<DIV>Ralph,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"And here in the USA, apparently the richest country in the world, we <BR>have to operate food banks to feed the poor. Shame on us."</DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV>I am not understanding you. Why are you against Food Banks?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>And here in the USA, apparently the richest country in the world, we <BR>have to operate food banks to feed the poor. Shame on us.<BR><BR>Ralph<BR><BR><BR><BR>[Vision2020] Economist Rankings of the World's Greatest Challenges<BR><BR>Tom Trail ttrail at moscow.com<BR>Mon Jun 2 09:44:06 PDT 2008<BR><BR>>Visionaires:<BR><BR>Economists recently met in Denmark and ranked the world's greatest <BR>challenges.<BR>Malnutrition and health problems
dominated the top ratings.<BR><BR>Tom Trail<BR><BR>>How to save the world: the verdicts are in from the experts and our <BR>readers<BR>><HTTP: news <br environment tol www.timesonline.co.uk>article4033472.ece>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/ <BR>article4033472.ece<BR>>From Times Online<BR>>May 30, 2008<BR>><BR>><BR>><HTTP: news <br environment tol www.timesonline.co.uk>article4033272.ece>Spending<BR>>£30 billion<BR>><BR>>Economists battle it out to rank possible<BR>>solutions for the great challenges in global<BR>>stability and security<BR>><BR>>Copenhagen Consensus: the panel's verdict<BR>><BR>>1 Micronutrient supplements for children (vitamin A and zinc) <BR>Malnutrition<BR>>2 The Doha development agenda Trade<BR>>3 Micronutrient fortification (iron and salt iodization) Malnutrition<BR>>4 Expanded immunization coverage for children Diseases<BR>>5 Biofortification Malnutrition<BR>>6
Deworming and other nutrition programs at school Malnutrition & <BR>Education<BR>>7 Lowering the price of schooling Education<BR>>8 Increase and improve girls' schooling Women<BR>>9 Community-based nutrition promotion Malnutrition<BR>>10 Provide support for women's reproductive role Women<BR>>11 Heart attack acute management Diseases<BR>>12 Malaria prevention and treatment Diseases<BR>>13 Tuberculosis case finding and treatment Diseases<BR>>14 R&D in low-carbon energy technologies Global Warming<BR>>15 Bio-sand filters for household water treatment Water<BR>>16 Rural water supply Water<BR>>17 Conditional cash transfers Education<BR>>18 Peace-keeping in post-conflict situations Conflicts<BR>>19 HIV combination prevention Diseases<BR>>20 Total sanitation campaign Water<BR>>21 Improving surgical capacity at district hospital level Diseases<BR>>22 Microfinance Women<BR>>23 Improved stove intervention Air
Pollution<BR>>24 Large, multipurpose dam in Africa Water<BR>>25 Inspection and maintenance of diesel vehicles Air Pollution<BR>>26 Low sulfur diesel for urban road vehicles Air Pollution<BR>>27 Diesel vehicle particulate control technology Air Pollution<BR>>28 Tobacco tax Diseases<BR>>29 R&D and mitigation Global Warming<BR>>30 Mitigation only Global Warming<BR>><BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>