Kyle+G

Starvation

The Romans had lack of food problems because the farms they used were being destroyed in the wars, most farmers needed to join the army and the soil in the farms were overworked.

Who I am going to contact > Phone: +1 312-782-4560 Fax: +1 312-782-4580 > >
 * Freestore Foodbank 112 E Liberty St · Cincinnati · (513) 241-3123
 * ** The Global FoodBanking Network ** 203 N. LaSalle StreetSuite 1900Chicago, IL 60601USA
 * The Foodbank Inc. 427 Washington St. Dayton, OH 45402 Tel: (937) 461-0265 Fax: (937) 461-3310 E-mail: info@thefoodbankdayton.org
 * Shared Harvest Foodbank 5901 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, OH, USA 45014-4207 Phone: 513-874-0114 Fax: 513-874-0152

Questions I will ask


 * How many people normally come everyday to your food bank?
 * What kinds of food do you have in your food bank?
 * How do people "pay" for the food?
 * What do people use to get the food?
 * What is the most common group of people that come to the food bank?
 * Is the food always nutitious

Helpful websites

http://rome.mrdonn.org/fall.html .‎

Questions:


 * Who funds food banks?
 * When did starvation become a big problem?
 * How do we solve this problem?
 * Which are the most common cities that have starving people in the United States of America?

E-mail sent to the Food Bank Dayton Dear Mrs. Riley My name is Kyle Grebert and I am seventh grade student at Nagel Middle School. In Social Studies I am doing a project about starvation. It would help me a lot if you could answer a few questions I have for you. 1. How many people generally come in your food bank everyday and what group are they families, children, adults, males or females? 2. If people pay for their food what do they use to pay for it? 3. Why do you think starvation is a big problem in the United States of America. 4. Where does the funding for your food bank come from? Private donors, the government or someone else?

Yours sincerely

Kyle Grebert

E-mail received from The Food Bank Dayton

Good morning, Kyle.

Thank you for contacting The Foodbank and for inquiring about hunger in our area. The Foodbank is a large warehouse that acquires and distributes food to 76 organizations that operate food pantries, soup kitchens, and emergency shelters throughout Montgomery Greene, and Preble counties. These organizations come to The Foodbank regularly to get the food they need to serve hungry people. We are located in Dayton at 427 Washington Street and operate from a 24,000 square foot facility. We have a 9,000 cubic foot cooler, and 9,000 cubic foot freezer in addition to our warehouse shelve space. The Foodbank is different from a food pantry. We serve agencies rather than individuals. A food pantry directly serves people who are hungry. It is estimated that our member agencies serve 70,000 (+) people every year. Nearly half are children. I have attached a copy of our brochure where you can learn more. Perhaps you can contact a food pantry to get more specific information that you need for your project. One of our member agencies is St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry. Below is the information where they can be reached: ST. VINCENT De PAUL COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY945 S. Edwin C. Moses BoulevardDayton OH 45417 Phone: (937) 222-5555 Fax: (937) 222-0754 Hours of Operation: 2nd & 4th Wednesday of month 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Service Type: Food Pantry All my best, Rosemary DanninCommunity Relations Manager

E-mail sent to Shared Harvest Food Bank

Dear Mrs. Osso My name is Kyle Grebert and I am seventh grade student at Nagel Middle School. In Social Studies I am doing a project about starvation. It would help me a lot if you could answer a few questions I have for you. 1. How many people generally come in your food bank everyday and what group are they families, children, adults, males or females? 2. If people pay for their food what do they use to pay for it? 3. Why do you think starvation is a big problem in the United States of America. 4. Where does the funding for your food bank come from? Private donors, the government or someone else?

Yours sincerely

Kyle Grebert

E-mail sent to Second harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley

Dear Mrs. Markham My name is Kyle Grebert and I am seventh grade student at Nagel Middle School. In Social Studies I am doing a project about starvation. It would help me a lot if you could answer a few questions I have for you. 1. How many people generally come in your food bank everyday and what group are they families, children, adults, males or females? 2. If people pay for their food what do they use to pay for it? 3. Why do you think starvation is a big problem in the United States of America. 4. Where does the funding for your food bank come from? Private donors, the government or someone else?

Yours sincerely

Kyle Grebert

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Roman Facts:
 * The Roman Farms were overworked therefore they didn't produce as much food.
 * Starvation was a common strategy used in strikes to force surrenders. This being said, starvation could actually be done on purpose.
 * With so much of the empire joining the army, farmers did as well. This caused food production to slow as the number of farmers reduced.
 * The Roman Empire’s natural resources were depleting, so there were less crops for the farmers to grow.
 * While the Romans were dying of starvation, the barbarians were as well. The Romans cut off the barbarians supplies of food, causing them to starve.
 * Barbarians would often attack the farms in Rome. Without farms, there was of course, less production.
 * The famine and starvation mainly just happened on the Western side of Rome. There was more food on the East.
 * Over a 400 year span, 90% of the population in Rome died through either starvation or plague. These years were 400 A.D. through 800 A.D
 * One year, in the Western side a small village had bad crops so the barbarians attacked that village
 * There was more soil erosion, which was eventually covering up the farms.
 * Because of inflation the Romans couldn't trade as much as before, so they didn't get as much food.

U.S. Facts:


 * Today, 15 million children die a year of hunger. 24,000 people die every day of lack of food and starvation. By that logic, someone dies of hunger every 7 seconds. A child dies of hunger every 10 seconds.
 * Famine exists today in places such as Somalia. Today in Somalia, of the population of 7.5 million, about 3.2 million of those people are in critical condition and need food to continue living. The population there is drop at a fast rate.
 * According to statistics taken in 2010, Ohio has a higher rate of hungry people, with 16.4% of the Ohio population going hungry.
 * Starvation affects 13% of the United States. This number is expected to grow if the economy does not get any better.
 * Throughout the entire world, about 925 million people are hungry and affected by starvation.This is roughly three times the population of the U.S.
 * The extremely vast majority of the hungry comes from Asia. 578 of 925 million hungry people come from Asia. The United States only makes up for about 37 million. This number is growing though due to unemployment.
 * 74% of food banks have seen their amount of customers spike very high since 2006.
 * Poverty is the number one cause of hunger.
 * Hunger was the number 3 cause of death in 2007.
 * Food banks get most of their food from private donors, Some they make themselves and a tiny bit of their food they get from the government.
 * The number of children living in poverty in the U.S. is 20.6%
 * Most starving kids live in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
 * There is a grain shortage in America
 * The most common group of people that starve are families that aren't well payed
 * 36.8 million people live below the poverty line in America, including 12.9 million children
 * In Ohio about 16% of people are below the poverty line
 * Some food banks grow their food. About 28% of food at food banks are grown by the food bank. Roughly 70% of food is given by private donors and 2% is given by the government.

Solution:

I think the solution should be that we “tell” Emperor Numerius about food banks so that he can start having food banks in Ancient Rome and he should tell people that if they donate a certain amount of food they don't need to spend as much time in the army

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