Hunger documentary on Food Network

At home, we've been talking about food a lot. We discuss healthy eating habits and not so healthy splurges — everything in moderation, right?

Many of those talks stem from wanting our kids to be healthy and not part of the growing statistic of childhood obesity. We don't want to go overboard, either. Dieting isn't part of our children's vocabulary. Healthy eating is.

We haven't spoken much about hunger — at least not lately. We've mentioned how we're lucky. And when they don't want to eat their veggies, we point out how kids go hungry all over the world. They moan, but it's resulted in better eating habits.

Still, they're sheltered. Just once have we helped out serving meals to homeless, hungry families during the holidays even though we said we'd do it again. We need to do it again. We've participated in food drives, too. But you don't get the behind-the-scenes emotions of helping on a food line. Overall, they have little knowledge of what hunger is and how it affects families.

Last night, I got word that the Food Network will be airing a documentary tackling hunger. It airs at 8 p.m./7p.m. central time on April 14 and aims to not only highlight the plight of children going hungry in the United States, but also to promote community action. The hour-long documentary, Hunger Hits Home, is narrated by Oscar®-winning actor and longtime anti-hunger activist Jeff Bridges.


Food Network and the Share Our Strength "No Kid Hungry" initiative aim to eradicate child hunger in America by 2015 by surrounding children with nutritious food where they live, learn and play.

I plan to have our kids watch and figure out how we can be part of the solution.
You can click this link to download a guide to help you with your efforts: www.foodnetwork.com/hungry.