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Billboards and food security

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Al Doerksen

  It might be the closet sociologist in me, but I have always enjoyed billboards.  I figure that you can learn a lot about a society’s values by what people post on billboards.  I still remember Coca Cola billboards from … Continue reading →

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IDE has no beneficiaries!

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Al Doerksen

In one of my former lives, I worked for Canada’s largest food aid organization. I have been witness to. and participant in. free food aid distribution to very hungry deserving people many times. What always struck me was that the … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with poverty alleviation?

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Al Doerksen

Well, nothing really, since there are some one billion or more people below someone’s definition of poverty. Without a doubt, poverty is repugnant and abhorrent, just like starvation and hunger is. It invokes a visceral reaction. The trouble with “poverty … Continue reading →

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