Giving Compass' Take:

• Global Citizen reports on a growing hunger crisis in Australia, where more than three million people and 1 in 5 children have been "food insecure" over the past year.

• While a lot of international anti-poverty and relief programs focus on developing nations, it's worth a reminder that no one country is immune to hunger issues. What can we do to expand our reach?

• Here's why UN is emphasizing soil quality in world hunger push.

Australia, commonly known as "the lucky country," has such an abundance of food that the nation exports over half of all produce.

And yet, there are millions of Australians who go hungry every day.

More than 3 million Australians — including 1 in 5 children — have been "food insecure" in the last 12 months, a national report from Australia’s largest hunger relief organization, Foodbank, revealed.

The Foodbank "Rumbling Tummies: Child Hunger in Australia" report surveyed 1,002 Australian parents with children under the age of 15 and a further 602 parents living in "food insecure" households — homes that lacked reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.

“The biggest challenge as a nation right now is acknowledging that here in the lucky country we've got 3.6 million Australians in the last 12 months who were food insecure,” CEO of Foodbank Brianna Casey stated on this week's Insight episode, "Hunger," on SBS. “That is not OK in the lucky country. The demand for food relief in this country right now is skyrocketing.”

Read the full article about Australians going hungry by Madeleine Keck at Global Citizen.