The most pressing global environmental issue Week 5

I would say the most pressing global environmental issue facing us today relates to food and our lack of adequate distribution.  There is plenty of food on this earth to feed every human being living on it; however millions go hungry everyday.  Why is this?  There are is no clear answer and probably millions of contributing factors.  The distribution of wealth in this world is so skewed that a huge portion of the world can't even afford to keep their families fed.  But we are seeing this right here in the United States as well.  We are supposed to be one of the wealthiest countries, however it is a fact that many American's still don't get enough to eat.  According to the Department of Agriculture, nearly a half a million households suffer from hungry each day.  If we, as Americans, can't even take care of each other, what is the hope for the rest of the world?!!  It's also extremely scary that the governmental bodies in some of these third world countries are actually to blame for inadequate food distribution.  I don't know exactly how I would go about spending $100 billion dollars to address these issues.  I really love what Echo is doing.  The old saying give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime, couldn't be more true.  If we just keep feeding all the poor people or all the people that do not have access to enough food, we are only solving the problem for a short time.  Unless we continued to do this forever, the problem will continue to prevail.  I feel like it would help to start at home, so maybe a good chunk of that money could be donated to trying to restore America's economy.  How would we do this? That I have absolutely no idea.  It would just be nice to see the lower class get an opportunity for work and to get themselves stable again.  After that, we could spend another portion of the money continuing efforts mirroring those of ECHO.  It might not solve any problems right away, but they are slowly spreading and helping more and more people.  With the right financial resources, we could get help out faster.  I would not want to spend the entire 100 billion on this issue, even though I think we could easily spend the entire amount.  There are many different global issues facing us today and even a tiny fraction of that money could go a very long way.