40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World

With a foreword by Warren Buffett, 40 Chances is an inspiring manifesto in the struggle against world hunger. In 2006, legendary investor Warren Buffett posed a challenge to his son Howard G. Buffett: if someone granted you $3 billion to accomplish something great in the world, what would you do? Howard set out to help the most vulnerable people on earth—nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security—and gave himself a deadline of 40 years to put the resources to work. The book captures Howard's journey, beginning with his love for farming, as he seeks out new approaches around the world to ease suffering. Each of the 40 stories provides a compelling look at lessons learned, from his own backyard to some of the most difficult and dangerous places on Earth.