Poverty, Hunger, Causes

The globalization of food occurred through the transition of the local family farm to huge agribusiness enterprises. What is the relationship between this transition and the poverty and hunger we see in the world today? What are the roles of the consumer, laborer, merchant and nation-state in creating the poverty that we see both at home and internationally? Knowing what we know about the causes of poverty, and that there is enough food to feed the world, why do we continue to blame the victim and create or perpetuate stereotypes of poverty?