Attention Whole Food Shoppers Thesis

Robert Paarlberg, the author of “Attention Whole Food Shoppers” is currently a professor of political science at Wellesley University. Paarlberg’s interests lie in researching “food and agricultural policy, with a focus on farming technologies and poverty in the developing world”(Robert). In addition, he has worked in collaboration with the Gates Foundation, International Food Policy Research Institute, and the United States Agency for International Development in multiple countries. Paarlberg has also published a book, titled “How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa”, in 2008. “Attention Whole Food Shoppers” was published in Foreign Policy magazine on April 26, 2010. Foreign Policy claims it “has established itself at the forefront of media organizations devoted to the coverage of global affairs”(History). The publication has an audience of

In other words, it is not a quick fix. Paarlberg, when talking about fighting hunger, states that “one reason for this failure has been sharply diminished assistance from international donors”(Attention). Similar to the 1980’s and 1990’s, it is not enough just to send food aid. The necessity is development, which leads these hunger struck countries to become independent and productive. Evidence shows that these specific contributions have made significant impacts in the past. For instance, “The U.S. Agency for International Development, with the World Bank, helped finance fertilizer plants and infrastructure projects, including rural roads and irrigation”(Attention), which was not in India’s independent capability at the time, and pushed India to independence from foreign aid. This is just one of the few examples of the type of support that is needed to end global hunger, which Paarlberg is advocating