40 chances : finding hope in a hungry world by Buffett, Howard G instant download

40 chances : finding hope in a hungry world by Buffett, Howard G instant download

xiv, 443 pages : 24 cm, If you had the resources to accomplish something great in the world, what would you do? Legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this challenge to his son in 2006, when he announced he was leaving the bulk of his fortune to philanthropy. Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on earth--nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. And Howard has given himself a deadline: 40 years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge. Howard learned this lesson through his passion for farming: each farmer can expect to have about 40 growing seasons, giving him just 40 chances to improve on every harvest. This lesson applies to all of us, because we all have about 40 productive years to do the best job we can, whatever our passions may be. This book captures Howard's journey around the world as he seeks out new approaches to ease the suffering of so many.--From publisher description, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction: one shot at a warlord -- 1. The roots of \"40 chances\" -- Story 1: The day I heard the clock tick -- Story 2: Prague, 1968 : \"The Soviet army eats first--\"We just get what is left\" -- Story 3: From bulldozing dirt to planting soil -- Story 4: Devon's gift -- Story 5: Because \"Al called\" -- Story 6: The ovarian lottery -- Story 7: Reality has a nutty taste, especially when fried -- Story 8: Where hunger hides -- 2. Bravery, courage, and hope -- Story 9: Loved, but lost -- Story 10: Empty calories -- Story 11: Little Cromite -- Story 12: Sex and hunger in Timbuktu -- Story 13: Loss in Armenia -- Story 14: Farming under fire -- Story 15: Seeds of change -- Story 16: Shakira -- Story 17: A Franciscan padre in the Sierra Madre -- Story 18: Gorillas versus guerrillas -- 3. Hard-learned lessons -- Story 19: Can this village be saved? -- Story 20: A complicated legacy -- Story 21: For yields to go up, we have to look down -- Story 21 1/2: Owners make better farmers --…