireland’s population was dangerously dependent on the potato for 60 percent of its nourishment.
]]> 2019-03-05 22:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/338170565 kkrenz1 https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/338170575 2019-03-05 22:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/338170575 Cana Leonard https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/338532961 Instead of throwing away food at the end of the day, we can save that food and serve it. This would feed a lot more people, but it is also considered a health issue. ]]> 2019-03-06 18:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/338532961 Jessica Nino https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/338545066 2019-03-06 18:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kkrenz1/kalrt2so9a92/wish/338545066