Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Today was the annual “World Food Day” sponsored by the United Nations. This short list is a bit late, but the resources will be useful for any study of hunger issues and will be around for next year, too.

Here are my choices for The Best Sites To Learn About World Food Day:

ESL Holiday Lessons has a good series of activities about the day.

The International Food Policy Research Institute has a good interactive map on worldwide hunger issues. It’s called the 2009 Global Hunger Index.

Here’s another global map of hunger.

The UN has a number of other accessible graphics on hunger issues.

Global hunger worsening, warns UN is from the BBC and includes maps and graphics.

Hunger Casts Dark Cloud Over World Food Day is from the Voice of America and provides audio support for the text.

Here are some simple questions and answers from the UN on hunger issues.

Here’s an interactive map showing hunger across the United States.

Agence France Presse has an interactive graphic about hunger around the world.

The Associated Press has an interactive on The Struggle Against Global Hunger.

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