Raymond C. Offenheiser, 10/16/12

President, Oxfam America

Instead of putting grain on barges and shipping them across the world, what if we could work with local farmers and buy fresh food in local markets and rush it into famine areas? It's about fixing broken policies, and also about things you and I can do.

Rocky Dawuni, 10/16/12

Musician; Social activist

Cooking kills people, to the shocking tune of 2 million each year. Just think about it -- the act of cooking, meant to nurture our families and us, is the fifth-biggest health risk in developing countries.

Pierre Ferrari, 10/16/12

President and CEO, Heifer International

Today Heifer International joins the FAO and others in observance of World Food Day. This year, the theme "Agricultural Cooperatives -- key to feeding the world" highlights the efforts of smallholder farmers who have united to end hunger.

Debra Eschmeyer, 10/16/12

Co-Founder and Director of Policy and Partnerships, FoodCorps

The reality is that if we want kids to be excited to find something healthier than fast food in their school cafeteria, we have to do more than change what's on the lunch tray.

Vivien Hoexter, 10/16/12

President, Hoexter Executive Consulting

I am struck by how often there is impatience to get to the fundraising without taking the time to articulate why people should give. Think of it like dating. With so many potential suitors out there, why should you get chosen?

HooplaHa, 10/16/12

Dedicated to delivering only good news, all the time

A chain of 700 bras certainly got people passing through Union Square Park to take notice and remember, "if you got them, you got to check them!" Watch our behind-the-scenes video of the entire flash mob!

David Weiss, 10/16/12

President and CEO of CHF International

Climate change creates a stimulus for action; we must ride that momentum to help city governments revisit the vulnerability of these communities and reimagine solutions that improve livelihoods and living conditions.

Kevin P. Chavous, 10/16/12

Attorney, author and national school reform leader

I have been thinking about Malala and the fate of millions of Muslim schoolgirls all week. And that knot in my stomach has returned. Why is it that all too often we allow children to do our freedom fighting for us?

Jonathan Lewis, 10/16/12

Founder/Host, iOnPoverty

Wearing a job lens that myopically sees the human community as a teeming mass of potential customers and clients means you're unable to see all the powerful pathways for change, fulfillment and meaning.

Danielle Weinblatt, 10/16/12

CEO and Founder of Take the Interview

There are technologies that candidates can use to turn their resume into gold. All it takes is some keywords and out comes the best resume for the job description! Learning the game is all you need to do. This is a sham.

Eva M. Clayton, 10/16/12

Fmr. Congresswoman and fmr. Assistant Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Between now and 2050, the world faces two critical challenges. First we must feed a hungry planet, amid growing demand from a rising population. And secondly, we must do this while protecting our environment.

Stacy Bare, 10/16/12

Director, Sierra Club Mission Outdoors

If I wanted to be normal I would not have joined the Army in the first place, so why would I want it coming home?

Kenneth Estelle, 10/16/12

CEO, Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank

Payton's birthday present to her community is a singular example of what one person can accomplish with selfless vision and a dash of creativity.

Nan Dale, 10/16/12

CEO, Action Against Hunger | ACF International

It's a good thing you're reading this piece electronically, because if you had a hard copy chances are it'd now be accessorized by a coffee ring and crumbs from your breakfast. You might take a moment to feel extra appreciative of that spoonful of cereal as today is World Food Day.

Ed Gragert, 10/16/12

Director, Global Campaign for Education-US

Daring. This is a word most people associate with jumping out of planes or difficult rescue missions, but Malala Yousafzai is asking for an education -- and not just an education for herself, but also for the 32 million girls her age or younger in her country, Pakistan.

Patrick Kane, 10/16/12

Senior Programmes Officer for Resources and Conflict at War on Want

What really worries the corporations and the global financial markets is the prospect of the growing militancy of South African miners not only spreading to other sectors of the economy but also spreading to other countries.

Melanie Ward, 10/15/12

Head of Advocacy, ActionAid UK

The biofuel in British petrol tanks could feed 10million people; across the EU biofuels could feed 185million people. This 'perfect storm' of declining supplies from climate change and rising demand from biofuels has dire consequences.