![]() Hearing that they barely make enough to put food on the table for their own children was heartbreaking."Īlthough there is enough food grown in the world for everyone, one billion people around the world-one in every six-go hungry every day. "The pride and passion I saw in the eyes of the farmers I met-for their land, for what they do and for the food they produce-was inspiring. ![]() "This trip helped me really think about the faces behind the food that all of us eat, and come to understand the arduous work small scale farmers do on a daily basis," said De Laurentiis. LOS ANGELES - Best-selling author and renowned celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis recently returned from a trip to Peru to visit Oxfam programs and learn about the struggles of small scale farmers, said the international aid agency today.ĭe Laurentiis, who has been an Oxfam America Ambassador for a year, embarked on a weeklong trip to the Cusco region of the South American country ahead of World Food Day to get to know the conditions in which the small farmers live and work and the challenges they face. ![]()
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