This hopeful video, Put Food First, produced by the World Bank, explains in broad outline the extent of hunger around the globe, the costs in terms of less productive workers and more sickness, and the solutions. Unfortunately, this film from 2011 has not aged well: hunger is still widely prevalent, both in impoverished African nations and even in the wealthiest countries including the United States. (World Bank; 2011; 2’49”)

30 Foods Italian Immigrants Actually Ate in 1920s Little Italy, NY
We are all aware of family traditions, but we rarely know what our ancestors ate a hundred or more years





