The End to Global Hunger is Possible by 2030

By “Big Kenny” Alphin @BigKennyTV

Earlier this year, I traveled to Austin and spoke at the Texas Global Food Security Summit held on the sidelines of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention. The meeting brought together more than 5,000 farmers from across the country, featuring participation from national and state agricultural leaders, corporate executives, and other leaders from the agricultural sector in policy, research, economics and aid.

This convention and summit were a great place to talk with the experts in food security and agriculture on how we might all join together for the shared goal of ending hunger by 2030.

Though you may know me from the Big & Rich stage and songs like “Coming To Your City” on College GameDay, I was thrilled to put on a different hat as a son of a farmer and a multi-generation farming family from Culpeper, Virginia, raised to believe farmers feed the world and no one needs to suffer from hunger.

Food is a key basis for peace. 

My life has led me to witness hunger in many places; from the slums of Mathare and Kibera in Kenya, to the edges of war in South Sudan, to school-age children right here in the United States. Bearing witness to this critical issue that plagues more than 820 million worldwide, I came to ask a big question: How can I play a role in getting to the roots of hunger and malnutrition issues for my neighbors at home, and around the world? 

Read the full article on the Farm Bureau’s website here.