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Subject: Re: The Reason For Hunger (really Cuba)
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Carnes defines "hunger" as "inadequate nutrition" and then writes:
> It is notable that while hunger is widespread in the wealthy
> US, it has been nearly eliminated in Cuba (or so I have read in a
> reliable source).  This should provide food for thought to all but
> those netters whose minds are rusted shut.

Interesting. I spent my early years in Poland, so I may have something
to add to those "reliable sources". In the course of his postdoc in the
US, my father was impressed with the importance of adequate nutrition
for recovery from illness and trauma. On his return he was appointed
medical director of a major hospital in Warsaw. Unfortunately, the
ingredients of an adequate diet were not to be found in Poland except
at very high prices on the black market, and even that source was not
always reliable. Because of its location in Warsaw, a high proportion of
patients in the hospital were members of "the New Class", and so my
father was able to establish a special farm which produced meat, milk,
and vegetables for the patients. Elsewhere in Poland it was unheard of
even for hospital patients, much less ordinary people, to have what in
the US would be considered an adequate diet. The hospital farm still
stands, surrounded by an electrified fence and patrolled by armed guards.
The only other institution in Poland with such "special farms" is ORBIS,
the state agency providing food and lodging to visiting "reliable sources".
				Adam Reed (ihnp4!npois!adam)