God comes to the poor in the shape of bread.
I love these words I read at Mahatma Gandhi's homestead in South Africa because it reminds me of CBM’s deep commitment to ensuring our global partners are able to provide food aid where it is most needed and food security to those who lack it. Our membership in the Canadian Foodgrains Bank is vital to this strategy.
Some estimates indicate that among the global poor, up
to 80% of an average person's life is spent seeking their next mouthful of food. In many parts of the world, including among our own poor, food is a necessary preoccupation. More than one billion people – nearly a sixth of the world’s population – suffer from chronic hunger. It is a crisis with devastating and far- reaching effects.
This issue of mosaic focuses on food. We hope you will be appropriately nourished on the articles, stories and images you find herein. And so as you open these pages, all that remains, as my French friends would say, is to wish you, "bon appetit".
