Lots of people suffer with hunger, it could be cause by the lack of access like not nearby grocery stores or fast food places. Children suffering with this issue can lead to health issues and impact them in there immune system, and growth as well. This is another reason why we all need to work together encouraging others to not waste food.

I agree because there are so many people that can use our help to just not waste food. Its such a simple thing that everyone can do and it would help our society and ecosystem in so may ways. It also just makes me feel bad when I throw away left over food because I know that it could have gone to someone else in need. I think that everyone should always try their best to not waste food unless they absolutely have to because it will benefit our earth in so many ways.

Many people go hungry everyday across the globe, often because of wars, poverty and climate change. Children especially suffer the most, as lack of food effects their growth and well being. But at the same time countries waste a big sum of their food, showing how unfair the problem is. I think we need to work together as a community, share resources better and make the world a better place.

I agree with Kaydancolt! I think that we should think of others when we buy or eat more food than we need we should do everything we can to support starving children in war torn and impoverished countries rather than ourselves because they need it way more than us.

Yes Kayden you bring up a great point people are very focused on other things when there are homeless starving children out there. I think one way us as a community can help is by sending donations or emailing our government officials about this so the topic gets more known. This topic definitely deserves more attention because this is our youth the ones that can  make the change.

Yes I agree with Kaydancolt!, KPR#31 and, Hugo_2010 because I think it is a very pressing and urgent issue and I think I have come up with a way to solve it.  The idea I had stemmed from a documentary I saw cowspiracy it basically said that instead of feeding people in need meat we could instead redirect all the food that cows are getting like corn and other grains and help donate them to people in need because it is 10% more of an efficient food source than beef so that's why I think we should redirect a lot of the resources being used up on meat and give it to those who. need it.

Kaydancolt!, KPR#31, Hugo_2010 and santbuzz are all correct! Food security is a very pressing issue all over the world. Meat farming is very bad for the environment and definitely makes food security trickier for many people over the world as more food goes to animals than people who need it. many biodiversity hotspots are also being threatened by the ranching industry, such as the Amazon (the rainforest, not the company). in the amazon, one acre (about one football field) is destroyed every second. and hundreds of species go extinct per day. this means in a few decades, this carbon sink will be replaced by massively carbon emitting cows. This means more land needs to be turned into farms that only feed the ranch animals further depleting the finite area we have to make food for ourselves. This means a higher overall price of food and more starving individuals.

something that everyone can do to reduce there carbon footprint is eating less meat. Even though i do realize meat is a crucial part of a lot of people’s diets and not an easy thing to give up, i still think a lot of people aren’t aware of the serious affects meat has on our environment. The 1st thing i have to say about meat is how much land it takes to raise meat that is fully grown, one thing i’m not sure most of you know is that feeding someone who is vegan for a year takes only 1/6th of an acre of land while someone on a meat and dairy diet for a year uses 18 times that amount of land. i think this is a very scary statistic but also a very real one, raising meat does use a lot of land and meat eaters have to realize that. the 2nd thing i have to say about meat is how much methane cows produce. cows produce this methane through there farts, burps or poop, we contribute to this by eating cows. considering how many cows are bred because of the demand we put on them meaning more of the methane that cows produce is going up into the atmosphere. i think it is a really good idea for people to consider eating less meat and dairy meals each week as it is a great way to help save our planet and reduce your carbon footprint.

world hunger at face value seems like an unsolvable problem but I believe I have an idea to help make it a smaller issue compared to what it is right now.  My idea for helping with the ginormous problem that world hunger is stems from the fact that in the energy pyramid only 10 percent of the energy consumed by one of the organisms can travel up 1 level up the pyramid so I think to help with world hunger we could stop feeding the amount of grain and other foods that are at the base of the food pyramid and give it to people in need instead of using it to feed cows or chickens because only 10% of the energy in the grain goes up to the cow unlike eating the grain/corn and not eating the cows I believe that this can help a lot of the issues ninth world today because people would have much easier access to food a neccesary resource for living

I agree with this idea. Because meat is so grain and water intensive, it would make more sense to feed lower down the food chain. For example, to produce 1kg of beef, you need on average 25kgs of grain. This is not economical when world hunger is so prevalent. If we switched to more plant-based diets, we would require less land to grow food, while feeding more people, and we could help prevent deforestation and habitat clearing. I do recognize that there are constraints to being vegan/vegetarian, so instead of fully cutting out all meat, we could at least strongly reduce meat consumption.

I agree with santbuzz I feel like there are too many animals used for agriculture and that there are too many starving people in the world to just give all of our grains and other plant food to animals just so that the more well off people can survive and eat well. Plus animal agriculture is one of the #1 contributors to carbon emissions which causes global warming. So I think we should cut down on those emissions and help out the less fortunate by feeding less cattle and chickens and feeding more people.

In my research, I have found that adopting a vegan diet is one way to save on the environmental impact caused by raising farm animals. Now more than ever there is a lot of healthy, balanced ways to consume a plant-based diet. One of these ways I have found was through the recipes Baking Hermann has showed me. Baking Herman is a website founded on principles of sustainability. Baking Hermann spotlights plant-based meals from around the world to show the diverse foods and meals that can be made.

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I agree with what you are saying. I think a plant based diet helps reduce your carbon footprint a lot. Since the demand for meat has gotten much higher, farmers have been clearing way more land for there farm animals to live on as well as land to grow food for the animals. Valuable land too, a football field sized chunk of land is cleared every second for agriculture from rain forests. So eating less meat also saves our forests.

I think adopting a vegan diet is a great idea but for some people it is very hard to give up meat. Maybe if regular meat eaters only have meat 4 out of 6 day of the week it would make a big change. This would be way easier than a full vegan or Vega diet but will still have impacts. Another way could be to eat fast food burgers less because 1 burger is equivalent to 3000 gallons of water or 2 mouths showers so this would have a huge impact on water levels as well.

I 100% agree with your statements. I think that creating a plant based diet is healthy, and also it reduces your carbon footprint significantly. Although for meat eaters switching to a all plant based diet will be tough. I think that for meat eaters instead of eating meat all the time they should try and stick with a plant based diet for at least 4 times a week. Also switching to a plant based diet helps with the farmers so much, because raising these animals give a big chunk of their land so it will help them out a lot.

I agree with the idea of adopting a vegan diet will help with the environmental impact of animal agriculture, although I don’t think everyone should just stop eating meat and dairy. I think that people should cut down on their meat eating per week because some people have been eating meat their whole life’s and we can’t just tell them they’re not allowed any more. Although we can teach people more about where it comes from and let them decide whether they want to become vegan.

Did you know eating 1 burger takes 3000 Litres of water which is equivalent to 2 mouths shower. Also every second 1 football fields with of land is farmed for animal agriculture.
51% of all co2 emissions are clouded by animal agriculture, do you think people need to talk more about this subject since its a big matter?

I agree with the Canadian man called Hugo_2010 because I for one think this is not talked enough about and there is definitely some evidence on why in the hit movie/documentary called cowspiracy and it shows very well the theme of your post and I think it should definitely have more attention drawn to it because it is one of the if not the biggest leading cause for climate change

I also agree with your statements Hugo_2010 and santbuzz but especially with santbuzz. I think that this subject is not discussed more frequently, and also I have watched that amazing documentary Cowspiracy it details and shows about the importance about our trees and animals. Lastly when your eating a burger I hope that u realize that the patty had a face and takes 3000 litres of water.

stop wasting food other people might need it so they don't starve.

Yes i agree, although its not just starving people around the world. Wasting food is also causes more methane in the world. After you throw it away it gets left in the garbage or even gets moved to landfill and can rot. When food rots it produces methane and it stays in our atmosphere. So before wasting food always think about how this can effect our atmosphere but also how other starving people wish they had the food you were throwing away right now.

Many people go hungry everyday across the globe, often because of wars, poverty and climate change. Children especially suffer the most, as lack of food effects their growth and well being. But at the same time countries waste a big sum of their food, showing how unfair the problem is. I think we need to work together as a community, share resources better and make the world a better place.

Food waste is a huge part of the carbon that is emitted into our atmosphere. When food is thrown away and put into land fills, or burned, all the carbon that is stored in it contributes to the greenhouse effect. This is why it is so important to compost. Composting has many benefits: it helps store the carbon from the food that stores lots of carbon in soil and stops it from being emitted into the atmosphere, it provides fresh soil that you can use to plant and grow your own food, it attracts beneficial animals that will help break the food down such as worms, and it stops landfills from being filled with food waste and trash. Composting is something that is so easy to do, and even if you do not have a backyard to do it in, you can have a composting bucket inside. It involves just a few extra steps in your daily routine and it is one of the most powerful actions we as individuals can take to stop climate change from reaching its full potential.

I totally agree, another solution to reduce the waste of food in the restaurant could be the use of "doggy bags", cardboard boxes that allow customers to take home food they have not eaten.

I totaly agree with you, another thing that could be done would be to, at the end of the day, perhaps give away to non-profit organizations or sell at a reduced price everything that you were unable to sell during the day, in this way it would avoid the phenomenon of homeless people rummaging in the trash looking for food or even animals that, attracted by the smell of food, sneak into bins, creating a nuisance. this would also help many people.

I completely agree. Composting is a simple yet powerful way for individuals to make a significant impact in reducing carbon emissions and stopping climate change. By diverting organic waste from landfills and instead allowing it to decompose naturally, we can not only prevent the release of greenhouse gases like methane, but also keep up soil health and promote biodiversity. Also, composting isn't limited to those with outdoor space; indoor composting options like composting buckets or composting using worms let people living in apartments and those without yards to participate the act of composting. It's a win-win situation: reducing waste, enriching soil, and contributing to a healthier planet.

I one hundred percent agree that we waste so much food. One thing that could help is composting I know that many people don't compost so for the people that don't I think it's a good idea to start.

I agree. When you throw away food you are wasting all the resources ad energy that was used to grow, package, and transport it. Not only that but the food that has been dumped in our landfills can produce methane, which is a powerful greenhouse gas. I suggest that people consider composting leftovers and that they always use what they buy.

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yes , im agree with you ! It necessary eat less meat

yes it's a good idea

Je suis d'accord de faire attention a notre de consommation de viande

the meat is very important for our body we must eat more of it

I agree to pay attention to our meat consumption

eat meat like real men

Yes, we must eat less meat

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I think what you’re saying is very vague and not descriptive. It’s important to remember that when we say something like “Eat less meat” it is not always that simple for so many people. It’s hard to make that big of a decision when you can’t see immediate results. Meat is also an easy (and sometimes cheap) option for people and going out of your way to avoid meat is nearly impossible. I understand your point on the fact that meat is adding an insane amount of carbon to our society but just remember that it’s not that easy for people to switch diets, or find new food. Also, don’t give such blunt advice unless you are also willing to take that advice for yourself.

Yes, I agree, we do really need to lower our meet consumption, but we also need to lower our dairy intake. Most of the worlds freshwater goes to meat and dairy farms to raise these animals, which are usually kept in a very small space and are force fed. We are using up our resources which we as humans and animals need to survive on earth. We need to majorly lower our meat and dairy intake and try to eat more vegan and vegetarian meals.

Yes, I agree, we do really need to lower our meet consumption, but we also need to lower our dairy intake. Most of the worlds freshwater goes to meat and dairy farms to raise these animals, which are usually kept in a very small space and are force fed. We are using up our resources which we as humans and animals need to survive on earth. We need to majorly lower our meat and dairy intake and try to eat more vegan and vegetarian meals.

Soil health is on the decline and leads to worse and less successful harvests, the crop turnover is happening constantly and depletes nutrients from soil without time for recovery of minerals. Regenerative agriculture is the idea of farming in a pattern that replenishes soil and allows crops to be healthier and more nutrient-rich, however it is very hard to accomplish on a large scale due to it being a big change that requires a lot of collaboration.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8023280/

Farmers usually farm one crop in their fields but with multi-layer farm crops can be stronger, more biodiverse, improve yield, reduce weed competition, reduce soil erosion, and more.

I agree! By planting various crops, farmers can not only improve the strength and yield of their crops, it also helps maintain bee populations! By having multiple kinds of plants or crops that different bees can pollinate, it helps make sure that the burden of pollinating isn't left onto one local bee population. With multiple populations of bees, it can help reduce the risk of bees becoming endangered.

Food waste is a serious problem both in Italy and in the world. Every year, about a third of the food produced globally is wasted, resulting in an economic loss of about 700 billion dollars. In Italy, this translates into a loss of about 9 billion euros per year. The main sources of waste are households , restaurants , supermarkets and production. The main reason for household waste includes forgotten food in the refrigerator. Even though Italy is not among the countries with the highest waste rate, it still represents a significant challenge. The UN has included reducing food waste in its 2030 Agenda, with the goal of halving it within the next 7 years. This will require a global effort to change consumption habits and reduce food waste at all levels of the supply chain.

While the money lost due to food waste is a lot, the worst thing is how it affects people who don't have enough to eat. Think about it: there are millions of people in the world starving every day, even though there's more than enough food to feed everyone.
When we waste food, it's not just throwing away money; it's throwing away good food that could have helped feed someone who's hungry. This isn't fair and it's not right.
Reducing food waste isn't just about saving money or being eco-friendly; it's about making sure everyone has enough to eat. It's something we all need to work on together, so that we can create a world where nobody has to go hungry.

Sorry i missclicked while creating my account i am actually from Italy.

While the money lost due to food waste is a lot, the worst thing is how it affects people who don't have enough to eat. Think about it: there are millions of people in the world starving every day, even though there's more than enough food to feed everyone.
When we waste food, it's not just throwing away money; it's throwing away good food that could have helped feed someone who's hungry. This isn't fair and it's not right.
Reducing food waste isn't just about saving money or being eco-friendly; it's about making sure everyone has enough to eat. It's something we all need to work on together, so that we can create a world where nobody has to go hungry.

I'm not sure about in Italy, but in the US people try to promote composting our food scraps to try and be more sustainable about our waste. If our organic waste is properly composted it can actually really benefit our environment. According to the UN Environment Program it can help recover soils fertility, reduce the dependance on chemical fertilizers, improve water retention, and more.  We could use this composted fertilizer to grow more food so the amount of unnecessary waste is reduced. Food waste and loss contribute a good number to global greenhouse gasses as well(about 8-10%) so by composting this waste instead of just throwing it away we could help reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that affect climate change. I agree that wasting food is unfair and sometimes it's an honest mistake like food forgotten in the fridge, but even that forgotten food (even if it's gone bad) can still be used to help our environment.

Promoting composting is a vital step towards global sustainability, as it diverts organic waste from landfills and transforms it into nutrient-rich compost. As emphasized by the UN Environment Program, this process not only enhances soil fertility and reduces reliance on chemical fertilizers but also improves water retention in soils, crucial for agricultural productivity. Also, composting mitigates greenhouse gas emissions by preventing organic waste from decomposing anaerobically in landfills, thereby addressing a significant source of methane emissions. Even unintentional food waste can be repurposed through composting, highlighting the value of this practice in turning what might have been perceived as a loss into a valuable resource for the environment. https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/res … composting

Food waste is a huge problem in the US too. We constantly over produce food and buy too much. Many states don't provide composting and even if they do, most people don't own a composting bin. Lots of food gets wasted in thrown in the trash, instead of being reproduced into soil. Most people aren't aware of how much they waste every day that could've gone to another person in need. This is a serious topic that we need to take action on.

Food waste is a big part of the US and other places. I think that your country needs to get better at saving food and not throwing it away. maybe you can compost the food that you don't eat and plant some plants and use the compost to grow your plants.

I just wanted to say that I agree, and that I found this information very helpful and wanted to say thank you!

do you all out there agree that there aren't enough food stands for the homeless? I lived in San Francisco for a good part of my life and Oakland as well, if you don't know where those places are just know they are filled with homeless, hungry, thirsty and uncleaned civilians and I believe setting up more food stands could help this cause more than we think.

-Ezra

One thing I do is help the homeless by feeding them bags of food some Sunday. I hope this idea helps

I agree that there needs to be more food stands in places where the homeless population is high or even just above average. They deserve to have the same treatment as more wealthy people when it comes to food and health.

We have to don't waste food because is important and because we must think about how they made it and probably it take more time what we think to redo them

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I agree

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I agree it can be difficult to undo our prior actions but with time and effort we can help the earth.

I agree it can be hard but overall we need to help the earth and the people on it.

people make videos of them wasting food and it should stop

people should try to not waste food and make sure to not use more than you need.

I agree. Do not waste food!

I completely agree. We should never wast food and the food we don't eat can be saved or donated.

Agreed don't waste food its not healthy for the environment and it wont be good as many people could've ate that food.

I agree also, because when we waste food we just waste the time of the people who made it.

I agree with this because most people will buy tons of food and not eat all of it and instead throw it out. This wastes food and is a huge problem.

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We should really not waste food because people are out in the world starving and we are throwing out food that they can be eating.

Don't waste food, there are people in the world that don't get the food we have.

Yes we should not waste food because there are many people out there that don't get food so we should not waste the food that we have. We should also if we do have food left over (hopefully not) we should compost it, I know many people don't compost but if you don't I think you should start, because it is better for the environment.

This is a very good statement because when you are eating you should always be thinking about the people who don't have everything you have, and if you don't like the food you should eat it anyway, because some people don't have any food on there table.;)

I think we should eat local foods, and reduce food that is not suitable for health.

I totally agree.

World hunger remains a pressing global issue, affecting millions of people across diverse regions. Despite advancements in agriculture and food production, inequalities in distribution, poverty, and conflict contribute to persistent food insecurity. Many communities lack access to nutritious food, leading to malnutrition and health complications, particularly among vulnerable populations such as children and the elderly. Climate change exacerbates these challenges, threatening crops and livelihoods. Addressing world hunger requires a multifaceted approach that includes improving agricultural practices, enhancing food distribution systems, and fostering economic stability, alongside international cooperation and support. Combating this issue is essential not only for individual well-being but for global stability and progress.

Hunger is experienced around the world, either by climate change, war, poverty, etc. War creates an instability of accessible food. A program named “U. N. World Food Programme” helps different communities worldwide. They aid people who have lost their everyday living by tornadoes, floods, droughts, etc, by rehabilitation projects. The program also helps the environment by reforestation and planting a diverse range of crops. Humans can unite to end world hunger by defining food security. Food security can be established by having more accessible and affordable produce production and distribution. 

https://www.wfpusa.org/articles/how-to- … solutions/

I agree hunger is a big issue worldwide. There are many people in the world who starve for days with no help and care even when there are many people who can help. In the U.S wee should help more to people in need around the world.

I completely agree that hunger is a multifaceted issue driven by various factors like climate change, conflict, and poverty. The U.N. World Food Programme plays a crucial role in addressing these challenges by not only providing immediate relief but also implementing long-term solutions through rehabilitation and sustainable practices. Their efforts in reforestation and promoting diverse crop production are vital for building resilient communities. By focusing on food security, we can ensure that everyone has access to nutritious food, which is essential for overall well-being. It’s inspiring to think about how we can unite as a global community to tackle hunger. Supporting initiatives that enhance food accessibility and affordability is key. Whether it’s advocating for local food systems or participating in community programs, every action counts.

The problem of food scarcity for many people has persisted for at least 50 years, if not longer. There are areas on Earth where people literally die of hunger and receive aid only from humanitarian organizations, which, of course, cannot solve this huge problem on their own. Additionally, in recent years, even in the wealthiest countries, there has been an increase in poverty, which, of course, leads to difficulties in accessing food.

To solve this problem, both internal and external, there should be a massive economic commitment from the wealthier countries. While they work to address the internal issue of poverty and food shortages, they seem to completely ignore those countries where people are dying of hunger. Only the wealthy part of the world could currently make a difference by providing real economic aids and educational support to help these countries make the most of their limited resources.

In some of these countries, it is also unfortunate to note that the political situation plays a role, with extremist governments refusing foreign aids.

I totally agree with these statements and believe that these government officials should be doing something about the amount of food waste, and amount of hunger that is contributing to the overall human carbon footprint. According to a recent study done by CarbonBrief.org, it says that about ⅓ of the world’s carbon emissions come from food production through to consumption. Also, about half of one-third comes directly from food waste. It is absolutely crazy to me that so many people in the world are starving, while others throw away so much food. Also the ISCFC website under the food waste and hunger category, it says that about 1 in 7 people in the entire world are affected by malnutrition and do not have enough food or access to food. Many large countries such as the United States contribute a lot to food waste as it says, on average, the US wastes 60 million tons of food each year. That is simply not okay. In contrast, many countries in Africa are affected by starvation and malnutrition. People need to stop ignoring these facts and help out so that we can make a difference. If we stop wasting food altogether, others who truly need the food can have it, which would lessen the carbon footprint of food waste.

I agree with your statement, world hunger is a real problem and it is scary knowing that people don't acknowledge the plight. Food waste contributes to major problems like world hunger and carbon footprints contributing to Global warming. The ideal carbon footprint is 6000-16000 pounds of greenhouse gases per person per year, due to global warming this isn't a realistic number for us but with food waste the production of gases is the same as 32.6 million cars worth of harmful greenhouse gases. I feel like people should be more aware of this problem because one of the many steps that will lead us to try to end world hunger/food waste is to freeze our leftover food if we don't eat it completely. Once we learn how to save our leftovers and not discard them right away, we will not only be able to stop food waste but also take advantage of the precious resources that sometimes we take for granted and help stop emitting greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Bringing awareness to this topic is major because a large population with fewer resources are not able to get food which can lead them to hunger.

I agree that food scarcity is a growing issue that we need to combat. According to worldvision.org 45 million children are dangerously malnourished. This issue is especially prevalent in Asia and Africa. Wealthier countries should be focused on helping these less fortunate countries in providing food to people because together we can solve this issue. According to usda.org production, transportation, and handling of food contributes a significant amount to Carbon emissions. Living in a more fortunate country, we often waste food or take it for granted.

I agree that food scarcity is expanding in places of the world and it is effecting a lot of people leaving them in jeopardy. For example in Sudan 20.3 million people are starving and it has doubled since last year. Along with that, since 2019, the number of people facing acute food insecurity has tripled from 5.8 million to almost 18 million. But some of the saddest reasons is how the International aid is arriving in Sudan but it's being blocked by the military from reaching areas where starvation is severe.

-Christian Sanchez BOD27

I completely agree! World hunger is such a layered topic, especially since it seems there is not much we can do to stop it. I think people have this idea that big issues cannot be affected by one singular person, and while I totally agree with this, I also think that if everybody chooses to ignore this and instead work towards creating a better, more sustainable world, then we can reverse the effects of climate change. World hunger is a big issue because it is one that negatively impacts both people and the planet. According to the World Health Organization (or WHO), in 2021 alone, 828 million people faced world hunger. That's almost 10% of the world's population. To deal with this issue, many people think that we should produce more food because not enough food is being produced to feed everyone. This, however, is false. The World Counts stated that roughly 30% of the food that is produced is wasted. Thats 1.3 billion tons. In other words, if we redirected the food that was previously going to be wasted to hungry individuals, we would be able to feed everyone who is hungry around the world and still have some left over. In order to get to the root of this issue, we must change the way so many of us live. This means committing to purchasing only what you are sure will be consumed. Lowering the demand for food results in lower prices, which would allow for more accessible food globally. Additionally, grocery stores should be accessible to everyone, not just individuals who live in a certain area. By allowing access to healthy, budget-friendly, environmentally safe foods, people who previously relied on fast food industries will cut down on their carbon emissions both because they wouldn't have to drive as far to access clean food, but also because they would be purchasing organic foods rather than fast food, which is worse for the environment. This is extremely important because according to Our World in Data, around 25-30% of the world's carbon emissions come from the food industry. Has this number come up before? Yes, the % of food that is wasted. As food decays, it releases previously stored carbon, so by reducing the amount of food waste, we will actually reduce the carbon footprint of the food industry. In summation, it is imperative that we work towards directing unpurchased or (what would have been) wasted food to places in a state of insecurity to not only better the lives of those individuals, but also minimize the impact of the food industry's carbon footprint on global warming.

In a world up to 783 million people, 1 in 10 of the world’s population, faces food hunger.
1. Food insecurity is increasing at an alarming rate: In 2022, nearly 258 million people across 58 countries experienced and faced starvation or worse.
2. Major drivers of hunger: COVID-19, weather conditions, and conflicts around the world. Conflicts/Wars was the main cause. For example, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Syria.
3. The WAR IN UKRAINE: As Ukraine is a major exporter of cereal grains and sunflower oil, it disrupted global food supplies. Rising food prices, energy price, and growing financial crisis all increased hunger risks.

YOU CAN HELP END WORLD HUNGER BY DONATING!!

I agree with this. Sadly, so many people around the world don't have enough food. There are lots of reasons for this, like fights, bad weather, and now, the problems caused by the war in Ukraine. We all need to pitch in to help. Giving money or other help can make a big difference. If we all work together to fix the main problems and help right away, we can make sure everyone has enough to eat and make the world safer for food for everyone. In my old school, we would have canned food drives. We would make it a competition so everyone can participate.

I agree that the current problems in this war like war contribute to world hunger. People in these countries are suffering from no housing and destruction of farms and livestock. People like me can help by donating food to the people in need. Students can participate in food drives at there school or participating in gardening and donating that food to the people who need it.

I agree with this. World hunger is a complex issue, it is worsened by the world conflict like the war in Ukraine, the Genocides across the world. Displaced people, farms being destroyed and supply chains being disrupted leaving people struggling to find food. People all around the world can participate by donating to food drives and providing food and money could help this sad issue.

There’s so many people dying from hunger, we should appreciate our food more. Around 9 million people a year die from hunger. You should at least finish or food or give it to the people in need so that you don’t waste the good that others really need.

I agree with you, we all need to be more aware of what is happening and we need to eat and buy food with more responsibility to avoid wasting food given that in many countries there are many people dying of hunger.

I agree, people across the world need to be more mindful of what they eat. People throw away over 92 billion pounds of poof per year. This concerning amount of waste can be cut down by making sure to only eat as much as you need, making sure not to buy more food that you can eat.

I agree with all the comments here. Food is definitely something we shouldn't take for granted and we are so caught up with our modern-day lives that we fail to recognize the sanctity of food and its importance to humans. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO of the United Nations, people waste one-third of all food produced. If we didn't waste that much food, world hunger would cease to be an issue and national food security would be ubiquitous.

I agree. I think that it is really easy to take such a basic necessity for granted and that it is important to recognize the amount of resources we are exerting to create food that is going to waste. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, in the United States alone, 42 coal-fired power plants, enough water and energy to supply more than 50 million homes, and an area of agricultural land equal to California and New York go into the production of a year of food waste. The amount of resources we are putting into cultivating food that does not even get eaten is unacceptable, and I think it is so disappointing considering how big of a problem world hunger is. America solely discards over $473 billion worth of food annually, equating to 38% of all the food in the country. World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley says that it would take an estimated $40 billion each year to end world hunger by 2030, showing that it would cost less to solve world hunger than to stop food waste. With this information and having seen the data from my own carbon footprint, I think that it's important to take accountability for your own contribution to the problem and be mindful when dealing with food.

Links for statistics used:
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I agree with this, but there are still other factors that relate to food that shouldn't totally be excused. I believe giving your unfinished food to others, for an example, your family members, is a great way in making sure that your food isn't wasted. However, I also believe that not finishing your food shouldn't be looked down upon (at least completely). Let's say you and your family are at dinner, and everyone has finished their food but you. You are full, and so is your family. Your family doesn't want to eat your leftovers. The solution to this would be saving your food for later, but if someone is teasing you for not having the ability to finish your food, I would consider that to be a little bit unfair. What if you had an eating disorder? Everyone has a different relationship with food. People with specific eating disorders may not be able to finish their foods. For example, people with ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder), experience not feeling hungry, forgetting to eat because food is not a priority for them. Now put a person with this eating disorder into the situation--would you blame them for not finishing their food? They might feel guilty for not being able to eat what's left, and I think that shouldn't be looked down on. It may not excuse them from the fact there is 9 million people a year dying from hunger, but it does put in perspective how one might feel with an ED. Food shouldn't be wasted, but let's not blame others for not having the ability to eat a lot.

I agree that we shouldn't throw food away because of how many people have to go through hunger. Even food places have to throw all the extra food aways. When they can just give it to hunger. As of 2023 44 million people go through hunger each year. It should be when people have some waste they should give it to the hungry and the homeless. There are multiple reasons why people should look more into hunger. For example, there were 13 million children in the United States that went through hunger in 2022. And in 2023 there were 17.6 million children that are going through hunger. I think that people should try to find a solution for hunger because it's a serious problem.
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i agree with you and we must collaborate to combat hunger by redistributing surplus food, prioritizing children’s nutrition, advocating for policy changes, and embracing innovative solutions. Let’s think big and ensure that no one goes to bed hungry.

I agree that we need concrete solutions to tackle hunger. We must work together to reduce food waste, create better distribution networks, and ensure that anyone in need has access to food. Hunger is a serious problem, and every step we can take to fight it is crucial.

There are approximately 13 million children facing hunger. According to the USDA one in five children are not sure if they’ll get their next meal. There are many reasons children may not have food on their plate such as low family income, lack of housing, and discrimination. Child hunger can result in a poor academic performance, an increase in health issues, and can greatly affect cognitive function. As well as there are results of this there are also ways to prevent these results. We can prevent this by hosting child food programs, SNAP applications assistance, and advocating for food programs in general. Getting enough food is an important first step to ensuring kids can achieve their goals. If we continue to ignore these problems we are hurting our future.
There are many factors that put the attack on the world hunger crisis. The main locations that suffer the most from this conflict are mainly the areas that have the most 
wars. One of the biggest examples of this problem would be the war that is very recent, the Ukraine war that has caused them to lose money, property, and of course, food. Another reason would be climate shock. The problem with climate shock is that it destroys the soil and ruins the crops. Climate shock isa weather pattern that is unpredictable and can ruin land as time passes. If climate shock doesn't have a solution, the world will continue to be at stake. The prices on global fertilizer have gone up tremendously, and that just puts more pressure on the citizens who are forced to pay more the inflated price. The effects of the current war with Ukraine has made the gas prices go up and also affected the golden fertilizer export routes, which is important to those countries. Golden fertilizer route is a fertilizer that guarantees the growth of crops all around the world, and is transported from country to country. With the increased operational cost, the WFP (world food program) was facing a huge drop in funding in 2023 compared to 2022. This leads the people into great hunger and are forced to fend harder for food. This issue also caused the nutrition assistance to increase up to 50%.
Luckily, many people are now starting to realize and become more aware of the heavy population of starving people and are starting to protest, speak up on social media, etc.
When people start to not waste, be helpful to the unfortunate, and help the third world countries that are in need of food.

The hunger crisis around the world is made worse by things like wars and weather. When there's fighting in a place like Ukraine, it makes it hard for people to get food and other things they need. Climate changes can also ruin crops, making it even harder for people to find food. The cost of products are going all up, wich makes it difficult for people to buy some food.
But there's hope. More people are realizing how serious the hunger problem is and are speaking up about it. By being less wasteful, helping those who are struggling, and supporting countries in need, we can make a big difference in fighting hunger.

Food hunger is a significant issue affecting communities all over the world. There are a lot of people who don't have access to food every day. It's a problem that needs our attention and action. We can make a difference by supporting organizations that gives food to those who are in need and by working together to create solutions that can fix the main causes of hunger, such as poverty and unequal access to resources. Together we can guarantee that everyone has enough food to lead a healthy and satisfying life.

I completely agree with you, unfortunately it is full of people without principles and highly indifferent to these issues. I find it disrespectful to waste food instead of making sure it reaches those who dream of a plate of food. There's a lot of people who have the economic possibilities to act but who prefer to keep everything for themselves, I think that as long as there are selfish and indifferent people, world hunger will remain a problem to defeat.

Have you ever wondered how many people are left hungry across America and the world? Studies show that “Approximately 45 million young children across the globe suffer from severe malnutrition each year; that's nearly one out of every three children under 5 years of age.” The World Food Program estimates that 345 million people will be food insecure in 2025 more than twice as many as in 2020. So how can we solve this problem? Well to start we can start to do organic farming rather than relying on fast food and major corporations for the majority of our food. We can also make food more accessible to others by creating food drives with food that we may not eat all of. Do you ever wonder just how much food you throw away? Well in the United states we throw away nearly 120 BILLION pounds of food per YEAR in the US alone! Imagine if we could just start small donation centers where we could donate the food that we didn't finish or didn't use. Some may even say, “Well who is going to pay for these centers for food?” Well the answer to that is pretty simple, 10.5 percent of homes in america are vacant, that accounts to 15.1 million homes around america alone that we could use to house items for the hungry and needy! Together we can make a change but it will take every one of us.

I completely agree with the issues you addressed. The statistics provided are alarming and highlight the urgent need for action to address food insecurity globally.

In Italy as well, food waste is a significant problem. According to data from the Ministry of the Environment, every year Italians waste around 5.6 million tonnes of food, which is equivalent to 76 kilograms per person. This  highlights the need to reduce waste and ensure better distribution of food resources.

One practical solution people can adopt is meal planning. By preparing a weekly meal plan and shopping list, people can buy only what they need. This will result in a reduction of the amount of food that will probably be wasted. This not only helps to minimize waste, but also promotes more conscious consumption habits.

Hunger is still a big worldwide problem today. In 2022 nearly 258 million people across 58 countries faced extreme hunger and severity. It’s clear that this is and will continue to be a major problem across the world. Although it is a big problem, there are ways to help the problem be less severe. One way to help the problem is to increase accessibility of food. If the United Nations worked together, they could make food more accessible for poverty stricken countries that don’t have easy access to food. Another way to help decrease hunger in the world is for countries to put an emphasis on decreasing food waste. If people didn’t waste so much food, there would be less hunger in the world. This may seem obvious but, many people waste a lot of food alone, not to mention the whole world. According to Recycle Track Systems, In the U.S. alone nearly 120 billion pounds of food are wasted every year. This is just the United States. If the whole world is taken into account there is no doubt it would be much more. Although countries are making efforts to help solve hunger, it’s safe to say it isn’t helping much. For example, the USDA has programs that support child nutrition and provide technical assistance to farmers. A lot of countries are doing small things to help with the problem of world hunger, but it is still not enough. There are millions of people all over the world facing hunger. If we all do our part it will help decrease the problem but it won’t eliminate it. Hunger is just one major economic problem. There are many other things that affect our planet.

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Youth and adolescents are reaching adulthood against a backdrop of unequal and unsustainable food systems. These systems are failing to deliver food and nutrition security and are highly vulnerable to climate change and environmental degradation. Despite this, the number of young people participating in the decisions that will affect their futures is limited. The pursuit of food sovereignty, the right to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods is an opportunity for the younger generations to transform failing food systems into systems that are more sustainable, and able to meet the needs of the world. It’s critical to invest in young people’s capacities to become leaders in food systems transformation. This means investing in their education and skills development, as well as their health and nutrition. Current food systems policies and investments are failing to address the intergenerational cycle of hunger in many parts of the world. Solutions must embrace a long-term perspective beyond 2030 and reflect young people’s livelihoods, options, and choices.The right to food must be central to food systems policies, programs, and governance processes, and people must be able to realize their right to food in ways that are socially, culturally, and ecologically appropriate for their own local context. 30% of children under the age of 5 are suffering acute malnutrition. The world produces enough food to feed all of its 8 billion people, yet 828 million people go hungry every day. Of those 828 million, the World Food Program estimates that over 40% are facing acute levels of hunger. The amount of people is insane. The races that are hurt by this the most are Black (22.4 percent) and Latinx (20.8 percent) households are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity, with food insecurity rates more than double the rate of White non-Latinx households (9.3 percent). Children 1 in 8 lived in poverty in 2022.Wasting food is a huge problem in the United states. Millions of people waste food each day. It is hard to realize when you actually do have food to eat everyday that some people don't. According to the 2023 State of Food Security and Nutrition World report, between 691 and 783 million people faced hunger in 2022. Hunger has been increasing by millions each year. Want to know something absolutely crazy? World hunger may never end. Given the current pace of progress, reaching Zero Hunger by 2030 is a likely impossibility. In fact, 58 countries won’t even reach Low hunger levels by then

To say that food affects the carbon footprint we leave on the planet is an understatement. The majority of greenhouse gas emissions produced by farming are mainly caused by methane from the cattle that is used for various meat and dairy products. Even some things you’d never expect, like fertilizer, cause emissions of nitrous oxide into the atmosphere. Deforestation is also a thing used on farmlands to expand the farm further. There are also things indirectly related to the farm environment that cause greenhouse gas emissions (GGE). The first of those being maintenance of the farm. This includes things like the burning of crop waste and the management of manure. Another indirect source of emissions is the usage of fuel powered vehicles and tools, which release massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Food storage and waste coincide with each other in this instance; having poor food storage leads to more waste, which means there is a surplus of GGE, and the cycle continues.
So how do we reduce our GGE via food? The solution is honestly easier than most people are willing to admit: being mindful of our food consumption and making sure we don’t waste as much food as we do right now. By only taking what we need, I.e, planning and portioning foods, there’s less chance of excess wastes being produced. Switching out your red meats for more fruits and vegetables can not only give you vital nutrients, they make you feel more full because of the sheer amount of dietary fiber. By reducing our food wastes to only the inedible parts, you can also start a home compost pile, allowing the food waste to break down naturally to become a fertilizer for your yard/garden.
Doing this will, hopefully, prevent rising GGE by creating a more sustainable way to produce and consume food products. Being mindful about what factors in the food production produces the most GGE and the alternatives to red meat and dairy products. Another thing, by reducing the amount of red meat consumed, we can also hope to gain back the forest-land that’s being cleared out to make room for more pastures. Not only combatting the amount of GGE from the cattle, but also allowing the natural ecosystem to help replenish the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere.
If all of humanity is willing to put in the effort, I have no doubt in my brain that this is a logical step towards the future. We just need to be willing to do better. Not just for us, but for our future.
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To say that food affects the carbon footprint we leave on the planet is an understatement. The majority of greenhouse gas emissions produced by farming are mainly caused by methane from the cattle that is used for various meat and dairy products. Even some things you’d never expect, like fertilizer, cause emissions of nitrous oxide into the atmosphere. Deforestation is also a thing used on farmlands to expand the farm further. There are also things indirectly related to the farm environment that cause greenhouse gas emissions (GGE). The first of those being maintenance of the farm. This includes things like the burning of crop waste and the management of manure. Another indirect source of emissions is the usage of fuel powered vehicles and tools, which release massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Food storage and waste coincide with each other in this instance; having poor food storage leads to more waste, which means there is a surplus of GGE, and the cycle continues.
So how do we reduce our GGE via food? The solution is honestly easier than most people are willing to admit: being mindful of our food consumption and making sure we don’t waste as much food as we do right now. By only taking what we need, I.e, planning and portioning foods, there’s less chance of excess wastes being produced. Switching out your red meats for more fruits and vegetables can not only give you vital nutrients, they make you feel more full because of the sheer amount of dietary fiber. By reducing our food wastes to only the inedible parts, you can also start a home compost pile, allowing the food waste to break down naturally to become a fertilizer for your yard/garden.
Doing this will, hopefully, prevent rising GGE by creating a more sustainable way to produce and consume food products. Being mindful about what factors in the food production produces the most GGE and the alternatives to red meat and dairy products. Another thing, by reducing the amount of red meat consumed, we can also hope to gain back the forest-land that’s being cleared out to make room for more pastures. Not only combatting the amount of GGE from the cattle, but also allowing the natural ecosystem to help replenish the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere.
If all of humanity is willing to put in the effort, I have no doubt in my brain that this is a logical step towards the future. We just need to be willing to do better. Not just for us, but for our future.

According to Feeding America, 44 million people in the United States are food insecure. This is a constant problem that continues to grow especially with the waste of good and usable food. Food insecurity is a problem that occurs in every community, it's not exclusive to only certain communities. According to Feeding America, people in rural communities and the South are often more likely to lack access to enough food. This is because of many factors including poverty, unemployment and the cost of living. Poverty is also a big issue in America. According to Hunger and Poverty in America, the official poverty rate, 37.9 million people (11.5 percent) lived in poverty in 2022. Every 1 in 8 children are living in poverty. Inequality is also a big root cause to food insecurity. Poverty is also much higher for people of color because of racism and discrimination. According to, Food Waste in America, In American alone, 92 billion pounds of food is wasted annually. This equals to 145 billion meals of food. In a lot of  cases, families turn to food assistance in order to be able to feed their families. In 2022, 49 million people turned to food assistance for extra help. Food waste is also a huge contributor to climate change. Food waste is responsible for 8% of all global emissions. This wasted food is also what makes up most of the food in our landfills. If we prevent food waste, we can lessen our environmental impact and ensure that our resources are used to help nourish the community. A few ways to help people in your community includes donating foods to food drives or food services if able to. We as a community can help to make food insecurity better for everyone. Whether we give our neighbors food we won’t use or find a way to help others before throwing it away.

The topic of Food and Hunger refers to the cost and waste of food as well as the starvation of people due to this.
Why is this a problem? Because every year Nine Million people die from starvation alone. That's around 1,000 people an hour dying from hunger in the entire world. And there are around 800 million people that suffer from starvation and poverty in general. hunger/ starvation alone can cause less productive individuals, who are more prone to disease and not able to earn a higher income and improve their livelihoods.
What can we do to fix this? It will cost $267 billion per year on average to end world hunger by 2030. There will need to be investments in rural and urban areas so that people in poverty have access to food and can improve their livelihoods. You personally can help by changing certain things in your life. Such as only shopping at businesses that support charity for the homeless of the more unfortunate and donating to charities that you have done research on and know are good. Because some actually profit towards unhelpful organizations.

One of the reasons our carbon footprint is so big is due to food waste. Usda.gov says “EPA estimated that each year, U.S. food loss and waste embodies 170 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (million MTCO2e) GHG emissions (excluding landfill emissions) – equal to the annual CO2 emissions of 42 coal-fired power plants.” That's a lot and we need to work to make it smaller. Ways that we can make it smaller include, planning ahead and only buying the things that you need to make a meal, even if you make too much you should use the leftovers for other things. For example, if you make too much of a certain food like tacos, you can always reuse and turn it into a different meal like enchiladas. Another major waste of food is restaurants.  “A restaurant can produce up to 25000-75000 pounds of food waste a year.” (fourth.com) Examples of what to do with wasted food in restaurants, they could take the food and either make different food out of it, donate it to the homeless or make it into a compost and sell it to a store to make a profit. Another way that we can make the carbon footprint smaller is by growing our own plants or buying local. “Local shopping means fewer transportation kilometers, which translates to lower greenhouse gas emissions from transport.” (lgcet.com) If we burn less gas, that means our carbon footprint will be smaller. Scientists also mentioned “If you want to reduce your environmental impact, you should consider growing plants from seed. This is a great way to reduce the amount of plastic that’s used in gardening.''(vizcaya.org) This talks about how important growing your own food is, and the bad things that can happen if you always buy from a non-local store. In conclusion, we should find ways to make our carbon footprint smaller by reusing our leftovers, growing our own plants or buying locally. Because growing your own plants will make you drive less, which will lead to decreasing your carbon footprint, it could help you get out of the house, and start spending more time on your plants then being on your phone. Then with your own grown plants or if you “walked” to your local market. You could make a meal with the stuff you produced. If you happen to have any leftovers you could make a different meal with the ingredients you have left over, or do some research on the leftover plant and see what they have an importance of helping the soil nutrients or how it can help the earth. So you're not only getting out of the house, and not being lazy, but you're helping the earth by recycling the plants in different ways. Leftover meals could help people in need, or even help animals. That's only the basics of decreasing your carbon footprint, because there are alot of different ways that you can help the carbon footprint.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations describes hunger as an uncomfortable or painful physical sensation caused by insufficient consumption of dietary energy.
Using the footprint calculator was pretty eye-opening for us. We realized that what we eat can actually have a big impact on the environment.
Certain foods, especially meat and dairy, have a way bigger carbon footprint than plant-based stuff.
I think if we all ate a little more sustainably and wasted less food, it could really make a difference. It would help the environment and maybe even make it easier to feed everyone, especially considering there are so many people who don't have enough to eat.
Food and hunger is a worldwide problem. 44 million people in the U.S are deprived of access to food. Food and hunger is a complex issue. When people face hunger, they often struggle to meet other basic needs as well — such as housing, employment, and healthcare. According to the 2023 State of Food Security and Nutrition World report, between 691 and 783 million people faced hunger in 2022. Hunger has been increasing by millions each year.
Long-term Consequences of Hunger on Public Health can have really bad effects. Poor nutrition caused by hunger can lead to various serious health issues, such as weight loss, fatigue, anemia, weakened immune systems, and even cognitive delays, such as difficulty learning or concentrating.
There are a few important things we can do to decrease worldwide hunger. For example:
Reduce food waste and food loss.
Partner up with local food markets
Investing in smallholder farmers.
Promoting a planetary health diet.
Empowering women and reducing gender inequality.
Investing in climate-smart agriculture.
Advocate for local and national programs.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations describes hunger as an uncomfortable or painful physical sensation caused by insufficient consumption of dietary energy.
Using the footprint calculator was pretty eye-opening for us. We realized that what we eat can actually have a big impact on the environment.
Certain foods, especially meat and dairy, have a way bigger carbon footprint than plant-based stuff.
I think if we all ate a little more sustainably and wasted less food, it could really make a difference. It would help the environment and maybe even make it easier to feed everyone, especially considering there are so many people who don't have enough to eat.
Food and hunger is a worldwide problem. 44 million people in the U.S are deprived of access to food. Food and hunger is a complex issue. When people face hunger, they often struggle to meet other basic needs as well — such as housing, employment, and healthcare. According to the 2023 State of Food Security and Nutrition World report, between 691 and 783 million people faced hunger in 2022. Hunger has been increasing by millions each year.
Long-term Consequences of Hunger on Public Health can have really bad effects. Poor nutrition caused by hunger can lead to various serious health issues, such as weight loss, fatigue, anemia, weakened immune systems, and even cognitive delays, such as difficulty learning or concentrating.
There are a few important things we can do to decrease worldwide hunger. For example:
Reduce food waste and food loss.
Partner up with local food markets
Investing in smallholder farmers.
Promoting a planetary health diet.
Empowering women and reducing gender inequality.
Investing in climate-smart agriculture.
Advocate for local and national programs.

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Food and hunger affect the world everyday. We are the only people on the planet so we need to solve our own problems. World hunger affects the unfortunate people that have no choice but to live in poverty and the people who were born with no food. We as the people who were born not in poverty should do our best to help the people with no food. Buying and cooking large amounts of food for soup kitchens and food banks help people a lot and feed millions of mouths everyday. Large non profit organizations like unicef feed people that have no food in third world countries. Giving food to your local church for food drives saves people and the impact these food pantries have on the world would affect world hunger. Rationing food for donations is also a good way to get the food count up. People have gone on food strikes to protest world hunger and people organize movements for the starving children. If you go to Ufpusa.com you can read about the United states of america's world food program and the activists that help with world hunger everyday. Ufpusa has a number 1 goal and that is to have absolutely no poverty. Today UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and has helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world. Nutrition is a key component  whether through an emergency feeding program during a disaster or famine. UNICEF is an established community clinic offering nutrition education and support to young mothers. UNICEF is the world’s largest supplier of ready-to-use therapeutic food for malnourished children.They also helped increase the world’s supply of therapeutic food by more than 9,000 percent between 2008 and 2012. By the end of World War II, many regions of the world were in poverty and there was an urgent need for food, medicine and clothing. UNICEF began its operations in Europe and, at the peak of its activities there, provided 6 million children with daily meals and milk, earning UNICEF the nickname “milkman to the world.”In the last two decades, UNICEF has helped reduce the number of preventable under-five child deaths by more than 40 percent. UNICEF has provided many services to a lot of people around the world. They have been one of the biggest providers to many people starving and in poverty around the world.-John.B.C and Yandel

Food and hunger affect the world everyday. We are the only people on the planet so we need to solve our own problems. World hunger affects the unfortunate people that have no choice but to live in poverty and the people who were born with no food. We as the people who were born not in poverty  should do our best to help the people with no food. Buying and cooking large amounts of food for soup kitchens and food banks help people a lot and feed millions of mouths everyday. Large non profit organizations like unicef feed people that have no food in third world countries. Giving food to your local church for food drives saves people and the impact these food pantries have on the world would affect world hunger. Rationing food for donations is also a good way to get the food count up. People have gone on food strikes to protest world hunger and people organize movements for the starving children. If you go to Ufpusa.com you can read about the United states of america's world food program and the activists that help with world hunger everyday. Ufpusa has a number 1 goal and that is to have absolutely no poverty. Today UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and has helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world. Nutrition is a key component  whether through an emergency feeding program during a disaster or famine. UNICEF is an established community clinic offering nutrition education and support to young mothers. UNICEF is the world’s largest supplier of ready-to-use therapeutic food for malnourished children.They also  helped increase the world’s supply of therapeutic food by more than 9,000 percent between 2008 and 2012.
By the end of World War II, many regions of the world were in poverty and there was an urgent need for food, medicine and clothing. UNICEF began its operations in Europe and, at the peak of its activities there, provided 6 million children with daily meals and milk, earning UNICEF the nickname “milkman to the world.”In the last two decades, UNICEF has helped reduce the number of preventable under-five child deaths by more than 40 percent. UNICEF has provided many services to a lot of people around the world. They have been one of the biggest providers to many people starving and in poverty around the world

Every year, about a third of all the world's food is wasted. What is food? Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth. Food waste is also a common problem in restaurants, fast food chains, bakeries, and cafes. If they have extra food they throw it away because they have no use for it. If they have extra food they should give it away to those who need it. What is Hunger? The strong desire to eat. How many people suffer from hunger? As many as 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021. 16.6% of the world’s population is undernourished. 1 billion people are living in extreme poverty. Hunger is the cause of 45% of all chidren’s deaths. More than 99 million children under age five are still undernourished and underweight. To reduce food waste, aim to cook and serve the right portions for the number of people you are feeding. Freeze, dehydrate, pickle, or make jelly/jam, to reduce food waste. To reduce hunger in the world. We could start by not wasting so much extra food. Instead give it away.  Why is hunger a problem in the world? Persistent instability due to adverse climate events, conflict and economic slowdowns.  www.epa.gov

The number of people suffering from chronic hunger worldwide has climbed to 783 million as of 2022. Over 40 million people are facing emergency levels of hunger across 51 countries. The situation has gotten so serious in the last couple of years that many countries are now at the risk of famine. Research says someone is starved to death once every ten seconds. There is enough food to feed everyone on the planet but it's inaccessible to people in poorer countries. It doesn't help that on average a person will waste about a pound of food per day. The leading cause of malnourishment is poverty. Communities are too poor to provide a sufficient amount of food. Weather can also disrupt agricultural food production for long periods of time. Children are most vulnerable. 3.1 million children die each year from starvation and almost 100 million children under 5 experienced stunted growth. Without enough food, people who experience food insecurity may have difficulty concentrating, have low energy, or miss school and work due to illness. The easiest thing to do to help is try not to waste so much food. 40% of food is wasted because people buy more food than they can consume. You can prevent overbuying by creating a meal plan and by taking an inventory so you know what you have before shopping. Another way is to save leftovers. You can creatively insert them into your next meal. If you want to do more than just the bare minimum you could volunteer with friends, family, coworkers, or social groups for your local food pantry or soup kitchen. Lots of agricultural disruption is because of natural disasters. If there is a natural disaster near your area, you could help fix the damages and speed up the process it takes to get food production up and running again. You could also donate to one of the many organizations fighting hunger. It will take a lot of help but it is do-able.

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Wasting food is a huge problem in the United states. Millions of people waste food each day. It is hard to realize when you actually do have food to eat everyday that some people don't. You go numb to the rest of the world because you have a good dinner to eat every day. According to the world health organization as many as 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021. Coincidentally one-third of all food produced globally by weight is lost or wasted. With that converted into calories that equates to 24% of the world's food supply going uneaten. The food that people are wasting should be donated to anywhere where people need food. For example when something is only a couple days expired you should at least donate it. Some people are hungry enough to eat that food that you are wasting. Wasting food also affects climate change dramatically. An article written by worldwildlife.org states that when you waste food, you also waste all the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, package, and transport it. And if the food goes to the landfill and rots it produces methane- a greenhouse gas even more potent than carbon dioxide. About 6-8 percent of all human caused greenhouse emissions could be reduced if we stop wasting food. It is going to be a long process to fix food waste, hunger, and global warming. Some food for thought to stop this could be: planning ahead and buying only what you need at the grocery store, using your freezer to preserve your food, blend, bake or boil your fruit that could look over ripe. People are dying everyday from hunger. You can help out by following these steps and letting people around you know them as well. Help your friends or family recycle more, and if you see someone wasting food call them out. If this trend continues, food loss and waste will double by 2050. There are plenty of organizations and apps like: Too Good To Go, Olio, Full Harvest and many more that want to help with food waste and loss. You can help you just have to act on it.

Fight climate change by preventing food waste | Stories | WWF.
The Global Benefits of Reducing Food Loss and Waste, and How to Do It
UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021.
Top 10 food companies that prevent food waste - FoodChain Magazine

Food waste is a very critical and serious topic and needs to be further discussed. Poverty is perhaps the most significant factor contributing to hunger. People living in poverty often lack access to nutritious food due to financial dwindling. Majority of the hunger in the world is caused by poverty. Millions live with hunger and malnourishment because they simply cannot afford to buy enough food, cannot afford nutritious foods or cannot afford the farming supplies they need to grow enough good food of their own. About 783 million people go without food in our world today, yet about one pound per person is being wasted on a daily basis. As a whole we should do a better job at reducing the amount of food waste. For example having what you had the previous day as dinner for the next day. Or taking smaller portions of food so you’re not forced to throw away the food you do not want. Taking this into consideration will make people feel lucky that they have food instead of lacking it like others in most countries. To address this issue of hunger, and lack of food in our world, we need to do a better job at not being wasteful and taking into consideration that we as a whole are lucky to have food. People today tend to be ungrateful for what they have and want more. Most don’t look at the bigger picture. Being that they are extremely lucky to have what they have. Almost 1 in every 15 children in developing countries dies before the age of 5, most of them from hunger-related causes. While hunger exists worldwide, 526 million hungry people live in Asia. Over a quarter of the world's undernourished people live in Sub-Saharan Africa.In the world, a child dies from hunger once every 10 seconds. Leading to bigger and worse problems. Poor nutrition and hunger is responsible for the death of 3.1 million children each year. 

https://thp.org/what-we-do/issues/pover … %20poverty.

925 million people on earth do not have enough to eat according to the FAO. Yet we throw away food every day good food without consideration for those who don't. We as a group need to do better and start thinking of others, not as fortunate. If you know you eating too much or you have taken too much food, consider saving it for the next day. We need to reduce food waste as much as possible, if saving some food for the next day helps then we should all do the same.

I know at least in my community we always try to compost our food which is a good alternative because when it decomposes than you can use it for things like gardening to grow more food. And there are a ton of organizations dedicated to helping people compost their food.

Food insecurity is a real thing. One in four kids in Maine don't have enough food to get through the day. Isn’t that crazy? Now that just talking about Maine. We are pretty fortunate in Maine to have food shelters and pantry’s to help those in need. However there are country’s less fortunate than where we are. My hope is one day we can find a sustainable way to transport food and water to other places that need it. It so ridicules that we produce so much foos in the US itself and there are till millions of people staving. How is that justified? It’s not there should be no reasonable answer for that. Don’t waste your food be grateful you even have the opportunity to have it. Be a kind human, help the ones in need. Be the change. Humans take things for granted we need to come back to reality and relies not everyone can take food for granted.

I agree. I think we should make a greater effort to get rid of food wast and save our left overs for later rather than. Allowing them to go bad or throwing them away.

All true. We can all compost and even give extra food to someone or somewhere to eliminate food waste. We can even give all the good waste to our dogs.

This is very true, many people in Maine may not realize the issue that is poverty and food insecurity because of how small some of the communities here are. In Maine it may not be a large issue but in other states like California, New York and Florida it is defiantly a more pressing matter. Advocating for money to put towards homeless shelters and food pantries would be a great way to start helping people that are in bad situations.

Every year, about a third of all the world's food is wasted. That's about 1.3 billion tons. Meanwhile, there are about 1.1 billion people living in poverty. The numbers for both of these are rising. This is obviously a big problem we're facing. Most people take the food they have for granted and throw away food if it doesn't look appealing without a second thought. However, there are many people out there who can't afford to have even 1 good meal each day. The countries who waste the most food each year are China, India, and the USA, who waste 91 million tons, 68 million tons, and 19 million tons respectively. This is partially due to their huge populations, but that does not excuse the enormous amounts of food they're wasting.

Source: worldpopulationreview.com

I think that food waste is something people nowadays easily look past, especially people who grew up comfortably. A parent might think that if their child doesn't like the meal they made, they can just make something for them after. This is actually wasting time and food because now you have to go make something else and you have to get rid of the food they didn't eat. This waste problem is also common in restaurants, fast food chains, bakeries, and cafés. If they have extra food, they'll throw it all away because they have no use for it anymore. They could easily donate this food to people in poverty or give it away to those in need instead of throwing away piles of food each day. I actually saw an example of this in my life and I was disappointed to hear the situation. One of my family members worked at a popular sports arena, and one time they came home with a huge bag of popcorn from the concession stand. They said that if they hadn't taken the bag, it would've been thrown away like the rest of the food they threw that night. I believe that's something to think about and hope to change, not something we normalize. That was just one sports arena in my city. Imagine this same case in every arena everywhere in the world. That is an absurd amount of waste from concession stands.

Agreed. Most people waste food instead of consuming it. There are so many solutions to then fix or help fix food waist. There are so many people that go without their proper food amoung other things when their are so many people that live not to far from people who are starving and dying. Those people are throwing away food that those people down the street would kill to have. The spread of where starving people in America live compared to “rich” people is disgusting.

In the U.S alone 44.2 million people live in food insecure houses. This means that 44.2 million people either don't get enough food on a daily basis, they don't get any, or they don't get nutrient rich food. Americans waste 80 million tons of food per year which is 149 billion meals, if you divide that by the amount of hungry people each person could have access to 1862 meals. If we were able to save and provide even half of that to people it could help so much. We need to make more nutritious food options available to people around the world. If you can try to donate healthy options to food pantries or local soup kitchens.

In the U.S., we waste 80 million tons of food annually; this is horrendous and needs to change. A big part of food waste comes from restaurants. The average restaurant can waste up to 75,000 pounds of food annually, and only 1.4% of this food is donated. If restaurants could find a way to decrease their food waste by having an option with smaller proportions whenever possible and donating the majority of the food that isn’t consumed, we could reduce food waste and hunger. Doing this would be very beneficial because it conserves resources like land, water, labor, and energy while also giving food to the people in need.

I agree. I believe that the restaurants should resort to a better way of getting rid of extra food by donating or giving them away instead of just throwing away perfectly good food. For example, I have seen a video show Dunkin’ Donuts employees throwing away perfectly good donuts at the end of the shift when they should donate or give them away to reduce the food waste. Food waste is bad and it’s not helping the environment.

Today we waste a lot of food, but in the word 828 milions of people suffer from hunger and in Italy we waste about 67 Kgs of food per inhabitant per year. To reduce the hunger we shoulden't throw food when is still good and we must learn to use everything we have to reduce waste.

I completely agree, the number of hungry people in the world is huge, and in some parts, food is still not consumed rationally. Less food is wasted in Croatia than in Italy, about 22 kg of edible food per inhabitant per year, but it is still a large number. For example, 57 million tons of food were thrown away in the EU in 2020!

Do you know that Africa isn't dying because of hunger? THough there are still some places that still suffer from hunger but it's only a fifth of africa

I completely agree with you. Food waste is a major problem, and it's important tha we take steps to reduce it. One way to do this is by being more mindful of the food we buy and consume. We can try to plan our meals in advance, make a grocery list, and only buy what we need. We can also store our food properly to make it last longer, and use up leftovers instead of throwing them away. Additionally, we can support local food banks and other organizations that work to distribute food to those in need. By taking these steps, we can help reduce food waste and ensure that more people have access to the food they need.

I think it's ironic that there are people dying because of over eating in rich countries and in poor countries the people are dying because they don't have enough to eat.

Food waste can have serious environmental consequences, such as greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution. Additionally, the food we waste could be used to feed people who are hungry. That's why it's important to reduce the amount of food we waste and use food in the way that's more sustainable for the planet.

I completely agree that reducing food waste is VERY important for sustainability and fighting hunger. About one-third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted, resulting in significant environmental consequences. Things like greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution happen because of this. This waste could feed almost 2 billion people, which is more than twice the number of undernourished people in the world. It's really important to take action like educating consumers and giving excess food to those that really need it.

I found some info from here: https://www.fao.org/platform-food-loss-waste/en/

Hi Luiisa, I completely agree that in this world today we waste a lot of food. Here in America we waste about 147.4 Kgs of food per individual per year. To solve this, I agree that we shouldn’t throw away good food but instead use everything in our power to lower the waste of food all around the world.

Hi Luiisa, I completely agree that in this world today we waste a lot of food. Here in America we waste about 147.4 Kgs of food per individual per year.To solve this, I agree that we shouldn’t throw away good food but instead use everything in our power to lower the waste of food all around the world.

I completely agree with this take. Food is wasted in so many ways that we don't even know. Did you know that only (approx.) 32% of the world's population composts, and most of that comes from developing countries. Food waste is such a big problem, and not using our food to all of its abilities is costing us. In America alone, over 40% of our food is wasted, which puts 119 billion pounds, $408 billion in food, and over 130 billion meals in the trash YEARLY!

Everyday at school as I pass by the trash cans, I see so much food that was carelessly tossed because students don't want to eat it. It's sad because it can very simply be reversed, every student just has to eat everything given to them. However, something like controlling hundreds (and maybe thousands, depending on your school size) of students to eat what they have to take is impossible. Be the change, only throw your garbage away, not your food.

I completely agree with you, I live in america and according to rts.com we waste 325 lbs or 147 kgs of food per american per year. I also believe composting would be a good way to reduce food waste because it would still be food not used  but it is being put back into the environment. Which could create a healthier ecosystem.

https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/#:~:text=That's%20estimated%20to%20be%20almost,pounds%20of%20waste%20per%20person.

I agree with this greatly because we're wasting tons of food. Saying this, the world wastes around 2.5 billion tons of food every year and the US alone wastes around 60 million - 120 billion pounds every year which is around 0.012 - 2.4% of the world's waste. It doesn't seem like a lot but making sure to only take what we can consume and not throwing away good food can really help with world hunger, and making sure that other parts of the world are able to contribute to their citizens as well as make sure they aren't as hungry. I think that to some extent, we are taking advantage of what we're being supplied and provided as a developed country, over those who may still be developing and may not have as much access to the same amount of resources. The amount of food the US wastes is about 40% of all of our food which is calculated to be around 325 pounds of waste per person, while there are some people out there who may not have that much in general. While I think it's important that we aren't wasting food and making sure to grab what we eat, we should also make sure that we're all decently healthy and not starving ourselves. I don't think this could be considered selfish, but more looking out for our personal health as well as others because we shouldn't have to trade lives with certain people in order to make us feel good about ourselves.
https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/#:~:text=Here's%20some%20%E2%80%9Cfood%E2%80%9D%20for%20thought,120%20billion%20pounds%20%E2%80%94%20every%20year.

I completely agree with you in today's society we waste plenty of food because of our habit of over-buying food. Although our waste cannot always be restored and sent out to countries in need  due to it can going bad, we can reduce the amount of food we waste by not over-buying it and instead the food could still be fresh if restored properly. We can support local food banks or other organizations who help distribute food to those in need. By taking these steps I think the problem of hunger around the world could be solved.!

This statement completely true, food should not be wasted carelessly while others still suffer from hunger. Could you believe that more than 44 million people suffer from starvation in the United States?  828 million people globally were affected by hunger in 2021. In the U.S. alone, 120 billion pounds of food is wasted every year; this is a big part of the 2.5 billion TONS wasted every year globally. 40 percent of the U.S.’s food supply is wasted. Food is wasted everywhere around the world and it should be taken into more consideration. Nearly one and ten people around the world go to bed hungry every night. People throw away food they don’t want to eat or finish like its nothing even if its new. The least they could do is save it or donate it to food banks. It’s really important to realize how fortunate we are to eat whenever we want because others around the world can’t afford to feed themselves let alone their family. 130 billion meals are put in the trash each year in America, to reduce this amount we should take what we need and not buy knowing we’ll never eat it because you don’t know how much that food would mean to the people who need it the most.
Sources:
https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america
https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-202 … on-in-2021
https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/#:~:text=Here's%20some%20%E2%80%9Cfood%E2%80%9D%20for%20thought,120%20billion%20pounds%20%E2%80%94%20every%20year.
https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/#:~:text=Here's%20some%20%E2%80%9Cfood%E2%80%9D%20for%20thought,120%20billion%20pounds%20%E2%80%94%20every%20year.

You're right! We waste too much food when so many people are hungry. We should avoid throwing away good food and make the most of what we have. Small changes can make a big impact.

I completely agree with you. As humans we waste a total of 2.5 billion tons of edible food. Wasting this much food causes the amount of carbon we release to go up by 170 million metric tons. If we keep up at this rate we will cause climate change to get worse  than ever before. There are also millions of people around the world who are going hungry and don't have enough food to eat. Instead of wasting this much food on game shows and cooking shows we could transport the food to parts of the world where food may not be as accessible to everyone. Doing this will lower carbon emmissions and get us closer to ending world hunger.

I think that what your saying is true! Most people don't even get food and we just waste the food and throwing it away even though it can fill up someones hunger.A good way so we don't waste as much food or dont even waste the food is by giving it to pople who need it like homeless people on the streets begging for stuff.

I think that you’re 100% correct we waste so much Time and money on food we just end up wasting.

I agree, we waste way to much of our food not thinking of what it effects or how it effects. The food we just throw away could be used for more helpful things. Like feeding other people or using it to make our planet more sustainable. Throwing away our food could cause big problems.

For nearly 750 million people globally, the basic human right to adequate food is violated on a daily basis. Each day, 25,000 people die from hunger related causes. Meanwhile, Americans produce billions of pounds of food waste every year, affecting the environment and economy in which they live. The average American throws out more than 400 lbs. (181 kg.) of food annually, which translates to 30%–40% of the total US food supply. As a result of this food waste problem, large quantities of carbon dioxide and methane gas are emitted into the atmosphere, water supplies are wasted and contaminated, and economic opportunities are lost. The World Wildlife Fund estimates food waste alone in U.S. schools to reach 530,000 tons annually.

Most people waste food on a daily basis, and it has become extremely normalized to throw out perfectly good food if one is not satisfied with so much as the aesthetic of it. Over the yeas, this has become a huge problem in America. It is time to do something about it, and it starts with you and how you approach food within your home.

Read more here:

https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/ … ur-kitchen

I totally agree. Food waste, poverty are huge problems that many places around the world are having to deal with. Everyone who has more access to food than others usually take that food for granted. Many people in counties throw out food that they just don’t want for no specific reason at all. When this food is being thrown into the trash, it could be going to people who actually really need it to survive. Americans in general need to start thinking about their wants and needs with foods. Only take what they actually could eat and then the rest is available for people who actually need it. Another way people could help with food waste is composing their food. Even though this doesn’t necessarily totally help with food and hunger it could help with one of other problems of food waste in general contributing to climate change.

beef and pork = bad:(

Both pork and beef are high in proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. The process we take to kill the animals is bad, but pork and beef themself aren't bad. We can get as many pigs and cows as we want, as long as no sicknesses wipe them out and the farms take care of them.

I think the worse part is the process we take to breed and then kill off the animals for food. It's a horrible process and even watching just 30 seconds of footage from the feed lots will make you want to be vegetarian. Even if eating it isn't bad for you the effect of actually getting you the food makes it not worth eating it at all. A lot of people don't choose to be vegetarian because they think it will cost a lot more, they just enjoy eating meat or other reasons, but there are vegetarian options that are much better for you and for the animals.

Food and hunger are essential components of human survival and well-being. The importance of food lies in its ability to provide the necessary nutrients for our bodies to function properly, maintain good health, and support our immune system. Hunger, on the other hand, is an uncomfortable sensation that signals our body's need for food. It is a crucial physiological response that ensures we consume the necessary nutrients to sustain life. However, hunger also has a social and cultural dimension, as many people around the world suffer from food insecurity, malnutrition, and hunger. Addressing these issues is crucial to ensuring that everyone has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food, which is fundamental to human health and dignity.

I agree with you, food is very important for us.  But it is crucial for us to eat healthy, safe, and nutrious food. We shouldn't eat any junk food.

I also agree. Without food or water, people can't survive. People in Africa are suffering. We shouldn't waste food and should use it wisely.

I for sure agree, food is important but sometimes too much food isn't good for your body.

I agree,food is essential for survival and good health, providing the body with the necessary nutrients, energy, and fuel required to function effectively. Eating a balanced diet can help improve overall health and wellbeing, prevent chronic diseases, and promote longevity.

I agree, food is essential for nutrients and protein for the human body such as in organs, muscles, etc.

I totally agree, because good ratio of food and water is best for our bodies. We should't throw that many amount of food because there are people who don't have that much food.

I agree with you, food is a vital part of human health, but large companys create foods that taste good, but is actually really bad for you as it is filled with sugar and processed ingredients. People need to realize how important it is to being eating healthy things, like proteins and vegetables. Eating a more balanced diet with improver your overall health, and over all mood and attitude, it can also help people live longer. Overall, it is important for people to have a even ration on what food they eat.

I agree, food is important, but having too much of it could be bad for you. I also agree that junk food is not good for you.

I agree with you. However, the way that food is made in our modern society is not sustainable. A lot of the food that we eat has a negative impact on the environment. Because of this, we should try to incorporate as much eco friendly food into our diets as we can.

I agree with you. However, the way that food is made in our modern society is not sustainable. A lot of the food that we eat has a negative impact on the environment. Because of this, we should try to incorporate as much eco friendly food into our diets as we can by researching what food is best for the environment and by growing our own.

https://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/w … rticle.pdf

Food and Water are essential for human survival. If we keep releasing all of this carbon into the atmosphere it is going to be harder to get clean water and it is also going to be harder to grow food on a large scale. A lot of animals that we eat such as cows really contribute to the rising of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. We have found ways to have the cows not release as much carbon dioxide but all animals that we eat release a decent amount into the atmosphere. If it is possible we should try and supplement the foods with veggies and fruits. For example you could do meatless mondays and only eat plant based foods.

I Completely agree with you that food and water are indispensable for humans. Obviously, we couldn't function properly without food and water, so we all deserve fair opportunities for food and water. But this also doesn't mean we should eat so recklessly and watch what we consume because as we all know it contributes to our carbon footprint. Even if u are extremely hungry we should all try to find healthy alternatives and get ourselves on a nice diet so that way we can feel better, and our planet benefits as well.

I agree, clean water and food are essential for human living and survival. If we continue to pollute our atmosphere and poison our waterways. We will not be able to feed ourselves and ensure we have safe water to drink. It is also the way we harvest out food, mass ranches with cows that produce methane can contribute a lot to Co2 in the atmosphere. A solution could be to have a less meat consuming society and replace the unhealthy meat with, sustainable nutrient vegetables.

I agree, Although it’s shown that we can survive one week without food, 3 weeks if drinking water.  It’s an essential we need to have strength and most important survive.  But everyone in a while it’s good to have well balanced meals instead of eating junk food all the time,just as much as we can eat somewhat healthy or have a decently good diet.  But by that i don’t mean go vegan or what not, just do a well balanced meal, like maybe some chicken and broccoli with some water or any healthy drink with some watermelon on the side.

I agree with these responses. Food and water are essential components for human survival, without food and water people can’t survive.  Eating food that is healthy and nutritious is very important. Eating meat like cows contribute for a huge rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. People should be cautious of the amount of meat you eat or even not eat meat at all. There are so many countries that do not have enough food for people in there countries. There are so many people in Africa who are suffering greatly because there is not enough food and there is lack of clean water. Overall, you should just be cautious of the amount of processed food that you eat, think about how much meat you have and think about food waste.

I agree with these responses. Food and water are essential components for human survival, without food and water people can’t survive.  Eating food that is healthy and nutritious is very important. Eating meat like cows contribute for a huge rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. People should be cautious of the amount of meat you eat or even not eat meat at all. There are so many countries that do not have enough food for people in there countries. There are so many people in Africa who are suffering greatly because there is not enough food and there is lack of clean water. Overall, you should just be cautious of the amount of processed food that you eat, think about how much meat you have and think about food waste.

The food you eat can impact your carbon footprint. To reduce it, do not waste because food that’s thrown away decomposes in landfills and emits methane, potent greenhouse gas. Reusable bags are also useful to avoid continuous plastic and reduce greenhouse emissions. More ways to reduce carbon through your diet is eat less meat, try plant- based protein, cut back on diary, eat more fiber foods, grow your own produce, don't eat excess calories, and purchase local food.

Food and hunger are critical global issues that demand our attention. Despite the world producing more food than ever before, millions still go to bed hungry. Poverty, unequal food distribution, climate change, and conflict are key drivers of food insecurity. The consequences are severe, including malnutrition, health problems, and social unrest. To address this crisis, sustainable agriculture, poverty alleviation, food aid, education, and policy changes are essential. We must work together to ensure that food becomes a fundamental right for all, creating a world where hunger is a thing of the past.

https://www.wfp.org/

Helping people in poverty

I completely agree with what you're saying. I believe we should make more effort to help ensure that our citizens are well fed and get the nutrients they need to be well and healthy. It is no doubt that we have enough food to go around so why are there so many people still living in poverty? We must act by lowering prices of nutrition-rich foods for easy access to those in need, creating and promoting more sustainable food systems, and reducing food waste and loss in our country. If such easy tasks are completed, I am sure it will call for a decrease in those in poverty and without food.

Something that surprised me about my carbon footprint was the sheer amount of carbon produced by my consumption of meat. I knew that meat consumption caused a fair amount of carbon output into the troposphere but I was unaware that it would be so impactful. I think that a good way to reduce carbon output of this kind would be to educate people about how much carbon and other greenhouse gases are released when meat is produced for consumption. A good way of doing this would be putting posters up in places where lots of people pass through.  This could help make people aware of their impacts on the earth and they may be more likely to choose plant alternatives to meat or at least consider their meat intake.

Although educating people about their carbon emission is a smart and forward-thinking idea, I think that no matter what we do or say about meat consumption, at the end of the day people are still consumers and will do what they think is right for their body. Putting up posters and educating others will only make them aware of their carbon emission, and not actually stop the vast majority of meat consumption in the world. Another reason that this might not be the best use of our resources is that although some people might see this poster and think about their consumption, others will only glance at it or not even take the time to look. Educating one or two people about their eating habits is hardly beneficial because there are still millions who contribute to meat consumption and the mass producing of meat.  A few people stopping eating meat will not have any effect on meat industries, and their carbon output.

There’s enough food being produced to feed the world, however every year millions of people go to bed hungry every day. 1 in every 10 people don’t have access to food every night. Why is this? What’s happening to all of this food? Well…we’re wasting it!. Every year nearly 1/3 of all the food produced is wasted or lost at a quantity of about 1.3 billion tons. Not only do we leave millions of people starving by wasting food, we also waste a lot of unseen resources and effort. When we waste food, we waste 33% of fertile land and around 24% of freshwater. We waste sunshine, water, fertilizers, and a farmer’s hard work and time. As well as the time, effort and energy put into packaging, transporting, and marketing. Food wastage also affects biodiversity and is a significant contributing factor in climate change, as along this process we release tons of greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide. It’s due time we open our eyes to the injustices being done. We need to keep in consideration that small steps can one day lead to a big impact! We need to bring awareness and show people that they can be the solution! Small steps like planning meals ahead of time, being aware of our wastage, and keeping our serving sizes in check can solve this global issue!

You're absolutely right with you. It's very sad that so much food goes to waste while people are still hungry. We need to be more mindful of our actions and take small steps to reduce food waste. Planning meals ahead, being aware of our wastage, and controlling serving sizes can make a big difference. Let's spread awareness and encourage others to join us in solving this global issue!

World hunger is a big promblem globally with an overwhelming majority. The world's hungry people reside in the developing world., with extreme poverty and lack of access to nutritious food. The main causes of this is again the interconnected issues of poverty, inequity, conflict, climate change, gender discrimination, and weak government and health systems all play a role in keeping nutritious food out of reach for millions of families around the world. As many as 828 million people in the world go to sleep hungry. A way we can fix this issue is by reducing food waste & food loss.?

Starvation is a huge thing in our world, people starving and hoping they’ll find something to eat whether it's out of a trash can or not.  Starvation is something that no one hopes to go through.  People out in the streets begging for food or even a job to get some food.  We can survive 3 weeks without food if you have water, which helps fill your stomach.  But without food or water you can only survive about a week.  We need to eat and drink water to have strength and survive.  Without it we’re weak, and many medical issues can develop such as, Anemia, a condition of low red blood cells, Gallstones, hard deposits in the gallbladder, Hypotension, low blood pressure, Stomach disease, inflammation or ulceration of the stomach lining, & Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, problems with the heart and lungs.

While many families throw away food that they didn't consume in time or that they don't like, other families don't even have anything to feed their children. People who can afford to buy all the products they need,  should be grateful and try not to waste food. Thus, buying from the store only the amount of food they can eat, keeping the leftovers for later, but also making compost with the food scraps, they manage not to waste food. Also, if they have food at home that they will not eat and that is in good condition, they can donate it to those who really need food.

Hello Daria,
I agree with you that people who are more privilege should learn to buy and eat their food to a limit so that they do not waste it. According to WorldVision.org, there are as many as 828 million people who are currently starving. This means that over 10 percent of the human population right now does not have any food to eat and there are many people in more privileged areas in the world who have so much food that they are not able to finish eating it and throw it out. I agree that we can help combat these problems of wasting food by learning how to buy just enough food to last us and not be wasteful, keep leftovers for later, and donate any food that is still good to eat to people who need it. These are all things that I have learned to do with my family and our food and I will continue to keep doing to save our planet.
Thanks, this is the website I used:
https://www.worldvision.org/hunger-news … 0countries.

In today’s society hunger is a major problem around the world, and can be prevented with food. According to the article linked below it says that 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year around the world and it is worth about 1 trillion US dollars.  We can use this food to help, and feed those in need of food. The article also talks about how the developed/rich countries waste as much food as the entire sub-saharan africa produces. It also talks about how if the wasted food were to be a country, it would be the 3rd largest producer of carbon dioxide in the world. All the food that is being wasted can feed up to 2 Billion people across the world, and that is more than twice  the people that have no food. We can finally say that if we save the food being wasted, and use it for its purpose which is to keep us alive we can feed the people in hunger and even more.

https://www.wfp.org/stories/5-facts-abo … and-hunger

Hunger is growing around the world as the population keeps getting bigger and bigger, the demand for more food is as well. Many people go hungry every night because they either don't have the money to buy it as the cost is also getting bigger, or just because they don't have enough food to go around.  What could some possible solutions be to this problem?

Maybe we could introduce  people from around the word of a small backyard garden. It's like getting groceries straight from your backyard. Planting foods ourselves are not just healthier, fresher, but its also less time consuming when you have help. Your post said that the population is getting bigger. which I believe it means bigger families or  more families being formed. Therefore, there's help for your garden.

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Maybe we could introduce  people from around the word of a small backyard garden. It's like getting groceries straight from your backyard. Planting foods ourselves are not only healthier, fresher, reduces pesticides, reduces carbon emission, but it's also less time consuming when you have help. Your post said that the population is getting bigger. which I  think it means additional family members or more families being formed. Therefore, there's help for your garden.
If you want to read more:
https://www.thegardencontinuum.com/blog … r-own-food

The human population is growing rapidly but hunger is an ongoing problem, people either don't have the money to buy food or the food supply is low. Hunger leads to malnutrition and poor health. It can also impede physical and cognitive development, affecting children's learning abilities. It is important to break free and address this challenge to ensure the basic right of food security to promote a healthy and thriving community. We can solve this problem by reducing food waste, restaurants have lots of food waste. Instead of wasting we could donate to help out. We can also improve agricultural practices.

Hunger is a pressing issue that affects millions of people around the world. Finding a solution is hard but can be achieved. One solution I think drastically changes hunger around the world is food waste management. Globally each year we have 1.3 billion tons of food each year. To put that into perspective this could feed 3 billion people about one-third of the population. .35% percent of thrown-out food is from supermarkets, shops, and households which in most cases are almost in perfect condition. Every food chain supply releases greenhouse gases which can have an effect on global warming. The food system makes up 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, food waste being a part of it. Finding a solution to this is a complex task: food waste is something to address but also addressing poverty, improving agriculture practices, and more.
https://www.theworldcounts.com/challeng … statistics
https://earth.org/facts-about-food-wast … n%20people.

Food is a big thing in the world with out food how will you survive, so food is what you eat basically every day to stay hydrated and energized
Food is the basic human need to stay alive. Moreover, it is the need of every living organism. Therefore it is important that we should not waste food. Our world consists of different types of cultures.And hunger is also a big thing if you dont eat you can die or have a huge sickness that could lead to death.

Lately in the world we have been having a lot of food but we also waste a lot of the food we waste about 119 tons of food each year so far. When there are people who need that food people that can pay their own food. We need to stop wasting all the food we can start having gardens on top of apartment buildings or in your backyard. There are solutions to fix this problem if we keep wasting an destroying the more the green houses have an effect.

Hunger and Food waste in this world has become a huge problem recently. Around 931 million tons of food is wasted every year in the world. Can u believe that? Food prices recently have been increasing hugely. With food waste it can't get any worse. The prices are making it harder for some people to not eat. Worse it affects the countries and people who do not already have food. This is a huge problem and if we stop wasting food then some people might have something to take a bite out of and eat to survive. Things like food can be given out instead of thrown. Nevertheless the food being tossed caen be reduced. Many people in the world will appreciate anything to eat. This food being wasted can be given out to food banks and many other things to give back to other people. In conclusion it is better to help the world than trash it with food that people can eat.

Close to a third of the world's food is wasted (The World Counts), and about ten percent of the global population is going hungry(Action Against Hunger). After finishing meals, we throw away the extra food that we do not eat, we keep buying food even when we have some in storage, and we throw away food just because we don’t like it. All that wasted food could be put to much better use at a charity or homeless shelter. We are overeating and thoughtlessly discarding food while people around the world are starving. That isn’t the only problem with wasting so much food either, tons of carbon dioxide is emitted in order to grow and process food. To help with this we can eat organic food, compost food waste, and only grow and buy the food that we need.
Sources:The World Counts. www.theworldcounts.com/challenges/hunger-and-obesity/food-waste-statistics.
    Action Against Hunger. “World Hunger Facts and Statistics | Action Against Hunger.” Action Against Hunger, 5 Oct. 2023, www.actionagainsthunger.org/the-hunger-crisis/world-hunger-facts.

Around the world 648 million people live in extreme poverty. Why should any child die from hunger if they survive on less than $2.15 a day.?  In America we waste 60 million tons of food every year, can’t the food that we don’t need but still waste be used to feed the 648 million people who are in extreme poverty.?  The waste of food is a missed opportunity that can help solve the problem of hunger around the world, The number of produced food that is being thrown away can be reduced.  The over priced food is making the problem harder to solve since third world countries aren’t in good conditions where they can produce their own food, so it makes it harder for them to purchase food from other countries. We can try and solve this problem by not over buying food and instead sending the money to the countries that are in need of it. This problem of hunger around the world can simply be solved by managing our food waste. Just in United States  60 million tons  of food is wasted yearly, and that's just the U.S. not world wide, the amount of food that we waste is A LOT. If all the countries who are in good conditions come together and limit some of these factors global hunger will no longer exist.,
Source:  : https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02331-x

Around the world 648 million people live in extreme poverty. Why should any child die from hunger if they survive on less than $2.15 a day.?  In America we waste 60 million tons of food every year, can’t the food that we don’t need but still waste be used to feed the 648 million people who are in extreme poverty.?  The waste of food is a missed opportunity that can help solve the problem of hunger around the world, The number of produced food that is being thrown away can be reduced.  The over priced food is making the problem harder to solve since third world countries aren’t in good conditions where they can produce their own food, so it makes it harder for them to purchase food from other countries. We can try and solve this problem by not over buying food and instead sending the money to the countries that are in need of it. This problem of hunger around the world can simply be solved by managing our food waste. Just in United States  60 million tons  of food is wasted yearly, and that's just the U.S. not world wide, the amount of food that we waste is A LOT. If all the countries who are in good conditions come together and limit some of these factors global hunger will no longer exist.,
Source:  : https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02331-x

Global Hunger is controllable, and humans shouldn’t be having these issues. Approximately 2.5 BILLION tons of food is wasted every year which is about 40 percent of the United States food supply. The average adult male eats about one ton of food per year, if we wasted half as much food as we do now, global hunger would be solved that easily. Big companies should not just throw away extra food they have but don’t want. This food should be donated to the people in their area, to foodbanks, anything to help control this issue. Remember, if you have any food just lying around, you can make a difference and help to this cause.

That sounds very intelligible.

Many people are hungry in the world right now and/or are getting vastly different amounts of food. Some people are not getting enough food and others are obese. This is mainly due to extreme weather that is causing difficulties in gathering that food.

There are many things we can do to help solve this issue. The first is to make food healthier and more affordable/easily accessible. We must put more effort into researching solutions to make more food at a time in a way that is unceasing. We must also stop food from being wasted and lost. Studying the behaviors of people with food will also help; stress eating is not good. Some food sources need have less risk. Improvements need to be made for these food sources to have less risk. Although all people have freedom and rights (in America, at least), that is not always the case. Some are given less or more food based on their gender, sexuality, and age. All people should need to have food equally to be healthy. Sometimes, there simply isn’t enough food to go around. This is why we must protect these sources of food. With more protection, there will be more food. More money needs to be spent to help get more food, or at least go toward research for food.

Ending hunger will not be an easy task. Many people are hesitant on spending money because of the speed of progress and sourcing the food. 
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02331-x

Production is not the problem its how its distributed among people.We have unlimited resources so why aren't we using them. Price on produce and everyday this would guarantee that everyone has food and other basic needs.

I believe that food wasting is a big problem around the world.  Sub-Saharan Africa and South/South-East Asia waste about 6-11kg per person per year, and people in Europe and North America waste a good 95-115 kg, and that's not even all of the continents. Over 30% of food is wasted each year. Because of this waste, more than 50 countries are battling hunger. There are many ways to solve this, for example, not buying things that you don’t need, having samples in every store( a lot of people buy things they have never tried and end up not liking it and just throwing it away.), and donating good food that you don’t like.

Around the world, 648 million people live in extreme poverty. They survive on less than $2.15 a day. So it’s impossible for them to support a healthy livelihood. Without sustainable incomes, people cannot afford food. Meanwhile, in America we waste nearly 60 million tons (120 billion pounds) of food every year.

Sources Used: https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/the … r/poverty/

I believe that the real problem of hunger in the world, which is very high, could be fought, better managing food waste, because it is not so much the production of food that fails to satiate everyone, but we who waste too much food. One third of all food produced worldwide (1.3 billion tons) is not consumed. This waste of food is a missed opportunity to combat the problem of food, in a world where one in eight people suffer from chronic hunger.
In addition to the waste of food, however, there are other causes of malnutrition in very poor countries, such as:
-The lack of investment in agriculture, third World countries do not have the opportunity to invest in agriculture, so they must buy food from other countries, but since the cost of transportation is excessive for them, they can’t get it;
-The wars and conflicts, refugees fleeing bloody wars and civil conflicts are deprived of everything: of a home, of affection and of any hope of having a future;
-And the instability of the markets, namely that the price of food is too high for these countries, this does not allow them to have access to food all year round, but only when the cost is low.
There’s an international organisation that helps children in these countries, it’s called “Save the Children”.

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https://s3.savethechildren.it/public/st … k=iA62j5Hl

Yes, I totally agree with everything you said. I believe that more and more produced food is being thrown away and that number can truly be reduced. For example, we can compost our food. We are also over-buying food and that food is thrown away instead of the excess food being sent to charities. To conclude, food prices are too high, which makes it difficult to buy food for third World countries that do not have good enough conditions to produce their own food. So rather than over-buying food and throwing it away, we can send that money to charities.

I also believe that we can stop a good portion of hunger in the world by just managing the food waste. Too much food goes to waste each year while millions of people are starving. I have also been meet with the work of Save the Children organisation. They take a big part in global hunger but yet it's not enough so that's why we need to step up with managing our food waste as said. I truly agree that is not the only reason why people are starving. High food prices also prevent people from eating in poor countries, but that is also where Save the Children organisation comes in and provides food with help of the donations from people all over the world.

I completely agree. In the United States where I live, 119 billion pounds of food is wasted annually. This is a huge issue and is also confusing because there are so many people who need food, but so many people throwing it away. I have seen stores throwing away tons of food if it is just one day expired, even if it is perfectly edible and healthy. This is a problem that has a solution. If we can repurpose this food and give unused food to people who need it, we can reduce food waste and hunger. https://usafacts.org/data/topics/people … f28d28c9f0

I agree with everything that is said here. We live in a society where those who have enough money buy more food than they actually need and this food then rots and is thrown away. Whereby those who don't have enough money and also live in a poor country find it difficult to get enough food for themselves or their families. But you could think that there is no end to it because those who grew up with money will very likely also have money in their adult lives, while those who grew up poor have a hard time getting out of poverty.
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I agree if people didn't waste so much food everyone on earth could have enough food and no one would be hungy.

(I agree with this statement because I have seen a lot of people waste food as a kid and it has caught my attention that many people don't wonder or know the reason why poverty exists because of their lack of appreciation towards what they have.

I agree to everything that was said. Because of the extreme poverty people cannot afford food. Some people survive on less than $2.15 a day. While the world wastes about 2.5 billion tons of food every year, United States discards more food than any other country in the world.

Sources used: https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/#:~:text=Here's%20some%20%E2%80%9Cfood%E2%80%9D%20for%20thought,120%20billion%20pounds%20%E2%80%94%20every%20year.

I agree to everything that was said. Because of the extreme poverty people cannot afford food. Some people survive on less than $2.15 a day. While the world wastes about 2.5 billion tons of food every year, United States discards more food than any other country in the world.

Sources used: https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/#:~:text=Here's%20some%20%E2%80%9Cfood%E2%80%9D%20for%20thought,120%20billion%20pounds%20%E2%80%94%20every%20year.

the problem with world hunger is "not enough food" when there is very much so enough food. As the food industry throws away perfectly good food so they can keep their food fresh. this is a core reason why world hunger is a problem, successful food industry throwing away perfectly good food.

I agree, the world produces enough food for everyone to eat. The problem is that it can be hard to access. One of the reasons it can be hard to access is because of climate change.

I agree, there is 100% plenty of food for everyone. Again the factories or whatever throws the perfectly good food away to keep it fresh when it can be given to the people who need it. Even if it is hard for people to access, we could make more of an effort to get it to the people who actually need it.

Couldn't agree more, if industries were to host charitable events to give this food away to those who aren't able to get food by themselves. It would lessen the population of people who are under the "world hunger" title.

I know a lot of chain restaurants in the US are guilty of throwing away perfectly okay food and/or not allowing employees to donate food that they don't want to sell (Starbucks specifically is guilty of that). But I've also noticed a rise in programs and initiatives that try to find and redistribute this otherwise wasted food. Hopefully that trend continues.

If businesses created a plan as to where the food goes rather than just throwing it away, there would be less waste. Especially when the food is hardly bad. These food products could be used for meals for people in need.

We are currently making 150% of the amount to feed everyone in world according to CFS Chairman Gabriel Ferrero, but then why are people still going hungry with this surplus of food. It's due to the terrible distribution of this food and over consumption in many countries. We waste 1.3 billion pounds of food according to the USDA. We also consume to much on average, the average European/North American  eats around 3540 calories a day according to, 1540 over the recommended amount. We can fix both problems through proper distribution of food and giving proper information about how much food you actually need. This would also help reduce the amount of waste and make people healthier.

I recently read a few posts on solutions to solve the problems with the topic, "Food and Hunger" around the world. Although many ideas were interesting, one that caught my eye was the suggestion of more Community Gardens. However, I still wonder how this may work in terms of distribution as some communities may have others steal produce or unfairly take more than "their share." What would be the best way to combat this problem?

You could have someone control the garden and monitor how much people take.

Because they produce a significant amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs), primarily methane emissions, beef and pork are viewed as being bad for the environment. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with a warming effect on the climate that is roughly 28 times stronger than carbon dioxide. It contributes to around 16% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

I was quite surprised by these facts as well. I found some interesting facts about type of meat that leads to most methane - apparently, beef and lamb are the biggest problem as they contribute the most to methane emissions. The biggest surprise was that chocolate and coffee production contribute to methane emissions more than pork for example (https://ourworldindata.org/carbon-footprint-food-methane - this is where I found it), so it is never all black and white.

I totally agree that the impact animal agriculture and factory farming has on the environment is substantial. According to the Humane Society International, animal agriculture is responsible for AT LEAST 16.5% of GG emissions! Not only t his but they are also a leading cause of deforestation and loss of biodiversity. This way of processing meat, specifically cows, is also the largest source of methane production [in the US]. Through animal manure, intense amounts of nitrous oxide are getting released into the atmosphere. Over the span of 100 years, this gas is 273 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide! With such a large production from factory farms, manure creates a continuous flow of nitrous oxide getting released into the atmosphere. With just simply adjusting our diets, we could substantially lower the amount of GHGs emitted by cattle and other large-scale produced animal meat. Scientist agree that a larger focus on plant-based foods could be 1/5 of the way towards holding global temperature below 2 degrees C. Simply eating plant based foods 2 times a week could be a start towards you journey to helping save the planet. Plant based burgers result in 98% less GHS emissions than burgers made of beef. However, I think more drastic measures need to take place if we want to see a dramatic lowering of GHG emissions in terms of factory farming and animal agriculture. How can countries and individuals promote more plant based diets and start creating a change towards lower production of meats and similar products and how can we make sure this change is sustainable to the ever-growing population?

https://www.hsi.org/issues/climate-change/
https://www.peta.org/features/climate-c … explained/
https://sentientmedia.org/does-animal-a … te-change/

For more information about how animal agriculture contributes to climate change, I would watch the 10 minute video below about what needs to happen to help massive environmental destruction:

Beef and pork have a significant negative impact on the environment. Raising these animals requires a lot of land, which leads to deforestation as forests are cleared to make space for grazing and growing animal feed. Secondly, these animals produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Thirdly, the production of beef and pork requires massive amounts of water and contributes to water pollution due to the runoff of manure and fertilizers into rivers and lakes. Additionally, the resources used to grow animal feed, such as corn and soy, could be utilized more efficiently to feed humans directly. Lastly, the transportation and processing of beef and pork also contribute to carbon emissions, further exacerbating the environmental impact. found in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

I too love to eat meat however if we just recognize that what we are doing could be and infact is really bad for our planetwe can realicze that we dont give a dam give me my meat

I stopped eating meat around 3 years ago because of the impact beef ad other meat has on the environment. if you don't have other health restrictions I think it's a really good way to cut back on your imprint, especially if you are living in a city or traveling a lot.

I had no idea that chocolate and coffee contributed more to methane emissions than pork. After learning more about how much beef and pork and other such meats contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, my family has mostly cut out most kinds of meat from our diet. If we have meat, it’ll almost certainly be chicken. I think that considering our diets is an important factor in combating climate change that not enough people care about, even if they know how bad meat is for the environment.

This is actually why I eat a lot of chicken over the other meats is one of the biggest changes I made to try and be more Eco friendly. Its also why Ive been trying to cut out meat entirely and do at least 3 vegetarian meals a week.

Meat isn't bad or releasing methane into our atmosphere, the animals that provide the meat are. Yes, they are being raised but what solution do you consider? Regardless if you go vegan or not it has 0 effect on the methane that will still be produced by these animals. Honestly, they should be raised for food. Imagine if we didn't have cows as a main source of beef and just didn't kill them. If you want to talk about deforestation then I think that's a faster way to achieve that, just letting all cows be free. I will continue to eat meat. Red meat is one of the healthiest things you can consume.

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How can we waste less food and could it be possible to produce and grow regional food so that we do not use so much CO2?

Hi Eleanor! some ways to reduce food waste would be to eat smaller portions and avoid over-eating, properly store food so that it doesn't go bad prematurely, preserve foods using methods like pickling and canning, save leftover food, and compost foods. Regarding your second question, research done by Hannah Ritchie concludes that what you eat is far more important than where your food traveled from. Most of the greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions occur on the land and farm where the animals and plants are from, and the extra emissions from processing, transport, retail, and packaging are negligible when looking at the entire process. In order to reduce your carbon footprint from your diet, it's recommended to avoid foods such as beef, lamb, and cheese which significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and instead opt for poultry, fish, nuts, and fruit that have a much lower contribution to greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions. To see where I got this information, visit the link below.

https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local

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This is the post I've been waiting for. The reason is that it's crucial for us to recognize the available opportunities that can enlighten us on the right methods to achieve financial conservation for sustainability.

I often worry about the creation of environmental policies that may overlook the needs of those who cannot easily align their livelihood with sustainable practices. It's imperative that programs are adapted thoughtfully to tackle these challenges, ensuring individuals in less fortunate circumstances can receive the necessary support to address these issues. Thank you, Jayden, for sharing this insightful information. It reminds us of the importance of the integration of economic, social, and environmental considerations to ensure that the benefits of sustainability are accessible and equitable for all members of society.

Hello Eleanor I am not sure about how to produce more food regionally but I do believe that we can all be smarter with how much food we eat. The majority of people in the United States at least have much larger portions and a lot of people don't eat it all and waste it. I believe that we can eat smaller portions and we can use programs that take food that are about to expire and give them to people. The link below is a company that takes food that is about to expire and donates the food to people who will take it.
https://wastenotflorida.org/

I have been considering the accessibility of vegetarianism and similar diets to those affected by issues that come from poverty, specifically the issue of food deserts, and how we can make food more widely attainable. I have been a vegetarian for about seven years now and knowing the negative effects on the environment of the methane produced by cattle, I have always considered being a vegetarian an easy change with massive benefits to the environment. Yet after reflecting and researching the topic, I have come to the realization that being able to switch to the diet and still remain healthy is a major privilege that comes from both wealth and location. The Food Empowerment Project states that there are around 2.3 million Americans who don’t own a car and whose closest supermarket is over a mile away. Wealthy neighborhoods are also shown to have three times more supermarkets than poor neighborhoods and within that, the lack of access predominantly affects poor black and brown communities. If you are unable to transport yourself to a supermarket or cannot afford to shop there, your options are cheap fast food chains with high concentrations of fat, specifically fatty meat. Even if you order something presumably meat-free like French fries or hashbrowns, your serving is still most likely cooked in lard. Besides the environmental impact of the lack of resources, this high concentration of fat in cheap American fast food is one of the main contributors to the obesity problem evident in poorer populations of the country. The search for healthy vegetarian options becomes even harder when you consider someone in the previous circumstances with additional children to feed or a prior health or dietary restriction. So if you are living in a situation where you can’t afford store-bought vegetarian groceries, how can you possibly be expected to live a sustainable lifestyle? My question is - how can we make vegetarian options and local groceries more affordable and accessible for those living in poverty? I have come up with a couple of ideas, such as investing more of our tax dollars into accessible food or trying to find vegetarian protein alternatives that can still be bought for around the same price as meat. Yet, even with these suggestions, I know that the issue of accessible groceries is one of systemic poverty that cannot be combated with a couple of simple solutions. So I am posing the question to the community: how can we all individually work to make healthy food more accessible on a wider, systemic level?

https://foodispower.org/access-health/food-deserts/- My source

Some people still opt to throw away their old apparel together with their garbage. An average of 80 pounds of textile waste are produced annually in the United States. This garbage harms the environment by ending up in landfills. These garments can produce greenhouse gases and release hazardous chemicals into the earth as they break down. Shop at a thrift store and give away your old clothes as one approach to decrease textile waste. These shops assemble clothing and then make it available for others to use. Through this procedure, we are preventing clothing from going to the garbage and giving it a second opportunity.
https://thriftworld.com/blogs/article/u … nvironment

Food's carbon footprint is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking, and disposing the food you eat. These habits effect our own carbon footprints.

Yes it does. It is one of the main sources of your carbon footprint. beef it a major contributor to climate change. First of all, when cows burp or fart they produce methane which is a type of green house gas. they also take up a lot of space and they eat a lot. When there is more demand for them they breed them more often which means more greenhouse gasses entering the atmosphere. Also, processed foods are made in factories which produces plastic. That plastic finds its way into the ocean and kills animals. So to answer your question yes food contributes to your carbon footprint.

Yes, I agree that food production produces a lot of carbon in our environment. Growing beef produces lots of greenhouse gasses into the air. The cows eat grass and fart out methane into our environment. Then the grass is gone and they must move to a new field. Then packaging in plastic and shipping it out to places put more carbon into the air because of the fuel used. Storing it you need fuel to cool or electricity. This is only one example of food. There are so many foods traveling around the world. Food is a huge contributor to our carbon footprint and buying local helps reduce that

Food is one of the main contributors to a family's carbon footprint. Food contributes between 10 and 30 percent of a household's carbon footprint, with lower-income households often contributing more. Food carbon emissions come from production 68% of the time and from transportation 5%. Meat products have a larger carbon footprint due to the ineffective conversion of plant to animal energy, and the CH4 emitted during manure management. In an average American household, eliminating food transport for a year saves the equivalent of the carbon released when driving 1,000 miles, while switching to a vegetarian dinner one day a week could save the equivalent of the carbon emitted when driving 1,160 miles. Although all meat has a larger carbon footprint, beef has the largest carbon footprint out of the other types of meat. In closing, although food might seem like it would affect the environment, it plays a large role in a family's carbon footprint.
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Close to 15% of global greenhouse emissions come from livestock. Although that may not seem like a large percent, the reality is that the meat and dairy industry are two very large contributors to global warming. A statistic showing the significance of livestock emissions is that 34%, or one third of emissions are from the food industry, and 60% of them are from meat. Methane gas is the biggest contributor from these industries, because of one main animal, cattle. When cows digest food, they burp gasses, releasing methane into the air. Similarly, cows produce large amounts of methane when the expel large intestine contents into the ground, which travel into ponds and lagoons, as well as manure, releasing methane into the atmosphere. A single cow emits between 154 to 264 pounds of methane gas per year. 36 million cattle are killed each year for food in the United States. To put these statistics into a simpler perspective, think about how much land and agricultural resources are needed for livestock, and think about how much water and food are needed for those animals. That percentage of yearly cattle killed is just in the U.S, so to think about the emissions for every other animal and throughout the whole world, proves the point that the meat industry is a very large contributor to global emissions. The dairy industry is similarly responsible for many emissions, because dairy cows require similar if not more resources. Other animals like chickens and pigs have a large carbon footprint as well. There is also a humane side to this argument. Millions of animals are killed every year in the U.S, and there are even more statistics for marine animals. These innocent animals face extreme mistreatment just for human consumption. Although the global problem is not the consumption of meat, it is the way we process, consume, and treat animals in such large amounts. These statistics are often not educated about, because of the fact that so many humans consume meat and dairy. There are many ways to reduce one's carbon footprint, and a very important part of this is to reduce your meat and dairy consumption, and start to eat more plant based food.

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Processed Foods Impact on the Environment

About a third of all greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere by humans is liked to food. And in the U.S. each household produces about 48 tons of greenhouse gasses with 17% being food. Livestock farming is responsible for half of all man made greenhouse gasses and was shown in a report done in 2009 by the World Bank and the IFC(International Finance Cooperation). More research can be found here: https://www.greeneatz.com/1/post/2013/0 … e-gas.html. Farms that produce meat and dairy products are main sources of all foods gas emissions. Specifically, Beef and lamb are the number one highest producers of greenhouse gasses when looking at a food chart. Meat lovers produce more than double the amount of greenhouse gas emissions than vegans. This means that Going vegan or vegetarian would be a solution towards the reducing of our CO2 levels in the atmosphere but there are much more solutions to the problem. By doing things like not wasting food or eating less meat we can reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions.  Of course eating less meat may come across as problematic for many who think it is their only source of protein, but switching to plant based proteins does the job just as well.
It was shown in a study that 55 thousand people who ate an average of 1.8-3.5 ounces of meat a day had a much lower carbon footprint than people who ate more than 3.5 ounces a day. In addition, Healthline.com says in an article that if people who eat more than the average amount of meat switch to plant based proteins, our planets temperature would moderate and become cooler. More research can be found here:https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-to-reduce-carbon-footprint#The-bottom-line.
Foods that contain high amounts of calories and saturated fats like eggs and cheese also are huge factors of producing greenhouse gasses. So not only can we change our source of protein to a plant based diet but we can also switch from dairy products and meat to fruits. Fruits contain a much lower carbon footprint than meat and dairy products like eggs and cheese.

The food industry is responsible for approximately one third of all greenhouse gas emissions, with an unproportional amount being linked specifically to ultra-processed foods. Ultra-processed foods are made or engineered with unnatural chemicals, preservatives, coloring, etc, and they can be extremely harmful to the consumer’s health as well as the environment, according to https://tinyurl.com/5kpyewuf. First of all, these foods often contain ingredients that are highly addictive but not overly nourishing, which leads to them being mass produced, so there is more agricultural damage done to ecosystems and increased pollution in the soil and water. Additionally, because there is so much product, roughly half of it goes to waste and ends up in the landfill anyway. Apart from addictive ingredients, ultra-processed foods usually contain ingredients (such as palm oil) that are linked to negative environmental impacts such as deforestation. And finally, ultra-processed foods are often wrapped in single use plastic that lead to further pollution. However, not all ultra-processed foods are made equally and some are more damaging, while others can actually be the more sustainable option. It’s important to stay educated regarding what products you buy so that you can effectively work to reduce your carbon footprint.

The amount of food wasted by humans that could be used for feeding the homeless and those in need is astonishing! Around 2.5 BILLION tons of food produced globally is either lost or wasted. We could be using this food for many things like feeding people without the money to buy food who rely on food slips or something similar. Finally, this manufactured food is worth around $230 billion, which could be used for housing, waste-efficient clothing, healthcare or education. In conclusion, the world is losing billions in wasted food, so logically, this should be a high-priority problem.

People often buy or cook more food that they need so they have to throw it away. I think that people should be informed about the problem of food waste. People are not aware that the problem of food waste has huge influence on them. Also, they should know what to do with food that they want to throw away. I agree that they can give that food to poor people but it can also be composted or given to animals. But, I think that the best way to reduce food waste is to educate people about planning how much food they need. People should carefully plan what amount of food they buy and plan their meals so that they don't have leftovers. If some food is not eaten they could froze it and eat the next day or later in the week.

Today in society people are buying food at an excessive rate. In the US 30-40% of food is wasted overall. In 2010, 133 billion pounds of food were wasted which is 161 billion dollars. All of this food that was wasted could have gone to helping those who need food and don't have access to it. Or even the money could have been saved and gone to something different. Everything in the process of food waste is bad for the environment. The transportation of food doesn't do any good, and for that food to just to go to waste doesn't good any good either. When food gets wasted it ends up in landfills. Over time is starts to decompose and that produces methane. When it gets into the atmosphere it oxidizes and becomes toxic through indirect emissions. Methane adds to warming significantly more then Carbon Dioxide. It has %80 more effect on warming than CO2. 25 percent of global warming is caused by methane which is all a result from man made actions. Overall food waste produces a whole chain reaction of things that contribute to global warming and climate change.

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I also want to add that takeout in America is very wasteful. According to a recent report by https://moveforhunger.org/startling-rea … %20donated; a half a pound of food is wasted per meal in restaurants. This includes what's left in the kitchen and on the customers plates. Additionally, 85% of this leftover food is thrown out instead of being recycled or donated. Around 828 million people face world hunger each day and here we have 85% of extra food being thrown away and not being used for good and sustainable purposes. I think when ordering at a restaurant, people should be more conscious of how much food they are ordering. Can I finish this portion by myself? Am I ordering more than I can eat tonight? Will I finish the leftovers? These questions are key in the process of trying to cut down on food waste. Food waste is a huge and very serious problem in the U.S. https://www.feedingamerica.org/our-work … s%20wasted states that 40% of all food in America is wasted. That's around $408 billion in food wasted per year! That is money that could be put towards school fundings, healthcare, sustainable housing and so much more! There are some solutions that families could do to help with this food waste. One being if you have leftovers or groceries that you know you wont eat or finish in the fridge, you can freeze them and save them for later! Freezing food slows down the movement of molecules causing the microbes to enter a dormant stage, meaning it is preserved and the food will last longer! Another thing you could do is create a meal plan and compost! Creating a meal plan allows you to buy foods that you know you will use and to not buy foods that you will not need. Having a concrete plan makes it easier to not order out because you know what you will be making for your meals. By composting, you can reduce the amount of methane emissions into our atmosphere. You are also making good use of your food scraps and waste because you can reuse it for soil to grow new food! Overall, we can all make efforts to solve the global problem of food waste and we should be more conscious of the amount of food that we purchase day to day.

According to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about one-third of all food produced worldwide, or approximately 1.3 billion tons, is wasted annually. This wasteful practice has significant social, economic, and environmental impacts, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to global food insecurity. One solution to combat food waste is to redirect surplus food to food banks and other organizations that work to alleviate hunger and malnutrition. (FAO, 2019)

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (2019). The State of Food and Agriculture 2019. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca6030en/

Climate change is a huge problem in today's world and it’s only going to get worse if everyone does something to combat it. But what can we as individuals actually do to stop or slow climate change? There are some more long term goals that we could all work together for such as switching to renewable energy and cutting back on the effect of the transportation industry on the world through clean energy, but those would require government action or the help of a large corporation rather than ordinary people. One almost immediate change we could make however would be focusing on what we eat. It is estimated that around ¼ of all CO2 emissions in the world are from the food sector. With about 15% of total CO2 emissions coming from livestock specifically. This equates to 8.1 gigatons or almost heavier than everyone in the world…times 20.
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Cows contribute the most substantial portion of any animal, emitting almost 3 times as many greenhouse gasses as #2 which is sheep. Each singular cow produces 220 pounds of methane a year, a gas which is 28 times better at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2.
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This level is unsustainable and because of cows also being used for dairy, cows are becoming a major problem for our environment and something needs to be done to combat it worldwide. But Cows aren’t the only problem, pigs and sheep also contribute a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions and while not quite as severe as cows they also have a major part to play in the livestock sector and the greenhouse gasses from it. If we all worked together, to cut back on meat and dairy products, it would slash a lot of greenhouse gas emissions off of the ever increasing load we are putting into our atmosphere. This is why everyone around the world must band together to cut back on our collective use of animal products in order to do what we can to save our planet and maybe even convince the leaders of the larger sectors to take action and reduce their carbon footprint as well.

People all throughout the world are impacted by issues related to food and hunger. For our survival and wellness, we must have access to enough food. Lack of food has the potential to make us ill and weak. In reality, according to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 811 million people worldwide suffered from persistent hunger in 2020. This indicates that they lacked enough food to consume frequently. Lack of nourishment can also result in other issues including stunted growth and an increased risk of illness. Lack of food can even cause societal issues and disputes, according to The Poverty Project, an organization that strives to abolish poverty. So, making sure that everyone has enough food is not only important for our own well-being but also for keeping our communities and the world stable and peaceful.

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Food and Hunger is a big issue in today's society. There’s a lot of food that is wasted and thrown away. Nearly 40% of food in America is wasted. That equates to 130 billion meals. Some ways we can solve this problem is to have a more sustainable diet and put food waste to use. Food needs to be grown, processed, and transported. Each one of the steps will create greenhouse gasses that trap the heat and contribute to climate change. Climate change helps worsen global warming because of the side effects which could be heavier rainstorms and droughts. Droughts can decrease the quality of the produce and because there isn’t much produce it can lead to higher food prices. Everybody has different financial situations causing others to not be able to afford these foods causing them to be hungry. As well as, how homeless people don’t have food and have to live on whatever they have. By helping the environment and homeless people you could just give them your leftovers so they wouldn’t have to starve but you also wouldn’t be wasting your food. An example would be cows. Cows contribute to global warming because of all the methane from all the food they eat then they let out a gas. To learn more about how cows affect the environment click here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/cow-b … hange-that. Methane is a chemical compound that has the warming power of carbon dioxide. Methane has already affected  25% of today's global warming by our actions. By learning more about Methane you can go here: https://www.bridgerphotonics.com/blog/h … nvironment. In conclusion, we should be more aware of our surroundings and actions to try to help with food and hunger in our society.

Climate change is a huge and growing problem that we are all responsible for fixing, and one of the main things we all contribute to global warming is the food we eat, and specifically meat. Cars and other transportation obviously contribute a lot to climate change, as well as big factories, but that stuff is a lot more out of our control.  The food we eat is very much in our control, but the problem is people simply don't want to stop eating meat.  For most people, Climate change isn't relevant enough for them to give up their favorite food, but they don't know how big of a problem this is. My solution is for people to just stop eating beef and continue to enjoy all other meats. I know beef is most people's favorite meat, but at least you could still eat other meats and this is better than giving up all meat.  The reason this would still help is that Cows are the biggest contributors to climate change out of all other animals.  One reason for this is Methane.  Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gasses, and according to research done by  Frank Mitloehner at UC Davis, one cow produces 220 pounds of methane per year, which is tons higher than any other animal.  More research can be done here: https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/makin … ustainable. Most people attribute climate change with Carbon Dioxide because there is a lot more of it in our atmosphere, but Methane is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in our atmosphere. More research about methane by United States Environmental Protection Agency can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-meth … activities. In conclusion, it is hard to give up all meat, but a great way to help with our heating climate while still eating meat is just to give up beef. Cows are the biggest contributor to climate change of any other animal, so just giving up beef would make a huge impact.

Since the early 2000s, climate change has started to become a real big problem in the modern world. This would include increased CO2 in the atmosphere, increased chances of forest fires, ice caps melting, etc. However, the current situation is actually solvable. The UN has made statements on climate change, they’ve said before in the past that it’s possible to solve the rise of Carbon Footprints in the atmosphere. However, I believe the best way to fix the situation is to first fix the transportation section of society. Although it would be hard to tackle, it is the biggest producer of Carbon in the atmosphere and by tackling it to reduce as much as possible, it could greatly reduce carbon. What do you think?

I agree with the fact that one of the biggest contributors to the rise of Carbon Footprints is the transportation section of society, however even if we lower our Carbon Footprints as much as possible, the amount of carbon in the atmopshere will still rise. In my opinion we should try lowering not just the amount of footprint produced by the transportation section, but pf all sources that emit Carbon. The situation is very bad and i think we should try to reolve the problem as fast as possible.

I agree that climate change is a big problem and it should be solved. Transportation is one of the biggest causes of climate change. People should use less their personal cars that are powered by fuel and use more of public transports for longer distances and walk or use bikes for short distances. The best way to solve transportation problem would be to encourage people to buy electric cars. Sadly, they are very expensive so a lot of people can't afford it. I think that can be solved by engineers which could find a way to make cars more affordable and technically advanced. Also, more advanced public transportation is needed because old buses or trams are not attractive or environmentally acceptable.

People all over the world are hungry and sad. While they are suffering, we are throwing away food that we don't like, so that is called a waste. They may seem like people scamming, they need real help and food. Otherwise they'll die of starvation, and we'll die of natural causes. That kinda seems unfair to them. Not everybody has the money to eat, drink, or are able to support themselves. There are children out there feeling exactly the same. Not just the adults are having a hard time. We need to be grateful of what we have and help. We have all we can get in the world, and they can barely afford a piece of bread. LET'S HELP ALL THE PARENTS,ADULTS,AND CHILDREN IN THE WORLD.
STOP WASTING, AND START GIVING!!!!!!!!!

Lots of processed food such as chips, salami, spam, candy, and desserts impact the environment a lot. The factories creating these foods get lots of money by baiting you with sugar tasty things. Although these foods are delicious, its also really unhealthy. There are many delicious sweet organic foods such as watermelon, lettuce, and pears. Buying vegetables from you local farmers market or nearby organic grocery outlets and cooking them yourselves will help the environment a lot. You can even grow your own fruits trees! Every little thing you do to conserve your carbon usage will help the world a lot.

I completely agree. Thank you for speaking up.

I am so happy to see this comment because I completely agree with you. My family and me have a garden and a orchard. They have so much up sides. You get to see with your own eyes how your food is grown and you know everything that happens with it. It is always much healthier than anything you can buy in stores. Also in this very fast and stressful world it is nice to sometimes enjoy the nature and work in your garden in peace. You can do the work relaxing by your own or you can make it into a fun family activity.

Yes, I absolutely agree. The world is growing unhealthier each day, week, month and year. We should all start growing our own vegetables and eating healthier. My family from another county grows amazing fruits. They have a farm with tomatoes, bananas, passion fruit and even cabbage. Taking food from there just makes our food taste fresher. I also sometimes help my uncle with maintaining that garden. It just feels so good breathing in fresh air and enjoying nature. There are so many positives to eating, growing and buying vegetables.

I totally agree with you. My grandparents grow their vegetables. They also raise chickens to have meat and eggs. They also share it with us. The vegetables are fresher and cleaner compared to those that sell outside. You can also enjoy planting the vegetables that you want.

I agree it’s you, especially now that technology have got more advanced you never know what can be in your food or what is inside. Thank you for speaking up.

Food can have a big impact on an individual's carbon emissions, depending on diet, vegetarian, vegan, etc. If you are someone who eats meat, even if its not a lot or regular it still has a larger carbon output then non meat eaters, this is because the amount of energy meat production takes produces that carbon that is emitted into our environment.

I agree with your statement that those who eat less meat or don't eat it at all pollute the environment less than those who eat meat. I must say that children and teenagers need eat all kinds of food (in the sense that they should eat meat, vegetables, fruits, carbohydrates...). I also think that we can contribute to improving the environment by throwing less waste.

Food is essential for your body but I believe buying and feeding on food that is positively contributing to the environment is also a big part of the daily food I eat. Cutting beef can reduce health risks like heart disease,  lower cancer and also benefit the environment.  Therefore I make sure to consume less beef. I basically eat beef around 1x times in 4 months by replacing it with Chicken which decreases my dietary greenhouse gas emissions by 35.7%. I also make sure to recycle the packets my food is packaged with so we don't need to expend the energy to procure or manufacture new materials to create a product.

Transportation has an effect on climate. The cars we use are big contributors to releasing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. As a part-time worker, I attempt to use my vehicle less often than I usually do when it is not urgent. Instead, I am attempting to use my bicycle to go to my workplace. According to data, 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. Every gallon of gasoline burned creates about 8,887 grams of CO2. By using my bicycle more often, I am contributing to cutting down the greenhouse emission I release in a year through transportation because, unlike cars, bikes do not require fossil fuels and is a pollute-free transport.

Electrical appliances contribute to greenhouse emissions. The lights around your house increase the CO2 in the atmosphere and also disrupt sleep. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, electric power generates the second largest share of greenhouse gas emissions. This energy wired to our home is what we use to help run our home appliances like fridges, etc. The lights around your house increase the CO2 in the atmosphere and also disrupt sleep. Therefore, whenever you are not using your room, turning off your lights will help because it requires less electricity which requires fewer energy resources from having a bigger effect on the environment. Using cold water to bathe or take short baths are more preferred over hot showers. Because if you heat a gallon of water at home, you release 0.18 lbs of CO2 into the atmosphere. Then the hot water line at your home comes from a heat source like a hot water heater. Imagine the energy required to heat an entire bucket of water or a 30-minute hot shower/ bath. This also relates to washing our dishes in warm water which is not necessary. Instead making use of cold water for a short period of time to wash the dishes rather than completely depending on the dishwasher is a better choice and brings down not only your electricity bill but also the energy required to source it. These practices can bring down the amount of CO2 emission your produce from your household which is capable of creating a healthier environment.

The type of food we eat can have a significant impact on our carbon footprint. The production, transportation, and processing of food can all contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Animal-based foods such as meat and dairy products have a higher carbon footprint than plant-based foods because of the emissions associated with livestock production, such as methane emissions from enteric fermentation and manure management. In contrast, plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, and grains generally have lower carbon footprints as they require fewer resources to produce. Additionally, the distance that food travels from the farm to our plates can also affect its carbon footprint. Choosing locally grown and seasonal foods can reduce the carbon emissions associated with transportation and storage.

In summary, consuming a diet rich in plant-based foods and choosing locally grown and seasonal options can significantly reduce our carbon footprint. By making sustainable choices in our diets, we can contribute to mitigating climate change and promoting a more sustainable future.

I agree, that our carbon footprint may be significantly impacted by the food we eat. The total quantity of greenhouse gas emissions (mainly carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) that are produced during the full life cycle of the food, from production to consumption, is referred to as the carbon footprint of food.

Energy and resources are needed for food production, transportation, and processing, and each stage of the food supply chain adds to greenhouse gas emissions. For instance, agriculture contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions since fertiliser use can cause nitrous oxide emissions and cattle farming creates methane. Emissions are also increased by food product transportation, whether it be by air, sea, or land.

Therefore, the food we eat can have a significant impact on our carbon footprint, depending on factors such as how far it was transported, how it was produced, and how it was processed. Choosing locally-sourced, seasonal, and organic produce, reducing meat consumption, and avoiding highly-processed foods are all ways to reduce the carbon footprint of our diets.

I learned that food plays a role in emissions considering the process companies take to prepare food for people.

It does. Certain foods like eggs meat and cheese really effect carbon footprint the most

The foods that affect carbon footprint the most are the production of meat, milk, cheese and eggs. Another problem is for example transport, distribution and packaging. I think
to limit the ecological footprint we must: consume local and seasonal products; limit the consumption of meat, specially red ones or when shopping use reusable bags and avoid products with excessive plastic packaging.

The types of food we eat do affect our carbon footprint. Foods like meat products tend to have a significant impact. The reason for this is because animals take a lot of resources to get to the point where we can actually eat them. For example, cows need a lot of grass to eat and space to roam. As the need for beef increases, the livestock population must go up. Which means more space is needed and so more trees are getting cut down to create that space. This is adding a large amount of carbon into the atmosphere. Just cutting out beef from your diet would have a huge impact on the world for the better. If you ever want to have a more environmentally conscious diet, try and limit the amount of meats you consume(especially beef).

The foods that we eat greatly impact our carbon footprint. If your a vegetarian you are helping the planet so much, Especially by buying local and organic food. But a lot of vegetarians could also be producing carbon if they are buying foods shipped in loads of plastic or unhealthy ways of raising crops. People who regularly eat beef are producing a lot of carbon even if they don’t know it. I’m not saying you have to be a vegetarian but even if everyone in the world cut beef out of our diets the amount of green house gases in our atmosphere would be reduced by 14.5%.

the types of food we eat definitely  effect out carbon footprint. I do agree with these statements but, buying local and being vegetarian is difficult for most people in the world. sometimes its due to money, and sometimes its due to the lack of vegetarian food options in the area that a person is living in. theres also the fact that the vegetarian options are very processed and shipped in from all over the world, so either way there is almost just as much carbon produced. sadly, this is just the way the world is and works, we all produce carbon but we also need to work on how much we produce. yes, people who eat meat regularly do produce a lot of carbon but, even just reducing the amount of beef you eat can help. personally I am not vegetarian but I'm trying my best to eat less meat and trying to reduce my carbon footprint as much as I can.

The food we eat in my opinion does definitely  effect our carbon footprint a good amount. However buying locally and organically and growing many of your own veggies does help. That being send many times these things are a lot more expensive and sometimes people can’t afford things to that extent. Also well said by Raine.A how many veggies are shipped all across the world after chemically processed. So that also uses carbon to make. So by taking small steps of reducing the amount of red meat people eat and trying there best to cut down to once a week beef meals it will start to help the carbon emitting from meat.Another reason why we should cut back on red meat is that yes it uses carbon to process, but also forests are cut down to produce industrial meat. After butting down the trees Billions upon Billions of tones of carbon is released into our atmosphere making global warming skyrocket. Often times the trees that are cut down are later burned furthering the emissions.  Not being a vegetarian or vegan myself I do try and cut down on my eating of red meat to help reduce my carbon footprint.

I agree with everyone, the food we eat definitely affects the carbon emissions. Eating more meats is creating more emissions because of the factories used for the meats, and the trucks used to transport the meats. All of these create more carbon emissions.

Absolutely. It’s important to buy local food and eat in season so you aren’t shipping food across the country or world, emitting carbon.

The reason this is an urgent problem that we need to solve because world hunger is a global thing, with people in every country suffering from this. Someways we could lower the severity of this problem by having more places to hand out food for the people who are suffering and we also have to have more stable economy’s so people can sustain themselves

Food waste, in some Italian family is very high and I'm very sorry for this since every day in the world many people die for hunger. After the result that I obtained by calculating my footprint I will be more careful not to throw away all the foof and buy less.

Yes, also if you waste food, you can compost and recycle so we dont ¨waste¨ that much food.

I agree, I have bad food waste in my family but i have started to talk to my parents about composting in my back yard. I have also thought of taking a little less than i need, and then if im still hungry, i take a little more until i feel full.

I am located in Maine, USA and food water and state-wide hunger is a huge problem. One of the reasons a lot of people go hungry here is because they aren’t many well paying jobs. Our biggest city is Portland and even out biggest city doesn't have a lot of job opportunities. We need more industry and big companies to come to Maine, so more people can get jobs. Currently, a lot of families and people are living from paycheck-to-paycheck which isn’t ideal. Our minimum wage just went up to $13.75 and it was around $12. If there were more industries everywhere, that would increase the demand for people to work. That means more people would make money, decreasing the rate of world hunger. A solution you could do at home is if you have barn animals, you could feed them your table scraps that are safe for them to eat. You can also compost your food and then use that as soil for plants like flowers and vegetables. Instead of buying fruits and vegetables from the store, try growing them when you can. That will save carbon from going into our atmosphere because you wont be traveling to the grocery store. Another idea is to save leftovers from previous meals. For example, if you had pasta on Monday and you have leftovers, save it for Wednesday instead of throwing it away. That way you can save money and not have to throw away the food. My last way to help the environment is to buy reduced food. For example, I know at my local grocery store there is a section for reduced bakery goods. A lot of the time the food is still fine, it’s just the store isn’t legally aloud to sell the food if it’s technically expired.

Hunger in the US is a challenge people have to endure everyday. With inflation rising, higher food prices around the United States, families are having a much harder time feeding their families. Finding jobs are very hard right now, many places are closing down due to not being able to pay for their needs, leading to only few jobs open. I believe if there were more places to work, more people would want to work, leading to making money and putting food on the table for families. This worldwide problem and be solved starting with just a few easy things. Saving leftovers, composting, that compost and soon turn into soil which you can plant and garden with. Growing foods at home, reduce trips to the grocery store which puts carbon in the air.

What is also to be kept in mind is that more environmentally friendly food is more expensive. This issue of affordable, healthy, environmentally friendly, produce, is yet another major factor that contributes to the global carbon footprint. One thing that I have to disagree with, is that finding a job is very difficult, at least in my area, businesses are extremely deprived of workers, some places even were so desperate as to pay someone $25 an hour just to wash dishes. This may be different in other places of the world, but in my experience finding a job is relatively easy.

I am from the Maine in the US, and we are lucky that we have easy access to fresh, locally grown foods, reducing the carbon emissions from transporting it. We are lucky living here, as most places in the US and the world do not have this luxury. And also even if they do have access to local food it is more expensive than otherwise. It would be very good if we were able to change this though, we could provide people with healthier, greener food, but in higher density areas this isn't feasible because this would require a much larger quantity of food would be required to meet the demands, and these areas might not be close enough to any land that would make farming profitable locally. Because of this the next best thing for people loving in cities to do is to buy less wasteful amounts of food and to move to more vegetarian diets

Living in Maine, in the United States, I have the benefit of access to multiple sources of locally grown foods and a generally healthy area in terms of climate and carbon emissions. The fact that my area has this ability to grow food on farms and we are able to purchase it at an affordable price is a privilege, but not one that the vast majority of the world is able to experience. Prices, quality of produce, and increasing carbonation of the local environment are the rising factors of why most people cannot live like I am able to. This means that steps need to be made to improve the quality of life for all people. Growing foods at home, farming more efficiently, and increasing composting. These would all take work, but would improve conditions for people’s living and the environment around them. Small things making big impacts.

Personally, my family buys all of our food organic, and as much as possible from local farmers and co-ops. However, we are only able to do this on account of having the resources, and living in an area where it is possible. The difference buying locally grown and organic food can make is astronomical. If we were able to create hydroponic gardens that produce organically cultivated crops and somehow distribute them worldwide in order to create a source of affordable locally grown food in areas where this would otherwise not be possible, there would be colossal change in the environment and world hunger alike. This could help combat deforestation and the destruction of land and soil by pesticides as well.

We frequently waste food. Sometimes the meal is thrown away in the trash even before it has been eaten. Simply said, it's a waste of money and food, and I've seen it at restaurants and schools. People frequently just throw away their tray of food when they are no longer hungry, leaving half of it unfinished or even untouched. By increasing the amount of free food provided, reducing food waste could help end world hunger. So instead of ordering tons of food that you won't be able to finish and will end up throwing it all away, you should only order what you know you can stomach or taking it home with you and eating it later for leftovers. This will reduce food waste.

I feel it’s all about portion control. If you eat as a family of 3, make enough for a family of 3, not a family of 4-5. If you go out to events, take a portion you know you can stomach down, then go back for more if needed. Don’t let your eyes think for your stomach. When you have leftovers, don’t throw them away. Save them for a later day in the week, or give them to friends/neighbors who might enjoy the meal as well as you did. Sometimes we are left with more packaged food (corn, peas, beans, etc) then we would need, donating to local shelters who can use this food for the better instead of throwing it away is also a great way to reduce any food waste. There will always be someone who wants/needs the food that you waste.

I agree with what has been said before as the major issue with food waste starts with buying, or feeling like you need to buy a large amount of food. This can be seen in restaurants and grocery stores where people regularly order food that they do not end up eating, and or purchase food that goes bad and is thrown away. The least people can do at this point is to try to compost, but a majority of the population does not do this or are incapable of doing it. While this is the outcome of food waste, it is important to look into the reasons why we may be wasting such a significant amount of food. I believe this to be the outcome of the idea of American consumerism in which goods are over produced and marketed to people at low costs in order to make them believe it is a smart decision to buy more. This eventually leads to people having a surplus of many things, but specifically food, and when this food goes bad, they simply go and buy more. A way to counteract this loop of overproduction and overconsumption would be buy trying to buy local and only buy what you need. By doing this, you would not only be eating from healthier sources, you would also be supporting local businesses, and cutting down on your overall carbon footprint.

Maturinn hefur mjög mikil áhrif á kolefnissporið okkar og þess vegna þurfum við að passa hvað við borðum og hversu mikið við borðum.

Hvað þurfum við að gera til þess að hætta hungri. Við þurfum að klára matinn okkar. Ekki að kaupa of mikinn mat ef við hendum honum síðan.

Við þurfum að spyrja um minni mat og fá frekar meira á diskinn ef maður er ennþá svangur.

Humans throughout the world already produce enough food to feed everyone that is hungry, so why is world hunger a problem? First, the amount of food and money being distributed throughout the world is unfair. People who are rich get richer, and people who are poor get poorer. This causes many people eating more than enough, and others barely eating anything. We can stop this by eating an appropriate amount of food and distributing food around the world to poorer countries, where the country isn't insanely well developed and rich, like the United States.

I totally agree. Another thing that contributes to the problem is the amount of grain we feed our animals. If we stopped eating beef as a whole, many things would be better. We could turn that grain into food for third world countries, as well as the carbon emissions would go down simply by not farming as much cattle. Cattle drink about 45 billion gallons of water per day and 135 billion pounds of food. Just think about what we could do with all of that food and water if we didn’t put it into growing cattle.

Humans already produce enough food to stop world hunger, so our problem is not that some people are eating too much, but food isn’t going to everyone. So instead of working so hard to make and grow food, we could instead expend some of that energy to distributing it to everyone.

World hunger is mainly caused by poverty. The amount of money distributed through the world is very unequal. The rich keep get richer and the poor are getting poorer. The lack of resources and money in developing countries means that people cannot afford the land or resources for growing crops and nutritious food. If poverty wasn't common in developing countries then the percentage of world hunger would go down but as the world becomes more advanced. Jobs are going to become very available creating more money and that means less poverty.

A third or 2.5 billion tons of food is wasted every year globally! To eliminate or at least reduce world hunger is to stop wasting food. Not only does this stop world hunger but it also reduces methane put into the atmosphere. When food is wasted it breaks down and releases carbon emissions. To kill world hunger we must stop wasting food.

A third or 2.5 billion tons of food is wasted every year globally! To eliminate or at least reduce world hunger is to stop wasting food. Not only does this stop world hunger but it also reduces methane put into the atmosphere. When food is wasted it breaks down and releases carbon emissions. To kill world hunger we must stop wasting food.

Is foods that we buy or eats important in our carbon footprint?

food is 10000000% important in our carbon footprint it is one of the biggest factors in weather you will have a good carbon footprint or a not so great one. For instense if you are vaegan you will have one of the best carbon footprints around because you will not be eating meat or consuming any dairy. if you didn't know eating meat is probably one of the worst things you can do to our invronment. cows take up so much space witch ends up meaning cutting down the rain forests witch are essential for keeping our carbon levels low. so if you are trying to lower your carbon foot print i would say the easiest way to do that is to cut out meat in your diet.

With the result I got by calculating my footprint I was amazed at how much food my family and I waste. I'm very sorry, especially knowing how many people die of hunger every day, and I think that from now on I will be more careful not to throw away all that food and I will also point it out to my family.

I understand your situation, and I believe that as people such as yourself improve, each individual can take their part in improving their life for the betterment of the environment. Simple dietary changes and reduced food waste can have a significant long-term impact as we all slowly dial down on the toll we take on the environment.

reduce food and hunger waste

In this world there are many people who have food shortages, nowadays over 24,000 people die every day from hunger or related causes. These datas are really scary because in the society where I live food waste is very high.

i agree with Hosna, one of thing i could do to reducing my footprint, would be to reduce food waste, reduce the consumation of meat, milk, which are the food that pollute the most.
personally i don't eat them but instead my family eats a lot of meat, a lot of milk and also peckaged foods thats are very polluting.
i can help my family to consume less.

Our world is facing a huge rise to world hunger there are approximately 828 million in the world at least 9.5 % of the world. We can help stop this by reducing food waste some simple ways to help our world is to not buy in bulk, save your leftovers, keep your serving sizes in check, and etc. These simple things can help reduce our planets food waste and help let people have more chances at accessing food.

Many farms are inefficient in their practices, creating much waste, for example if one of their crops is bad because of pests, they have to throw it away, likewise if there is an animal used for meat, it not only pollutes, but if it is sick cannot be used.

This is quite true, farms do create an unnecessary amount of waste (as does mostly everyone), and it is both true with plants and animals such as livestock.

More than half of the world has experienced what it feels like to be hungry. We can all help if we reduce food waste, embrace climate smart agriculture. Climate change and hunger exist in a vicious cycle. We can stop hunger if we just try to listen to one another and not throw food when you can donate it to people that are starving.

I agree with how we can help and we should get the word out more.
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A large waste of food is throwing away leftovers after being done with a meal. You can save these leftovers and eat them for a different meal, and instead of throwing away food scraps, you can compost them, and use them to help your garden.

Most of the people reading this likely have access to enough food to keep you full all the time. But many others do not have that privilege. So next time you are full before finishing your plate and ready to throw it away, try saving your food for tomorrow. It may sound like an unnecessary and boring task to save a few bucks, but it can help reduce the amount of food waste going into the dumps. If you can’t, try to put enough food to make you full on your plate to prevent leftovers in the first place.

Yeah I totally agree with you, I live in California and most of the people I know throw away their food without a second thought. They don't try to compost it or do anything else. I feel like this is a large problem that many people just don't think about.

This is definitely one of the best solutions to excess food waste, but another is to only make enough for you or whoever is eating with you. if you don't make too much food, then you wont have any to throw away.

Lack of food has always been an issue for us, and lately, millions have died each year from it. In fact, more people die from eating too much than eating too little now. Managing our eating habits more responsibly and donating when we can really helps all of us and is what we all need to be able to do to fix this modern problem in our society. Less fortunate people benefit from this the most too, because they can focus a little bit more on other important things with more accessible food.

Food, being the main ingredient needed in a human’s life in order to survive is currently being poisoned by pesticides. This limits the number of edible foods for humans. Pesticides are used to prevent animals from eating farmer’s crops, however they can be just as toxic towards humans. As it was stated in an article, pesticides have been found to cause human cancer.

Article:https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.8369032

According to this website, there are 925 million people on the planet that experience hunger. The food we eat and how much we waste is also an important point to focus on. Yemen is the country that is affected the most in the world, with an index of 45.1. Considering that the US wastes 218 billion dollars of food each year, ending food hunger would be very easy if the entire world would just work together to stop it. Because of Covid-19, hunger grew 150 million people around the world. Although there are many organizations that donate and help the hungry, it is not enough to fix a global problem like this one. That also includes you. You are a part of this world, Wasting less food at school or home, eating only what you need, and buying only what you need is a way to help the world with this problem. Although it might seem like it is a very small action, it does have a big effect.

We need to pay attention to what we eat, to reduce carbon footprint.

I totally agree. I think we should all have diets with less meat. The more meat we eat, the more we affect the world. We should all consider going vegetarian then slowly ease into a vegan diet which will be better than vegetarian. It will help the world and it will also help our health.

I agree I think that if you are gonna move into a vegan diet it is hard and will take a lot of time which is why not to many people have done it so. I think that people should just have at least 1 or 2 days of vegan meals and that will make a big difference.

I agree but I don't think it is necessary to go full vegan. As long as we (humans) reduce our consumption of meat at a sustainable rate that should be enough to reduce our carbon footprint.

I agree and disagree, Yes it would be good to eat a couple meals a week that are vegetarian, and it would be great to have the world go mostly vegetarian. In reality that won't happen, there are many cultures that have certain traditions around meet and many holiday calibrations, like thanksgiving. So I think that a more realistic idea would be to have a more sustainable way of producing the meat, if we were to feed it seed instead of clear cut forests for grass fed cows. There are also scientist who are working on ways to trap the methane that cows release and turn it into energy.
So, yes we should all try to eat less meat, but not necessarily go vegetarian.

Coming from a culture that eats a lot of meat (at least once a day), I would agree with Naomi.  Doing away with meat won't be an easy task.  Rather finding sustainable ways of producing meat seams like a viable option.

Coming from a culture that eats a lot of meat (at least once a day), I would agree with Naomi.  Doing away with meat won't be an easy task.  Rather finding sustainable ways of producing meat seams like a viable option.

I believe that maintaining a vegetarian diet is not too difficult. However, transitioning every person to a strictly plant-based diet would be a great challenge. I agree that the best way to help this issue is by taking steps towards a more sustainable meat industry.

I agree with the fact that doing away with meat is not easy. It's also not a reasonable solution as only 22% of the world are vegetarians and we can't just stop eating meat overnight. A more sustainable solution is to find better ways of producing meat or simply add one or two days where we eat plant-based.

Many of us have food to feed ourselves on the day to day basis. We can open our pantries and refrigerators and see an abundance of food. This is not how it is for everyone on this world and even though we try to preach about “don’t waste food,” we still are not noticing the small things we do since we’re more privileged than most people. So many of us like to throw away our left-over food or throw away the fruits/vegetables from our school lunch. A slight change we can all make is to just save that food for later, offer it to someone that will actually eat it, or just not get it to begin with. We should start thinking about storing food properly, so we are likely to eat leftovers and not throw it away because it got rottened. These are the most common-sense things. But doing things like figuring out how to incorporate the yolk of an egg into another dish so you don’t throw it away. Or not cutting the edges off your sandwich; if you do, instead of tossing them you could blend them to make bread crumbs. There are so many small actions you can take that will affect so many other people for the better.

Food waste is a big issue in many developed countries like the US. People who live comfortably are often less worried about affording food, so they don't always take into account how much food they actually need. This leads to buying too much at a time and letting some products go to waste. These wasted foods could have been given to people who would actually use them instead of wasting the possible gases used in the production of food. There are many ways for people to reduce their waste. You can make a list of what you need before going to a store, for starters. Also, if you do happen to have any wasted food, donating it to your local food bank or personally giving it to someone in need can make a huge difference in somebody's life.

Community gardens should be implemented in many areas. Community gardens can both help people in need of food and reduce our carbon footprint. These gardens provide many people with access to fresh food that they would be unable to access otherwise, feeding the community. This also means that easily accessible processed food could go down in demand if more people have access to better options, lowering the carbon emissions from disposing of these products and producing them. Large community gardens should be implemented in many cities and poor communities by the government.

If dinner is cooked in a large pot, try taking smaller portions of the meal and go back for more as long as you're still hungry. This way, you'll waste less food and reduce the amount of food-related carbon emissions that did not end up feeding anyone.

yeah, title's pretty self explanatory.

but...why?
by saving food, you not only reduce pollution, but conserve energy and resources as well.

but...how?
keep reading

you can try...

- developing a habit of keeping a grocery list. by planning ahead your shopping, you'll be less likely to buy things you won't end up needing later on.

- shop from bulk bins: forget packaging; shop from the bulk bins instead! by doing this, you will only purchase how much you need.

While there are many people in developed countries that are able to eat a full meal there are still millions that don't have eneogh to eat and it is our duty to help them. We as Human have our duty to help our fellow man and we should do everything in your power to help others. There are many ways you could help end starvation in the world. These ways include donating money and food to charities, working at your local food kitchen, and spreading the word to others about our world's problem.

Even though I don't get school lunch myself, I watch hundreds of kids get lunch and then throw out everything except the one item they wanted. If some way we can implement a system where you can pick what you want, and only get what you want, it would waste A LOT less food and would also waste less packaging for items that would just get tossed out. The plates are already paper so good job to the school district for getting rid of plastic plates.

I totally agree agree with your every word you said. Schools waste so much food because the students don't like the food they are getting, so they throw it away. If schools would do an effort to provide school lunches that students enjoy, then there would be much less food wasted which could help with world hunger and food shortages.

While focusing on the issue of school lunch is important another important factor is the availability of food for families. If it were easier to get food then there wouldn't be a need for as many school lunches and therefore, as much waste. For example, I see some kids sitting around only bringing enough food to fill themselves, like beef jerky or one small bag of takis, my point is they only bring enough food with no excess, there is no need to throw anything away except trash.

Reduction of food waste.

I think we know how important is food for everyone. Some people do not have enough food to support their family and those who have it waste it by throwing it in the trash. I propose to change this and enjoy the things we have.

I feel like its more than just what you are saying. I agree that there is people who do not have enough money to buy food but sometimes that is actually there fault. A lot of people who do not have enough money to feed their bellies is because they are spending there money on drugs, alcohol and pleasure. I agree with what you are saying but it is a whole lot more than just throwing away food.

Yeah I totally agree with you, I live in California and most of the people I know throw away their food without a second thought. They don't try to compost it or do anything else. I feel like this is a large problem that many people just don't think about

Nowadays people waste a ton of food, which has serious impact on the environment. By wasting food we also waste all the water and energy it takes to grow, harvest, transport, package and cook it. Furthermore, when food ends up in the landfill and rots, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas that is even more potent than Carbon Dioxide.

I agree, methane is very bad for the environment. It traps heat in the atmosphere and slows down the rate at which it leaves our planet, therefore contributing to climate change by increasing the temperature on Earth.

I agree, more food waste could lead to more dire consequences for our entire planet. It's more than just throwing away what you dont want, eating/ saving food more could benefit us slowly.

Food waste also does not help people who are in need of food and like said earlier, food waste hurts the environment and the people of the environment. All the food that is thrown away, especially in the United States makes no sense,  as we should be buying as little as we need. This is because people need that food and increasing demand causes prices to go up. The increased demand for food causes the prices of food to go up and that affects many lower class families who already are struggling without inflation.

You have proven a point there. You are right there are indeed tons of waste of food, and the amount of food being wasted is just way too extreme and could end up leading to methane which could cause air pollution. This issue should be discussed as this is a serious issue and probably think of some solution to prevent food waste such as composting.

I agree, every person in the U.S. has on average wasted 219 pounds of food or almost 100 kg of food. Those statistics are from this year and the year isn't over yet. This means that the food waste will continue to increase. I really hate how much food people waste because I always think of homeless people and people in other countries that don't have enough food to eat. We need to find new ways to prevent food waste.

What can we do to decrease starvation rates?

As widely known the starvation rates all around the world are shockingly high. There are many ways that we all as a community can help take action to reduce these high rates. First step is to make sure we do not over buy food, over buying food leaves room for food to go bad, be wasted and not used in many homes. We can all do out part in making sure that our community is fed by donating food and if many of us do this all around the world it decreases starvation rates. 
-Triniti Tikoi

Composting tools for food waste should be more accessible.

I agree, and also composting in general should be encouraged more. The equipment and products needed are usually very expensive, so they are not commonly used.

Preventing food waste sounds like a large task to tackle, but in reality it can be really simple. While you're at the grocery store, check the expiration dates on the food you're buying. Make/buy proportions of food that make sense. Make serving sizes that you know you can eat so that there's no chance of any of it going to waste. When you're at a restaurant, take your food to go and eat it tomorrow instead of throwing it away. So many people in the world don't have the luxury of eating whatever they want when they want. Please be grateful for what you have and be thinking of others that don't have as much.

Save your food for later instead of throwing it away

Don't waste food because the farmers who grow the food for us takes care of the food we eat and it takes a long time to grow rice. Farmers also have to wake up really early even for fishers. So, inorder to thank them, we eat their things.

yes I agree  if we waste food we can feed like animals not just throw it away because food are very hard to get and when it is producing it takes along time.

I also agree with you. It takes a long time for farmers to grow these crops.It is really hard for them. We should understand and stop wasting food.It takes millions of years for soil to regrow for just a bit. Ｗe should treasure the food that we get, and be thankful that we are so lucky to be able to eat everyday.

I agree, don't waste food. If you waste food, they have to burn it, if you burn food you will create harm to the environment.

I agree that we should not waste food. It's because if the food rots, it will rot with other organic stuff which creates methane gas. Methane gas is 25 times more powerful than carbon pollution. Methane gas traps heat in the atmosphere which causes Climate Change. Climate Change creates bad effects like drought, storms, and other toxic stuff to us and Earth. Also people waste resources if they waste food. For example, we waste fertilizers that help our plant grow, machines that produce food and gather the crops, or plastic that package our food. To reduce waste of food, we can compost foods that are fresh to help make the soil rich and fresh for other plants we can eat to grow. Also we can save the leftover food and eat it tomorrow so that people do not eat the food once and buy things over and over.

I also agree because we dump 1.2 million tons every year and why don’t we use them to feed the 828 million people in hunger? It is a good idea as we already have food banks that feed the hunger! If we realize we can’t eat everything, we can’t feed the hungry, this we won’t have food waste and have less hungry people.

I agree what they say because that people's waste food will be transport to the burning place as yoyo say we dump 1.2 million tons of food every year. That burning from food will cause air pollution. Yoyo also said that if we don't waste the food we can feed 826 people that is in need of food more than us. If we gave our food to the people that is starving they will appreciate anything food that is giving it to them. They won't waste food because they are desperate for food.

yeppp, we should always be grateful for the farmers. they've worked so hard for selling all these crops and stuff. try your best to not waste food. make a good use of them

I agree, we need to stop wasting food cause we might not know the time that we need food.

I also agree that we shouldn't waste food, because whether it's you, your friend(s), or your guardian(s) who earned the money to buy that food, blood, sweat, tears, and a lot of effort was put into it. So let's all be grateful and not waste food

yes, I agree don't waste food because if we keep wasting food before we know we will be running out of food and water and we are not the ones making money our family is the ones that make money so we should eat all our food we have to be grateful for getting to eat food.

Food is such an important resource that a lot of us take for granted. Countries that are deeply affected by poverty struggle with food a lot and it really breaks my heart to see it.

We should be more mindful of our food choices, both for the environment but also for our own personal health. For example, cows produce a very big amount of methane gas(which affects the ozone layer, making climate change even worse than it already is), just by living, if a good chunk of us stopped buying cow products such as milk or meat, the demand would go down for these types of products and not as many cows would be bred and then sadly slaughtered later on.

We are what we eat, but what we eat also affects our world.

I agree, so many people waste food on a daily basis when it could be eaten and used.

Composting food as well as saving and preserving food as long as we can would benefit the environment.

Stop farming cattle, cows alone account for 15% of global warming.

Don’t waste food

I think that in order to have a successful world for everyone there needs to be food for every hungry person out there. Having no food or nutrition results in poor health and development of people. Especially younger ones, their education and learning ability become much slower than the average toddler or child with not enough nutrition to fulfill their needs. Even for adults not enough food causes diseases, problems, and even death. We need to find a way to solve this problem of worldwide hunger!

I agree... so many people are hungry and don't have anything or very little to eat, which is so sad We should definitely find a solution for worldwide hunger as soon as possible!

Remember, the key point of food and huger is that you do not waste food since if you waste food it is not contributing to saving food and the people that don't have food will be even more hungry. You could also donate food to the food bank and they will give it to people who need food, hope that helps.

I agree, you should not waste your food, because it is a serious problem of poverty, and you could donate them food. You should not also not waste food because there is a legend, at least in my area saying that if you waste your food, when you die, you would eat all of them in hell.

We should never waste food, some people don't have the money to buy food.

Yeah, for the people who can’t afford to buy food, they will eat anything people give them because they don’t have a choice. We should not be picky and waste food, just think of the people who can’t even BUY food.

Yes,wasting food is very bad.because some people in Africa don’t have food to eat so don’t waste food!

Many people in poor countries in Africa don’t have food, but the carbon footprint for them is very low. Always share your food to the homeless.

yeah if we waste food people lose lots of chance to eat. when there are lots of people who are dying of hunger.

Yeah, wasting food is very bad because it is basically melting money when you can give it to poor people

I agree, we shouldn't waste food. We should reduce food waste by only cooking and buying what we eat and saving the leftovers for later to be reused. Also, a shopping list or a meal planner can help!

Yes, I agree completely we should not waste food, we should make a good amount that will not be too much or too little. If it is too much we should save the leftovers for later. Wasting food is also wasting money, you could use that money to donate food to the needy and much more!

Food waste is a real and very common topic. Currently, 8% of greenhouse gases are due to food waste, a person ends up throwing away up to 170 kg of food annually. To reduce this number, we can donate food to the most helpless people. What do you think about the consequences of food waste?

Everyone has an important role to play in reducing food waste! Often with minimal effort, food waste can be reduced, saving money and helping to protect the environment by:
Plan your meals;
You can use the surplus from the preparation of previous meals; Read the information about the date of minimum durability of the food. This can be expressed in two ways depending on the perishability of the food, respectively "expires on the date..." (informs us about the safety of the food) and "best consumed before the date..." (informs us about the quality of the food); put less in plate and refill if necessary; freeze! (ready meals); store food properly (check labels for storage instructions, make sure fridge is suitable between 1°C and 5°C); always know what food you have in your pantry and fridge; rotate food stored at home – "first in, first out"!

I personally think that everyone should have somewhere from where they can buy local ingredients,or somewhere where they could even grow their own food, especially for the people who live in the country side or even if you have a small backyard where you could grow a couple vegetables or spices and even if you live in apartment.

I definitely think that everyone should have somewhere to buy local fresh produce and ingredients. Most stores nowadays have mostly hormoned and artificial produce,food, and basic ingredients.

How can we reduce food waste worldwide? If you have a plan, how can you act on it?

If throwing food away would be a contest then my country would be a goold medalist. I am not proud about it and the only thing that i can do is to not throw away food myself and to tri to convice others to do the same as me.

Healthy food is better!

We should stop throwing food away because we don't feel like eating it now. Many people do not have anything to eat while we abuse the resources we own. We should be more grateful for what we have and stop wasting it for nothing.

There are lots of people that are poor and can not afford to buy food so when you see something you don’t like, think of the poor kids that can’t even get food.

I agree with your point. Approximately 10% of people in this world are thirsty and hungry. Wasting food is like you are throwing away something that the other person treasures.Food is a treasure for most of the people, because it can help them live and also help their children and families.STOP WASTING FOOD.

I agree with you. My country is among the first in Europe when it comes to throwing away food. This makes us spend much more money and pollute the environment at the same time. People choose to buy ready-made food from the supermarket, instead of cooking it themselves, because they think it's more practical, but it's not. I think people should cook as much as they think they will eat, and if they have any left over, give it to people who really need it.

My country is among the first in Europe when it comes to throwing away food. I'm not proud of it to be honest!

My country is among the first in Europe when it comes to throwing away food. I'm not proud of it to be honest. I think people should cook as much as they know they will eat. Or at least give it to someone in need.

There are too many people in the world that waste food. Whether it is not wanting to finish the food on your plate or forget the food as it rots or molds. Lots of people around the world relates to food waste and throwing away food everyday. When food rots, it produces and releases methane. Methane can effect the environment bu causing pollution and climate change. More than 90% of the global population breathes in unhealthy air. How can we decrease the amount of food waste we have right now?

I agree with you that there are many people wasting food. To this world there are a lot of people that waste food by not looking at other people's food and help. To decrease the amount of food that we waste is to make a presentation to people that are wasting food so they can learn their lesson and make a change.

That has been indeed a big problem especially since the invention of products such as plastic and preservatives which facilitate food trade all around the world. Therefore, people buy more food because it is much more accessible to everyone and takes less time to prepare. This is a big problem in my country. Here, many people follow the principle "The more, the better!" which unfortunately leads to a lot of expired food being thrown away and plenty of wasted money.
I think people should be more encouraged to cook more and share their food with not just their family but with their neighbours and friends as well.

tooooo much food waste

I agree. I see a lot of my classmate dump the school lunch, yes, it isn't always the best, but we shouldn't be wasting the food. Producing food, farming food, and cooking food all need people to help with that. Wasting the food could also just making those meat industries emitting carbon dioxide for no reason. I think we could improve by eating the food that we like that is balanced so that we won't be emitting gases for no reason and harming the planet.

Yes, we can get the amount we know we need. And after if we think we are still hungry, we can get more. We dont have to just get everything we want and not finish it. I did a little research and found out that 0ne third of the food we eat gets thrown away, and it doesnt include the food being thrown away during the food production process

This is very much true, and sadly I am one of the people that do waste food A LOT. I now realize that we need to eat as much as we can if we take as much as we think we can eat. For example, when me and my family order food on Uber eats, my brother usually thinks he can finish two things in which is true most of the times, but sometimes it isn’t and it can cause our food to go to deep waste. So, just imagine how much food is being wasted when we include the wasted food from us, factories, restaurants, schools, and more. This is why I totally agree that we should be eating as much as possible and we should try to finish everything on our plate in order to not waste anymore.

Yes, even if you don't like what you're eating, you can still eat it, you won't get injured or die if you eat it, just force yourself because a lot of people don't even HAVE food to eat. People work hard for each process of providing food for us, and we should be thankful for that.

I agree with this we shouldn't be wasting any food approximately 828 million people world wide has been staving for the past 50year if you dont like what you have to eat think about all those people who wish they can have one bite of food so we should be grateful of what we have.

the waste of food is a big problem

Yes sir, very big indeed

I recently found out that one third of the world's food is thorwn away, this is a huge amount! We need to realise this, and do our best to lower the number!
To stop the waste, we need to not throw away the food we can eat, even if it's a little amount! We can keep it in a fridge and eat it later, or share it with a friend or family member.

According to my carbon footprint results, the food I ate was more than the average in Taiwan. I ate meat almost every meal, so I should start eating more vegetarian meal. The good thing is that I don’t waste food, so I don’t cause any global warming by eating food. People that waste too much food can affect the Earth really badly.

Here are some ways to stop food waste:
1. Take an inventory; know the amount of food you should eat.
2. Store food appropriately.
3. Buy “ugly” food; when people only buy “pretty” food, the “ugly” food would be thrown away. Which cause a lot of food waste.
4. Use leftover creatively; for example, add them to a new meal.

Video of how we can stop food waste:

GOOOOD POINT! we really should know the amount we eat, and use leftover creatively.

Yes, I think those are some very good ways to prevent food waste and me myself should also try some of these techniques too.
     Some other ways I recommend to stop food waste are:
         1. Create a meal plan.
         2. Save and eat leftovers safely.
         3. Try to compost.
      Here is a video that I would like to share to everyone:

Here is the video:
     

I agree, more vegetarian meals should be provided since animals take a lot of time to reproduce and grow. A vegetable usually takes about 70 days to grow, but a cow takes 2-3 years to be slaughtered. As you can see, a vegetable grows much faster than a cow, this means that people should eat more vegetarian meal than a meal with only meat in a week. Also if people waste food, they are wasting food that can be used for feeding children in poor areas around the world. People should be more considerate about not wasting food but using it in a more productive way to save many things around the world. For example, people can decompose their leftover meals so that it can be used for growing plants with nutrition from the past meals. This is one example, but there are a lot more ways to save the food from getting wasted by us to keep the environment clean.

I agree. People have wasted approximately 16.5 million tons of food over the past year in Taiwan. If we continue to waste more food, global warming and pollution will be a big effect in our lives. I have also looked at my results in the Carbon Footprint and I eat more meat than vegetarian meals. There should be more vegetables supplied for us since eating meat like cows or pigs take about 283 days to be killed off but only 70 days for a vegetable to be grown and prepared for us to eat. If people continue wasting food, the environment will be bad for the vegetables we grow. It will be affected by the pollutants and will most likely die. One way we could conserve more food is to only buy the things you will need. For example, if you buy groceries for the next month or so it will become rotten and it will go to waste. You should check what you have in your refrigerator before you go grocery shopping to make sure what you will need to buy and what you don’t need to buy. You can plan ahead or make a list (grocery list) of the things you want to buy.

Be grateful for whatever food is given to you, may it be from the School Lunch Program or elsewhere.

I agree, so many people are starving in other places and the food that is being wasted doesn't help the environment in any way. Additionally, rotting food in landfills releases methane, creating an even more powerful greenhouse gas  than carbon dioxide.

I agree, people around the world are suffering from having empty stomach’s. We should respect and be grateful for having food everyday. When we eat food always finish it. It is the best thing we can do to help and prevent food waste.

I totally admit this is 100% true. Always be thankful for what you have, because we cannot just waste the food but to provide it to hunger. God Bless!!

I agree, many people around the world have starved of hunger and if they see anything, they would want to eat it. For us, maybe it is okay do waste food becuase we can get food all the time, but for the people who don't get food, and you give them food, they will thank you very much and finish it. Food is like their dream. So, we have to be grateful for whatever food that is given to us, even if it is not delicious.

Why do other people waste food?Is it because they have too much? It is very important to not waste food.For some reason all the people around the world are dying because of Hunger. Don´t Waste FOOD

we should eat more vegan meals

Food waste is a big problem globally and many tend to not see it. People need to shop efficiently so it can limit the chances of food being wasted. Many are out there starving while some are being picky about their food. We need to be mindful and considerate for others and our future when it comes to problems like this.

Most people in our world tend to throw away uneaten food. Uneaten food can be left in a container instead of throwing it away. Just by finishing your food it can lead to big change in food waste. How do you improve food waste?

We should stop wasting food

I agree because wasting food can cause hunger and if this cycle continues, it is going to be a big problem.

I agree, think about he people who don’t even have money to buy food, and you are wasting it.

true, and many people don't even have enough food and they go to bede with empty stomaches while we're wasting food. wasting food is also wasting the money you spent on it

You shouldn't waste food since wasting food it is not contributing to anything I've seen my classmates dump a lot of food out if they don't like the food personally, but the food our school provides healthy lunches sure it's not the best-tasting food out there but it's still important not to let it go to waste as it can also help our body

Amen

finish all of your food

I agree

yes, agreed. there is 108 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States. we need to stop it

Yes, always finish your food because many people in poor countries don’t have food and you are wasting that opportunity for them.

Don't throw away food at lunch if you have school lunch.

Stop wasting food.

I agree, you should not waste your food, because it is a serious problem of poverty, and you could donate them food. You should not also not waste food because there is a legend, at least in my area saying that if you waste your food, when you die, you would eat all of them in hell.

agreed

Eating local food will certainly help to reduce and remain pollution !
At first, eating local products reduce pollution link to importation. Also most of the time buy local product is cheaper and healthier !
Furthermore, buying local products help the local economy. Here in French-Polynesia, buying local products allow many families to live and it is a concrete part of our economic system.

Yes it's so true !

Yes I totally agree with you Toho !

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Buying in the local market can help reduce the amount of CO2 emission since it doesn't do any long trip to arrive to your plate. It's also cheap and healthy most of the time.

Hi Louann, great point I totally agree. Buying products from your local market can help lower CO2 emissions in a great way. You see, when you buy a product from a distant country, there needs to be a way for the product to be transported. Throughout that transportation rather it be by car or plane, the CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions are significantly high. Rather than buying a product that is grown or made locally, the transportation emissions are bound to be much lower. According to my resource linked below, if you think about the emissions and gases released from transporting something from across the world to your plate, versus purchasing food from only a few miles away, the CO2 emissions from transportation are much lower. Another reason why it is pertinent that you by food local is because sometimes in the route of transportation a lot food gets damaged and rotten, leading to a rise in food waste. So If you were to purchase food locally from a farmers market for example, it is not being shipped and kept in transportation for an extended period of time, so not only is it not being damaged, but it's more fresh. Another point that supports buying local is the packaging impact. When you purchase goods from across the world there is a lot of packaging needed, and as of recently, it's mostly plastic. Plastic being the largest adversity to our environments health,more of it to transport goods should be eliminated. When you buy local, there is simply no need to use immense amounts of packaging if the good is traveling a shorter distance. So just buy local!
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I totally agree with you!

I totally agree with you. Moreover, the fact of consuming local products allows to help our craftsmen and farmers. Here in Tahiti, we help the fishermen by buying their fish!

I'm totally agree with what you are saying. here in tahiti we go to the market every sunday morning to buy vegetables, fish,

I learned by eating out more it can have a big effect in your carbon footprint. we should try making restaurant take out pages out of paper bags instead of plastic.

It's true that eating out has a big effect in our carbon footprint, and that, restaurant should be more aware of their usage of plastic bag. But I also think that, WE should be aware of it, and bring countainers for our take-out, and also try to not go to restaurant that often.

I recently learned that depending on what food you eat, and how much of it you eat, you could be leaving a much larger carbon footprint than you expected. This goes to show that many things, even down to watching what we are eating can have a huge impact on climate change.

So many countries waste an absurd amount of leftover food every year for no reason. If people in these countries stopped throwing away extra food we could bring down carbon emissions a great amount.

we need to compost more or only get what we are going to eat.

Why do so many countries waste hundreds of thousands of pounds of food when some people are dying of hunger?

Wasting food might not affect you or the people around you but somewhere there are people dying of hunger. Whether they can't afford the food they need or their country isn't supplying food for anybody there are always ways to support people instead of wasting food you specifically don't need.

Eating meat can cause so many fossil fuels to be produced. In order to have less of an impact you can opt for more vegetarian meals. Even if you don't want to become vegetarian just eating meat a bit less can have a major impact.

Reducing the amount of food we waste, and eating less meat are 2 ways we can reduce our carbon emissions. By lowering the amount of food we waste, we aren't wasting the energy it took to produce/transport the food. Also, when food gets thrown away in the trash, it has to travel a long way to the landfill, which ultimately emits more carbon into the atmosphere. During the process of breaking down the food, methane gets produced, and methane is a greenhouse gas that contributes heavily to climate change.

Yes me being a vegetarian i feel very accomplished right now

One way to waste food is to save it for leftovers, this is efficient because 1) it doesn't waste food and 2) it gives you a meal or snack to have. Also if you cooked the meal by yourself, you can continue to be proud of your cooking skills if you keep it!

one way to not waste food sorry

Wasting food makes a big impact on climate change. In fact, 8 percent of all global emissions are from wasted food. When food is produced, there are a lot of steps to transport it, in order for us to eat it. They have to grow, harvest, transport, and package it which uses a lot of energy. When we throw that food out, all of the energy was simply a waste. You may be wondering how much food actually goes to waste. 1/3 of all food in the entire world gets thrown out and is never eaten. That is approximately $408 billion worth of food. It becomes even more of a problem when there are people who don't have enough money for basic necessities such as money. We have enough money to feed the world but our problem is not distributing it correctly. Some things you  can do at home to help is making sure to buy only what you need and plan accordingly.
You can also use your freezer to store frozen food because it last longer. Overall, food waste is something that you should try to avoid today because it negatively impacts us all.

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/f … food-waste
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate- … ood-waste/

I agree with you in some ways, but it really depends on your lifestyle and eating habits, a person in Manhattan NY will produce more carbon per calorie ingested than a person in Kansas eating that same calorie, you should really focus on what your surroundings are and what is your reality if you are unsure about what to do ask a team of lock experts

agreed

Whenever we have spare or wasted food we compost it for our garden, or feed it to our chickens to eat.

by people wasting food buying it and not eating it

I agree completely. Especially with meat, wasted food creates a ton of carbon which causes climate change, most fruits and veggies can be composted, but chicken and steaks and other meat can't which contributes a lot more to the problem.

I fully agree! Some of that wasted food is still edible and should not be thrown away! Nothing is worse then when you see still good food in the trash. Just because it might be unwanted, doesn't give anyone the right to throw it away! Some people need that food.

Through this website, I learned many things about how your diet can affect your carbon footprint. Eating beef releases lots of carbon into the atmosphere. The transportation used to transport beef is extremely bad for the environment. The cows also release carbon through waste. Overall the best way to take care of our planet is to become vegan. Although it is a hard lifestyle change it is necessary to maintaining a healthy atmosphere for generations to come.

A cow releases about 100 kg methane per year which is equal to 2,300 kg of CO2. If you burn 1,000 liters of petrol a car uses 8 liters of petrol per 100 km so you could drive 12’500 km per year (7,800 miles per year). Then there is the 2.8 billion metric tons of CO2 for grazing and farming land. There are approximately 1.5 billion cows worldwide. So if we were to all become vegans we would eliminate 3450 billion CO2 from the world. 

Are cows the cause of global warming?

Food waste contributes significantly to climate change. When food is wasted ie. thrown out by grocery stores, wasted by consumers, etc. all of the energy, including water, is wasted. This includes growing, harvesting, packaging, and transporting. Not only is this energy wasted, but when certain foods rot they produce methane and contribute to greenhouse gases. According to worldwildlife.org, "About 6%-8% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced if we stop wasting food."

Climate change also affects if and how crops grow. Because of climate change, water levels have changed in certain regions, greatly impacting crops and their ability to grow. In some areas, water had decreased leading to drought and in others water has increased leading to flooding. Bread.org says "In the highlands of Guatemala, chronic malnutrition affects roughly sixty-five percent of a primarily agrarian population and out-migration to the United States is increasing due to extreme drought and flooding." Not only has water supply changed, but weather pattern has too. Plants who are accustomed to hot and dry weather are now facing constant natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornados.

While all of this information may seem overwhelming, you can do small things to help. In order to reduce food waste, buy only what you need and do not purchase in excess. Another way to combat food waste is to use your freezer to keep foods fresh for longer. Also make sure to eat leftovers, and not throw food out after only one meal. An easy way to eliminate your food waste is to compost your leftovers. In conclusion, food waste is related to climate change in many ways, but there are things you can do to help.

As we know, we have been putting insane amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. One of the main factors to this, is food waste. As humans, we tend to buy more than we can eat, and then once it goes bad, or is expired, we throw it away. By doing so, we are adding more carbon into the environment. Every time that we waste food, we are also wasting the energy that was put into harvesting and growing it. When the food rots or goes to the landfill there is a possibility that methane would be added to the atmosphere as well, another greenhouse gas that adds tons of carbon dioxide into the air.

How do we stop this? Well, one thing that we can do to help slow the dispense of carbon, is by only buying what we can eat. Although its a given that we should already be doing this, we as humans tend to eat with our eyes, meaning we see something and we add it to our basket without thinking twice. One thing we can do, is imagine if we can see ourselves cooking with it or eating it within the next week. If not, don't buy it!! Another thing that we can do is shop locally! The farmers market sells fresh and local produce every week, and fresh produce is known to last longer. So by buying this, not only does it make the shelf life longer, but we're wasting less food! And if we end up eating it we can turn it into compost!

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/f … %20dioxide.

According to feedingamerica.org, approximately 108 billion pounds of food are wasted each year, in America alone. Nearly 40% of food made in America is wasted. So many people and kids in our country are starving, yet we still waste almost half of our food for no reason. From farmers to shippers to consumers, every level wastes food that could be going to people who need it. Not only does our food waste take away opportunities for people in need to get food, but food waste also affects our environment as well. In accordance with WWF(World Wildlife Fund), because so much American food is packaged and grown, the wasting of food affects the world we live in. The time and water it takes to package food is a huge one, especially if plastic is used. The world’s population is getting even bigger, which means that even more food will be wasted if people right now don’t intervene. If we all stop buying plastic-wrapped and unnecessary foods, maybe the wasting of food can stop and we can help the environment and other people in the process.

Links used: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/fight-climate-change-by-preventing-food-waste#:~:text=But%20wasted%20food%20isn't,more%20potent%20than%20carbon%20dioxide.

https://www.feedingamerica.org/our-work … s%20wasted.

Throughout the United States, people have wasted tons of food without even realizing it. The most common way people waste food is by buying new produce then not eating it for days until it becomes spoiled which results in them having to just throw it away. The percentage of food waste going into landfill is estimated to be 96%, which shows how possible nutrients are being wasted. Furthermore, the greenhouse gas methane is produced when food tries to break down in landfill. Methane is harmful towards our environment because it is a contributor towards Climate Change. This means our food waste greatly impacts Climate Change.

Ways to lessen our food waste:
- Eat leftovers!!!
  - Compost food scraps
- Only buy what you truly need and plan what to get beforehand
- If there are some foods that you have not used, donate them to food banks or other local food organizations that helps feed those in need

           More ways that can help are listed below:
                https://wsra.net/reduce-food-waste/

Throughout the United States, people have wasted tons of food without even realizing it. The most common way people waste food is by buying new produce then not eating it for days until it becomes spoiled which results in them having to just throw it away. The percentage of food waste going into landfill is estimated to be 96%, which shows how possible nutrients are being wasted. Furthermore, the greenhouse gas methane is produced when food tries to break down in landfill. Methane is harmful towards our environment because it is a contributor towards Climate Change. This means our food waste greatly impacts Climate Change.

Ways to lessen our food waste:
- Eat leftovers!!!
  - Compost food scraps
- Only buy what you truly need and plan what to get beforehand
- If there are some foods that you have not used, donate them to food banks or other local food organizations that helps feed those in need

           More ways that can help are listed below:
                https://wsra.net/reduce-food-waste/

There are many ways that going vegan can decrease your carbon footprint. Not all people are going to become vegan but even just not eating meat twice a week can help your carbon footprint. A concern that comes with this is health as typically, vegan meals may have significantly less protein than a non-vegan meals. a good solution for that is tofu. Tofu is a good option because of its affordability, ingredients, and higher protein levels. In fact, tofu has over 10 grams of protein in just half a cup. while this may seem like a lot, tofu is light and not filling. Not only does tofu have high protein but it also has lots of accessibility because of its ingredients. According to ourworldindata.org (linked here: https://ourworldindata.org/soy), only about 7 percent of soybeans are used for human consumption and as shown in trophic cascades, we can take about ten percent more energy from the soybeans by consuming them directly. This means we can harness soybeans even more and fill all the boxes of accessibility, protein consumption, and most importantly carbon footprint.

If our produce was freshly grown and not pounded with pesticides or chemicals to make it grow faster and look more appetizing, then we would not have as many pollutants. Freshly grown produce would most likely make humans emit less, or cause less issues with the emissions. We could not solve the issue of the items we use and their emissions, but gases emitted by humans also create a problem.

I completely agree. To add a couple more ideas as to why fresh grown produce are a key factor in a more sustainable life, organic produce have more health benefits for humans. Organic foods have 20-40% more antioxidants than foods that contain chemicals and pesticides. Organic foods lack many of the most common yet dangerous chemicals for humans to consume such as cadmium. There is a 48% lower chance that organic produce will test positive for cadmium. Organic foods play a key role in the emission of carbon and other greenhouse gases. According to research conducted by the Columbia Climate School, pesticides alone and other chemicals used on foods contribute to 3-5% of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere as well as many other negative impacts on the environment such as erosion in the soil, a loss in environmental biodiversity, pollution, and specifically water pollution. The risks involved from using these pesticides and chemicals do not outweigh the reasons to keep using the pesticides on our foods. Organic farming in moderation is great for a number of reasons. For starters, it completely eliminates the opportunity for dangerous pesticide runoff, it enhances soil quality, and most importantly, it is much healthier for humans which are the consumers. In conclusion, freshly grown produce does lead to lower carbon emissions and is overall, healthier for humans and the environment. It should be advertised more and the average consumer should be more encouraged to buy it.

Lots of energy goes into making, transporting, and processing food, especially with animals like cows and pigs. According to saveonenergy.com, the U.S. food system consumes 10.11 quadrillion Btu(British Thermal Units) each year. Also, it takes approximately 107,482 Btu to produce a single pound of beef, and about 42,992 Btu to produce a pound of pork. This means that in order to reduce our energy usage, and therefore our carbon footprint, we need to start eating less meat, and wasting less too.

Does throwing away food affect the environment?

If you throw away food, methane is exposed and sometimes other gases, which affects the earth's environment. Some way to change this is to give in to someone who needs it. Another, way to help is to be more aware of how much food you should buy, rather than buying too much, to the point where you won't even eat it. Another reason is to not waste any food in general and to just eat all of what you got.

Source:https://moveforhunger.org/the-environmental-impact-of-food-waste

Wasting food is not just a social concern as it is an environmental one. When wasting food it is also wasting all the time and energy to grow it. When thrown away the food rots and produces methane which is a greenhouse effect. One-third of food produced is not eaten. An average of 6-8% of people are the cause of greenhouse gas being released into the atmosphere from wasting food. Ways to help this change is by giving little by little to people in need. We should not waste food but make use of it. If we stop producing food that we don't eat we would be saving water and energy that was to make the product.   

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/fight-climate-change-by-preventing-food-waste#:~:text=But%20wasted%20food%20isn't,more%20potent%20than%20carbon%20dioxide.

I was invested in the subject of food waste when I discovered that food accounts for 10-30 percent of a household's carbon footprint. Production is accountable for 68% while transportation accounts for 5%. Looking at the Washington Post's article regarding food waste, I learned that 1 third of the food in the U.S. gets wasted, and how fixing this issue can impact the effects of climate change. Additionally, more than a third of food grown for eating never actually gets consumed, and is wasted, estimating about $408 billion worth in food, grown on U.S. farmlands with 4 trillion tons of water. Just think about those numbers! It's seriously something very scary to look at, knowing that most of us are the root of the issue. However, there are ways we can make changes to our daily lives and help create positive effects on climate change little by little. For example, add limitations to your consumption or shopping routines. Maybe take smaller portions when preparing food to prevent yourself from serving too large of a portion, and wasting it when you are done. Save your leftovers and start composting. Remember to buy only what you will eat, and eat what you buy. These changed can positively effect climate change in addition to your carbon footprint. The carbon footprint of U.S. food waste is actually greater than the carbon footprint of airline industries! The consequences of producing food that no one eats are immense. Globally, food waste is responsible for about 8 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. Many issues have raised from these statistics of food waste, and there is plenty of other research and methods to help limit our waste and impact climate change! Let's try it!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate- … ood-waste/

Carbon dioxide is further growing in the world, polar ice caps are melting, and the heating of the earth is continuous and growing, but is it even real? Or nonetheless human-caused? These questions are similarly faced in front of scientists today as many argue over the idea of climate change and if the most simple acts of humans could be widely impacting our world today. But the questions of, "Could climate change be human-made?" and "Is it real?" That leaves our earth both confused and warm will be explained in this post... In my opinion, the idea of climate change being both human-made and real is, in fact, existent in our world today! According to The New York Times, "The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence and Proof" written by journalist Julia Rosen with a Ph.D. in Geology, explains, "Greenhouse gases have a powerful effect on climate (see the next question for why). And since the Industrial Revolution, humans have been adding more of them to the atmosphere, primarily by extracting and burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas, which releases carbon dioxide." Regarding if climate change is real, is an article created by NASA (https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/), shows the different ways in which climate change is both here on earth and visible to people at this time. Things like global temperature rise, warming oceans, shrinking ice sheets, sea-level rise, and more, all explained in that article show how climate change is prominent and in fact real on earth. In conclusion, climate change, carbon dioxide growth, polar ice caps melting, and the warming of the earth frequently come into scientists' minds when we think of our earth, and concern us every day. But do we really know if it is existent and both human-caused? Yes, it is and because of humans, we are rapidly causing climate issues to affect our earth more and more heavily than ever like sea levels rising, the warming of our oceans, and more. Why does this matter? This matters because not only does it damage our atmosphere and the resources which we need, but because it damages our earth, breaks down the environments which plants need to thrive, and endangers our earth every day as the climate rises. So taking a chance by, using less electricity, and holding our factories and companies accountable for such high carbon and smoke produced with more efficient ways to create things will reduce climate change on our earth and protect us from a broken down earth.

Other sources, my apologies...

https://www.nytimes.com/article/climate … k-4b4906cb

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

According to LA times, one burger takes 660 gallons of water to make. This is very dangerous especially with the current drought we are experiencing in California. I believe that if people are able to slightly reduce their consumption of meat, it could make a great impact on our environment.

First, I wanted to say that this is a good point. We don't actually realize how much it takes to produce meat until we see the facts. According to peta.org It takes 1800 + gallons of water to produce one pound of meat. Where I live, in California, we have been experiencing dry winters with little rain and low precipitation. Because of the dry Winters that we have had, it has caused us to be like we are in a drought this year, and for years coming, and passed. In addition, meat is responsible for releasing greenhouse gasses such as methane, CO2, and nitrous oxide. All of these gasses contribute to climate change, more exclusively global warming. So yes, I agree that if people reduce their meat consumption and production, it will definitely impact our environment.

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"According to the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization], 925 million people on the planet are hungry. That's nearly one-seventh of the world's population! ".. To put that into perspective, approximately TWELVE percent of the world's population is hungry. That saddens me since, in recent years, many individuals have been wasting food. A significant portion of the food produced contains preservatives or is genetically modified. I believe that as a species, we can and should do better when it comes to dealing with food. For instance, if you have fruits in a "fruit bowl" or in the refrigerator, don't let them rot because that would be a waste. It may not appear to be much, but if you eat that brown banana or that bruised apple, you will be doing a lot for the environment. Also according to https://foodprint.org/issues/the-problem-of-food-waste/, Approximately 40% of the food produced in the United States is wasted. 1 Many of the 125 to 160 billion pounds of food that is thrown out each year are perfectly edible and nutritious. Food is lost or wasted for a variety of reasons: harsh weather, processing issues, overproduction, and volatile markets lead food to be lost long before it reaches a grocery store, while overbuying, poor planning and uncertainty over labels and safety contribute to food waste in stores and at home. 2 Food waste is also quite expensive, costing the United States $218 billion each year. 3 Food that is not consumed places an unnecessary load on the environment by wasting vital resources such as water and farms. In a country where 12 percent of households are food insecure, 4. Reducing food waste by just 15% could feed more than 25 million people every year.

According to the Washington Post, about a third of all food in the United States is wasted, and that means that the carbon footprint of food waste is greater than that of the airline industry. While reading through several discussion posts and articles, I came across the topic of food waste, especially in America. It is noticed that in other countries, people have a different way of approaching food waste, whether that be to compost it, feed it to animals, or find a new way to use it that won't add to their carbon footprint. I, myself have also contributed to food waste. Buying more than I actually eat, and throwing the rest away.

It was reported that a whooping 26 Million Americans told the Census Bureau that they didn't have enough food to eat at home, and this problem was even worse for households with kids. This means, that so much of our food that could be consumed by family's that actually need it, don't make it to them. And this is because of food waste. Sarah Kaplan states in this Washington Post article that, "The world produces more than enough to feed everybody; we just need to do a better job ensuring the food reaches those who are hungry."

Not only does food waste affect our climate (in a negative way), but it also affects those who are less fortunate, and those who need the food more than we do. I think that this issue is quite easy to resolve though! Some actions we can take to help stop food waste is making a list before you go grocery shopping, and really only buying what you need at the moment. Before putting it in your basket, ask yourself if you see yourself eating it/cooking it. If not, put it back! Another thing we can do is shopping locally! I've seen that most of the food from the farmer's market takes longer to perish. Lastly, organizing your refrigerator. Its easy to get lost in the fridge because sometimes you buy more than you intend to and then the fridge is full and you don't know what food is even good to eat anymore. So instead of dealing with that, organize! If there's stuff that gonna perish, compost it. If not, use it for your next meal. If there's stuff from your pantry that you're not going to eat, donate it to a local food shelter! There are always people that are going to need it more than you!

Finally, although it should be a given, be thankful for all the food that you have, and don't waste it!

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We as humans waste a ton of food, but why? Why do we throw nutrients that we need away? There are tons of solutions to this such as schools, for example, they force kids to grab a fruit or a vegetable. The kids always throw the food away though, we should stop forcing kids to grab food and let them grab whatever they please. What other solutions can fix this?

good questions, I ask the same things.

Waste of food is a large concern in all regions of the world.  I'm assuming you are from the United States, where the school system forces you to take food in order to have all the nutrients needed. However, as a student in Vietnam, we are not 'forced' to do so. Some schools may serve your lunch in portions and expect you to finish the whole thing, but you end up throwing them away. Then, food waste is not dumped in the trash can immediately, we recycle our waste by feeding it to pigs or use it as decompose. Therefore, many places have different approach to food waste, and to mitigate this problem, we should finish our food and do not cook an excessive amount of it.

I agree with you, I like how in your country they do not force you to take a certain fruit or so. We should "waste" food in a good way like how you said, feeding it to animals. Thank you so much for your time and comment.

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I'm  sure that people know food's importance but they are too lazy to think of a solution.
Our parents ,at least most of them, keep telling us about it.
A obvious solution is store the food we don't finish to eat and eat it the next day or as soon as possible.

Everyday I see lots of people throwing away what they don't eat at school, because "It's disgusting", "I don't like", "It's too much for me", "I'm not hungry anymore"... I know in our school, food is not really good but we have the chance to HAVE FOOD, a lot of food.
Before covid we shared more leftovers. Now I see people throwing away all their meal.
I feel really bad when I throw food away but people around me think it's no big deal.

one of the biggest problems on the topic of food waste is that too many people throw away food and this leads to enormous waste

I agree with u, in fact i belive that we must learn to understand the importance that food has for all of us and also think about the people who aren't lucky enough to have it.

I agree

I agree.  Especially in the US not only do people give themselves too much helpings or make to much food that we don’t end up eating, but grocery stores or large producers of food- sometimes they are required to throw out foood just because grocery stores say its too late to take it.  This wastes so much food.

Go behind a Dunkin’ Donuts in the USA and you’ll see how bad it is

I second everyone saying agree! It’s not uncommon for me to open a social media platform and see videos of employees dumping trays of untouched food into the trash after a long day of slow business. These larger corruption have an insane amount of excess food or products that are funneled back into the environment in negative ways (thrown away, contributing  to large dumps or being burned. When it’s put in land fills not reused, the food often ends up rotting and emitting methane gas, further harming the environment). Within the past year or so, my family has joined a composting organization (ScrapDogs [I’m in Maine, I’m not sure how wide-spread ScrapDogs is in the world]) and we have seen a considerably decrease in full trash bags we sent out into the world. We now compost all scrap foods and paper towels, and in return, every month or so, we receive a small portion of compost from ScrapDogs.
This, at least for my family, has been really beneficial to our food waste numbers. Although our small compost habits don’t directly counter the huge quantities of wasted food sent out by large firms, doing our part trying to lessen our carbon footprint has been useful to our general community and our home.

I agree! Wasting food is a big problem that occurs and leads to enormous waste. Food waste also eventually ends up in landfills. The waste eventually decomposes and releases emissions, specifically methane emissions. Also, I hate seeing so much food being bought at stores and eventually seeing them go to waste because either people don’t eat the food or it goes bad.

Food waste is certainly a massive issue. Not only in households, but also with grocery stores and bakeries and such. Stores do throw out tons of food that they aren’t allowed to sell. I have participated in a program where food banks have partnerships with grocery stores. The stores collect the food they can’t sell anymore but is still fine to eat and donates it to food banks making food more accesible to people who maybe can’t afford to buy the food when it is on shelves. I think the implementation of more of these programs will help a lot in alleviating the issue of world hunger.

Ya i totally agree w u all. fast food companies and other popular and fast growing companies waste an enormous amount of food  that could all be either donated to food pantries or could be eaten anyway as long as it isn’t rotten and will make someone sick if they ate the food.

Food- America is very focused on everything being presentable. Millions of pounds of food are discarded simply because they look different than others. The way we deal with food can absolutely improve if America just eats what isn’t completely spotless and unflawed. Lots of companies throw out masses of food at the end of the day instead of donating or selling at a reduced price.

Hello I agree with all of you !

Hi! I totally agree with you guys. I think we should buy more loose goods in supermarket. Thanks to this, we could buy only what we're going to eat. In our school, we can help ourselves, so we take only what whe are going to eat.

In our high school, we have a vegetable garden to product our own vegetables. We also have a compost for our garbage. The most important thing is to reduce our food waste.

Hi, I think we have to take care about our waste of food to and if we want to deepen this idea, we can use loose products.

In this activity, I learned that I could be making better choices. Me choosing to get foods that come in a lot of plastic, and not recycling and composting is causing a lot of harm to the planet which will in the long run hurt everyone. I find that I over-consume instead of donating food to local shelters that need food more than I do. I often times find myself eating when I am bored when there are people out there that aren't eating at all. This assignment has caused me to rethink a lot of my decisions when it comes to food. I am going to look deeper into composting and reach out to local shelters to find out how I can help and what all I could donate to people in need.

En esa reflexión tiene mucha razón comemos sin pensar en que otras personas podrían no tener esa suerte así que desde aquí te doy mi apoyo en tu cruzada y te animo a seguir así

Hello, I agree with you but don't think that no plastic means organic and local. We have to be aware of our consumption of plastic and then we have to know where our food come from.
Maybe your pineapple isn't in a plastic packaging but it has made a long travel to come in our shops. And this travel pollutes a lot. That's why we have to eat more local. And I want to talk about meat. We have and we should reduce our meat consumption. Over the animal pain it pollutes a lot and it deforests a lot. But we need trees to live, to breathe. In our high school we have a vegetarian menu everyday and I think that's a good move. And you, do you reduce your meat consumption ?

We now live with the idea of eating well, but we always have to deal with high prices to buy something healthy. We should create opportunities for everyone to have access to a full range of healthy foods.
What do you think about this?

I'm not agreeing with you because there's a lot of choice food.
There are cheaper version of any healthy food out there.

Bio can be expensive sometimes but I agree that you can find cheaper healthy food. If you want to eat healthy you can also go to local markets, the food is very often healthy and local which is good to reduce the amount of CO2 released from the transportations. Or you can simply grow your own fruits and vegetables.

This idea sounds a lot like it is from a dystopian book but I believe it is worth a shot and that the intentions are good. So to start, every person enters their weight every 6 months or so at a doctors office or some official place to be put into a computer system. That system knows how many people live in the same house as you, your age, height, weight, gender, etc. It then calculates how much you should be eating and will give you a list of things you can cook for any given meal. You can obviously look for chili if you want chili or tacos if you want tacos but essentially, it tells you how much food you will need so that everyone in your household gets the right amount of food to eat. Then you go to the grocery store and get the ingredients and so on. That makes sure that you aren’t making so much food that you have to throw a lot of it away (obviously it couldn’t completely eliminate waste). To make this idea even better is that within the grocery store there are dividers that seperate each specific thing from newest to oldest and you can take from which ever section you want to. The once that food has about 1-2 days left, it gets sent to a homeless shelter or to a family that isn’t as well off so they can have it. The food was going to get thrown out by the store so why not just reduce the amount of starving people in the world? This idea obviously has many flaws to it but it’s better than nothing.

Food waste is a huge issue. Throwing food in the trash instead of using other methods of disposal (like just eating it!), is a big contributor to our carbon footprint. One of these alternate disposal methods is composting. I noticed when calculating my carbon footprint that answering “yes” to the composting question reduced my footprint a good amount. I think encouraging more composting is a good way to help limit carbon emissions. Ways that could be done might be to offer rebates in stores on composting bins and even starting composting businesses to incentivize people. Obviously the best thing is to not waste food, but the waste that is produced should be composted.

I agree

I agree! Composting and getting rid of food waste is very beneficial. I also answered yes to that question because my family has chickens and they essentially do the same job, getting rid of food that would have been thrown out otherwise (and we almost never throw out leftover food now). Sometimes when my family goes out to dinner we wonder if restaurants do anything with their food waste other than throwing it out. I think it would be very useful for them to either compost the food or even sell it to farmers who could use it for fertilizer or to feed animals!

We can start eating less meat and eat more plants. It is recommended by dietitians that we eat less meat because it can benefit our health and the environment. Eating more plants benefits us, making us strong and healthy. Meat is known to have a powerful impact on the environment due to the methane that is produced from animals. We can also help save animals from farms and wildlife. It’s also known that raising a lot of animals for food is destroying the earth.

You are so right. By eating more plants and less meat you not only reduce the need for livestock and the methane they produce, but you also save tens of thousands of liters of water yearly. Eating plants is great for your body and is not a big change in your diet which make it a great option when thinking about reducing your carbon footprint.

Most foods are overpriced especially healthy ones. We should try to make healthy foods more available for everyone.

I agree with this. Food with healthy ingredients is way more expensive than junk food.
Of course better quality means higher price but this is leading to less and less people eating healthy, expecially after the economic crisis that followed the COVID-19 pandemic.
To make a simple example, a teenager would never spend $20 for its lunch when he can have a complete meal with only $5 in fastfood restaurants.

I agree with you, also to help people who are perhaps less economically stable. But it's not that simple, between the global crisis of 2009 and the "greed" of big business it is a very difficult thing to do

I agree with you and one way that the government is combating this is with food stamps. Food stamps only allow certain types of food to be bought and the food stamps do not apply to things like chips and soda but they do apply to vegetables, fruit, etc.

I agree with all of these posts. To use organic food as an example, society has created a normalcy around organic foods being more expensive than inorganic foods. We need to create a system where food isn't overpriced. Getting organic food shouldn't cost so much more.

"925 million people on earth do not have enough to eat according to the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization]. That's almost 1 in 7 inhabitants of our planet!". To put that into perspective, around TWELVE percent of the human population doesn't have enough to eat. That saddens me because a lot of people are wasteful with their food, as of recent. A decent amount of foods that are produced, have some sort of preservatives or are genetically modified. I think that we, as a species can do better, and should do better with how they deal with food. For example, if you have... fruits in a "fruit bowl", or in a refrigerator, don't just let it sit there and rot, as that would be wasting. It doesn't seem like a lot, but if you eat that brown banana, or that bruised apple, you would be helping the environment a lot.

I feel like hunger is a big issue in smaller third world countries and even some bigger countries as well if you compare the amount of food waste in countries like the United States and the countries like Guiana it’s apartment that we waste way to much food

I will never understand how we just keep consuming and buying and throwing stuff away while somewhere on the other side of the globe there are people who have nothing

I completely agree with this post, so many people just aren't aware that so many people around the world have little to nothing, while people who are fortunate throw away a days worth of a meal to them.

I agree with you Maria, we tend to waste all this food while we know there are others that are struggling to know where their next meal will come from.

I completely agree. In The United States, a quarter of our food goes wasted every year. Simultaneously, we have a big homelessness problem here and yet are still wasting so much food. Food that could be going to someone in need, especially in these times. Sadly, many people have a privileged mentality and do not know what it is like to not know where your next meal is coming from. The only solution is to spread awareness and make sure your friends know why throwing away perfectly good food is a bad habit to have. By doing so, we can all make a change together and help out not only the people on this planet, but the planet itself.

I completely agree with this post, so many people just aren't aware that so many people around the world have little to nothing, while people who are fortunate throw away a days worth of a meal to them.

I completely agree with you Maria, we definitely need to make a change because all we are doing is buying too much food and then we end up wasting it all. Also instead of just wasting our food, we can give it to the people struggling out there without food, and we that do have food tend to throw most of it away.

I agree, I think it is very necessary to make a change, not only in how we consume and waste food, but also the foods we eat. Meat, especially red meat, and dairy are things that we usually eat on a daily basis that have a large impact. While many people, including myself, might not be ready to be completely vegan or vegetarian, it’s important to be more conscious of how much of those things were eating and try to have as many vegan or vegetarian meals as possible.

Food that is commonly found in school cafeterias and courtyards in large cities in Indonesia is mostly unhealthy and has poor nutritional value. Schools in large cities such as Jakarta are exposed to street food vendors that sell snacks that aren't hygienic and healthy. Street food is common because of its affordability. Unhealthy foods are very delicious and taste because of their excess salt and fat contents. Cheap and delicious food is often favored by students because of its availability. The government should provide a cheap and healthy option for students and schools across big cities in Indonesia.

I think that the most important thing to do right now  is to eat less meat because pollutes a lot. Instead, we will eat more vegetarian or vegan food to try to pollute less and it is also a good thing as we eat healthier.

What I understand about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator is that eating many animals can be harmful for the enviroment. for a change you can eat a lot of other things such as fruit and vegetables, which are also healthy.

We should stop eating so many animal products. To ship the products alone is already plenty of carbon. If we ate more plant products, not only would it potentially be healthier for us in our human body, but it could drastically lower the amount of carbon as well as compared to eating meat products. So why continue eating meat products when we can do the healthier alternative?

You have a good point there.

I think we should start off by eating less meat and eating more healthier things like salads and vegan food, plus sticking to that diet will help make you healthier and stronger.

I think it is absurd that some people have so much food that they trow half of it away while others don’t have enough to feed themselves or their families. We should focus more on finding a solution where we use all of the resources we produce instead of trowing so much away. That creates a lot of food waste that is also negative for our environment.

Yeah I don't really get it either, and I hope it changes soon.

I agree. Places like restaurants that throw away half of a meal when at least some part of it can still be eaten isn't right. I understand if it is just a couple grains of rice or something, but if someone only eats part of a meal it should be saved for someone else to it, or at least some new system.

I have seen schools do this. Some kids don't touch their food and trow it away and schools never tell us what to do with them. We should have a place in school to put the food we don't eat for the other kids that don't have lunch or the student that want them we should not waste. There are people in other countries that don't have food to eat. So we should care more about the environment.

I agree it is absurd but how do you suppose we could change this?

I have seen schools do this. Some kids don't touch their food and trow it away and schools never tell us what to do with them. We should have a place in school to put the food we don't eat for the other kids that don't have lunch or the student that want them we should not waste. There are people in other countries that don't have food to eat. So we should care more about the environment.

I agree with this it is really sad how people take advantage of the ability to access food while other are struggling to find what to eat for that day.

I agree but some people just don't care to think of the harm that could come out of what they're doing.

some companies see the people who struggle with obtaining food and just throw out the fresh food away, its absurd how they do this and not give it back to communities.

Schools don't monitor whether or not children eat their lunches. Most of it just gets throw away and isn't even saved for later. Kids in other countries starve and try each day to survive while those who have it all aren't being thankful at all.

I agree, but the thing is I don’t really think someone's gonna participate in this action. However, if we push this thought enough, many people will begin to think about and it and try to find another solution.

I agree, to add on to this there should be an organization of some sort to make sure that food waste is kept or recycled. Restaurants should have to either donate thrown out food to charity, with an exception made to food that is harmful, or give it out to customers for free.

I completely agree. I think places like restaurants and schools should have compost bins for food customers or students don't eat. It recycles the food so it doesn't go to waste. An incentive for companies to do this might be selling the compost  to make even more money, but even then, I don't think they would be onboard with the idea because it might not fit in with how they want people to view their company.

I agree. I've seen schools and restaurants throw away a lot of excess food. Large companies do the same and its extremely wasteful especially when so many people have nothing to eat.

I do agree with you because food waste is a big problem on this planet and it should be solved. School systems all over the world have different ways of doing something. For example, in Vietnam where I live, we are not forced to be served specific food and are meant to eat it all but we are expected to eat it all as we choose what we prefer to eat for lunch. However, in other countries like the United States, I assume that students there are forced to eat what they are served. Even though students here can choose what they prefer to eat, I notice that they still throw the food away after not finishing it. Food waste gets recycled to feed it to animals or to decompose. If we want to solve this problem then the best solution is to not cook an excessive amount of food or try to finish it all.

Every year a lot of food that is still fresh and edible is being thrown out to the trash. Why isnt this food being given to the  poor or the people who cant dont have easy access to food? This need to change and now.

I agree.

I would use more sustainable means of transports such as bicycles,use electronic transport of walking and a vold talking.Public transports as It uses less fvel

Yes, with more people using public transportation, it could also save people money as well.

that's true, nick.  in a lot of communities that lack public transportation, the politicians and city planners need to see that there is demand for public transportation in order to develop those options.  But at the same time, unless the public transit system is good enough, people won't use it (for example, if a bus only runs once a day in each direction, you can't really use it efficiently).  Therefore, at some point communities just need to take the bold action to set up a public transit system withe the idea that once its available people will use it.  And once a lot of people use it, it can become cost effective, mainkly in terms of making the city more liveable, and hence improving the economy.

yes, using electric transport would save people money

What I learned about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator is to eat fewer animals. There is more thing that you can eat than animals you can eat plants and it would be healthier. This policy will affect the need to alleviate world hunger in a good way by making the animals reproduce.

What I learned about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator is that you need to eat right. That you should eat food right. This policy would effect the need to alleviate world hunger in a bad way.

Good observation, I agree.

What I learned about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator is that you need to eat right. That you should eat food right. This policy would effect the need to alleviate world hunger in a bad way.

Little carbon is produced when eating vegetables and fruit. Because lots of carbon is produced to eat meat and dairy.

I'll never understand how we can keep consuming, buying, and discarding things while there are those on the other side of the world who have nothing.

So your suggestion is that we should stop eating?!

@M1k32: I think there is some possibility between *not eating* and wasting food right?  Liek for example, limiting your food to what you will actually consume (so as not to throw away uneaten, wasted food), and not overindulging in climate damaging foods like beef?

It's not very helpful for you to caricature @akhavane0593's comment like you did.

We can reduce carbon emissions by refusing to drink dairy milk. To produce more dairy milks takes more water and cows produce manure that leads to more water consumption. It also takes land to take care of the cows. Eating plant based milk wont need much water and produce less carbon emissions. It comes with benefit for our health.

As you may or may not know just having food increases our carbon footprint quite a bit. Part of it might because most food we get is not local and has to be drove or even taken on boats here from all over the world. What we can do better is start to  grow our own food or buying local when the option is available.

As a student, I way too often see uneaten fruits or vegetables simply being thrown away after someone "finishes" their lunch at school. This is bad for multiple reasons: One, fruits and vegetables are a necessity for a healthy and nutritious meal. While you don't necessarily need to have some every meal, it's important that by the end of the day, your vitamin and mineral needs have been satisfied by the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Therefore, when a student skips their produce, they are skipping on these vital nutrients that they depend on to being a fully functioning and healthy being. That's not to mention the valuable energy that fruits and vegetables bring to the table. Two, there are so many malnourished people in the world that would've gone to extreme measures just for a fresh apple that some student may have thrown away. It's an indirect spit in the face for them every single time a piece of fresh produce is wasted. Third, and the reason why you're here right now, climate change and the environment. There's a ton of energy and water that get put into growing, harvesting, transporting, and packaging the produce; all of which contribute to climate change. We not only waste a valuable source of food and energy when we throw away produce, but also all of the precious energy and water put into the whole produce process. Plus, a lot of the produce that gets thrown away eventually winds up in the landfill, which then contributes to the production of methane, a harmful greenhouse gas.
I hope that with all of this being said, you at least think twice before throwing away the apple you didn't finish at lunch, or perhaps didn't even touch. Or pack of carrots. Or corn. Or whatever it may be.

Students throwing away school food that they don't eat. This is a two way issue, it is the school's , and the student's. Some schools force the students to grab vegetables/fruit, then the student eats the main part of the meal, and just throw away sometimes completely unopened food. A way to fix this is to stop the schools from forcing students to grab something they aren't going to eat anyway. Also, stopping the students from throwing away food they aren't  going to eat, and instead put it into a bucket or something to save it.

people are always throwing away food. although they dont need to. They throw away food for no reason because they can not finish it. My advice is to get less on the plate instead of trowing the food away.

I grew up having to push hard for food often times. I try to never waste a kibble. I known what it feels like to be so hungry and watch restaurants toss out so much food at nights end. It's very difficult to pay attention in school with hunger pains.
I'm unsure about other countries but here in the good 'ol USA, there is soooo much unnecessary food waste. A lot of the bigger eateries & establishments will toss orders that weren't picked up or plates returned by an unsatisfied customer, etc. before they will give it away. Humanitarianism is terrible for capitalism.
Always be thankful for what you have, and never take for granted the unfavorable meals your parents may serve. There are so many who go so hungry because they don't have that luxury. I often woke up wondering where my next meal was coming from. But hey, I was grateful to be waking up in a bed, under a roof.

which food source is most affected by greenhouse gases, how does that affect us as humans?

i think its cows because we feed them corn and its not their natural food they would normally eat. It also causes them to discreate air out of their behind more often creating more greenhouse gases

According to the Washington Post, Americans waste on average 40% of the food they buy. People should organize their fridges regularly and be sure to check what they already have before heading to the grocery store. When shopping at your local market, low-priced deals might catch your eye and tempt you into buying the product. However, in these situations, you must be sure that it's something you'll surely eat or it'll become another contribution to national food waste rates. Other ways to lessen the waste are reusing leftovers, freezing food (if possible) in order to preserve it, and take home oversized restaurant leftovers.

There are some people with too much food (people that don't care to think to throw away the half eaten meal or give it to someone who needs it) and there are others that have very little or none at all. We are more than 2 billion people away from the carrying capacity of humans on Earth but there are still people that can't find enough food to survive.

I agree Muhammad. A main form a waste that I constantly notice is food waste. After school lunch, the trash is filled with food that is either half eaten, or possibly not eaten at all. It is important to reduce the amount of food we throw away because not only are people starving, but the food will get packed into our landfills (and without the correct measures, they wont be able to compost).

Do you think it is really necessary to get fast food every day of the week? Instead of buying fast food every day you can buy groceries or even grow your own food. Which could be more healthy for you instead of eating fast food daily.

Due to many restaurants shutting down, a lot of excess food was produced by farmers. This excess food had nowhere to go, so many suppliers destroyed their crop. After this, they kept producing in order to not be left behind in case business would start back up again. While it would theoretically be impossible to put all of it to use, the absolute waste of food that could be given to those who need it was disheartening to see. This repeating cycle also contributed to the greenhouse effect without any benefit to humans whatsoever.

Wow, I didn't even consider the effect the pandemic had on food waste. I completely agree with you; the food should have been given to those in need.

Stop eating non-veg, the meat may be transported from different places. Forests are being cut down to feed the animals and the processing meat also emits a lot of carbon dioxide, not including the transportation . What I mean to say is that you don’t have to stop completely, reducing the amount you eat, will have a big effect.

Okay so we all know fast food is bad for us and the energy it takes up to make it. It would be better for us to reduce it but its "addicting" in a way we all like it so it'll be hard to stop.

I live in a city where a lot of schools claim to do farm to fork or all of our produce is locally grown but, we only get things like local apples and oranges. We could also be getting lunches made with the produce items that we get from local farms.

Many students bring their lunch to school. In these school lunches, you will usually find tiny plastic bags. These bags are horrible for the environment, taking many years to decompose. Instead of using these bags, you should use Tupperware containers, they are easy to clean and usually have compartments, making it easy to pack lunch and keep the environment healthier!

The fast food industry has increased over the years valiantly. It stops people from buying locally and investing into mass-produced, not good for your health, food. This involves in them growing more, and it's estimated that if we continue, it will be our main source of food. Hunger can be fulfilled in better ways then fast food. Though it's cheap, you can buy bulk for a good price that can worth MORE then 20 big macs and better for your health AND environment.

As the human population has grown and evolved, our demand for nicer things is at a standing point. For instance, we want to have the best tasting food, right this moment, not caring how much it affects the planet. We force farmers to overpack animals just for them to meet product demands. I am in no way trying to pressure anyone into becoming vegan or vegetarian, I believe in eating whatever you want. What I am trying to get across is that we as consumers need to be flexible in our wants and needs if we want to keep the environment healthy and safe.

I agree. We shouldn't feel that we always have to have the most and nicest things, and we need to be flexible. Our environment is a priority.

People can start growing their own fruit and vegetables

There are a lot a different ways to reduce food waste. Some ways are:
-using less ingredients to make less food.
-buying less ingredients so that others can share.
-donating ingredients to those who can't afford.

Some ways to help get rid of starvation are:
-bringing it to light/sharing the news with others
-donating

All around the world people are dying of hunger while there is enough food for all of us.
There is food that is being given to life stock while we could give it to starving people instead.

I agree with this idea. If we just cut back on the amount of livestock, there would be more food for those who are starving. We’re to the point where some people just straight up throw away their food. That’s an evident sign that we probably are producing too much livestock. And those livestock are eating up all the food that could’ve been given to those who are starving.

I agree that we should give more to the less fortunate.

I agree that people are using up a lot more food on other places instead of humans However, to keep all other species alive, or to prevent extinction, we are going to have to give some amount of foot to other species as well. Viewing ourselves as too superior isn't good either, but I agree we could probably dedicate more food to humans.

I agree, it is very important that instead of contributing to food waste we could easily give this food to the less fortunate or live stock. This is a good way to help eliminate food waste while also helping those who are not wealthy enough to buy food themselves.

I think livestock is important and that cutting down on our livestock could be detrimental. I think the answer to hunger is how much we as humans waste and throw away. In 1st world countries why are we wasting and throwing away so much food?

This is very true because while people are starving in other countries us people in the more modern countries are wastes tons of food a day.

It's always depressing to see the food trays full of food thrown away without a thought at my school. So much food, including things like untouched apples, oranges, milk cartons, and things like pizza are tossed in the trash and forgotten without a thought. I remember my old school had a spot where you could put fruit + vegetables you hadn't eaten, and then that food was free for kids to take. That was good, but then over covid they stopped doing that because of possible contamination.

I really think we can eat less food. Most restaurants waste a lot of food and so do most places. I think places should allow options for people to buy cheaper scraps or to give them leftover to homeless people who need them. I also feel like there should be more programs to help give food for people who need them. Lots of people at home have tons of food they hardly use and are collecting dust in their pantry. Letting it rot when someone who really needs it is unable to get it.

At least in the U.S., there are many things we can do to fight hunger and reduce food waste. Every year, millions of lbs of perfectly good food are thrown away. If we as a community could stop that food from ending up in the landfill, we could kill two birds in one stone by giving the food to those who need it and there would be less food waste.

We can fix hunger and waste in the US by recycling and pollute alot less then what we do and try not to pollute water

I belive there should be laws otherwise most people won't do anything

I agree with this post, why don´t we just give the fresh food that is being thrown away to the people who cant afford or who are in need of food.

1 in 7 people do not eat food. Due to the overproduction of meat-only farm animals, people waste a lot of protein-rich foods. Almost 41% of the land is used solely for feeding farm animals. If we use even  10% of this land, we will have enough food to feed everyone, and the food in food will also  be cheap. If only we could reduce our cravings for meat.

Overprotection of farm animals just for there meat. Almost 40 percent are used just to feed animals. And only 10 percent of food can feed all humans.

1 out of 7 humans are not getting food to eat. Because of overproduction of farm animals just for there meat humans are wasting lots of high protein foods. Almost 41% of land are used to feed only farm animals. If we even use just 10% of those land we will have enough food to feed everyone and also foods in groceries will be cheap. If only we could reduce our desire of meat.

I had learned that dietary choices in our study, reduced dietary carbon footprint over time was associated with both more healthy and unhealthy food choices. In line with previous studies 25,28,29,30, our results suggest that increased consumption of unhealthy choices such as sweets and snacks correlates with lower dietary carbon footprint.

I learned that every little thing we do contributes to our carbon footprint.
I would add high taxes on meat so that people will be encouraged to eat healthier and avoid it.

Interesting but how would you tax meat?

Most sustainable foods such as organic foods are expensive and cost more than normal foods, such as fast food.

No because it's more expensive so why should we do it .

We should buy it since we can just plant it into our backyards, and regrow it. Meat is super expensive, but people still buy it and don't complain..? Organic food isn't anywhere near as expensive as meat, and it's also healthy for the earth, and you.

the way that meat is made and processed in this country is so bad. the meat industry put out so much carbon in the air. that traps greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

We have many other foods we can eat other that animals. My policy would be grow the foods you buy since most of the items we buy, we can grow, so why not just re-grow it, and have your own. It might not benefit the store as much since you don't have to spend as much, but it helps the earth and saves you money.

I like the idea of re growing your own and not having to spend money. It helps save more land space.

Should we put taxes on meat products so less people can buy them?

I learned that even very minor choices in what you eat and do can affect your footprint in larger amounts than I had expected.

If I could then put a policy in place to try and help alleviate waste and world hunger, it'd be something along the lines of requiring stores and restaurants to donate food that isn't damaged or doesn't otherwise give cause for concern instead of just dumping it out at the end of the day. It would help with world hunger because it would be feeding those who need it while reducing waste from the huge amounts of food that is thrown out daily.

How can we stop water pollution so much

I think being vegetarian, vegan, or just watching the amount of animal products you consume can make an astronomical difference in your CO2 emissions. Data had indicated that if every American citizen went vegetarian for just one day, we would save 100 billion gallons of water, 1.5 billion pounds of crops, 70 million gallons of gas, 3 million acres of land, 3 million tons of soil erosion, and 4.5 million tons of animal excrement. In just a day. We can make more of an impact than we think. I have been vegetarian for about a year and 3 months, and I think it has made a slight impact. I have not bought any meat for over a year and some friends and family have been inspired to go vegetarian or pescatarian or start watching their meat consumption. It is extremely difficult to have a good environmental impact, but if we all take small steps in the right direction, we can help save our environment.

I agree. I think that cutting out something in your diet or going vegetarian or vegan can make an impact even if it is small.

I find those statistics quite fascinating. It’s just insane how much of an Impact we can make if we just all came together even for a day. Although I don’t necessarily believe in going full vegetarian, I do understand it. I just think a little meat here and there is really good like you mentioned in your post about just being more aware of how much meat you’re eating. But that’s just my opinion. I love your ideas and thanks for sharing these statistics!

I also think that going vegan will have a big impact on our carbon footprint and might even inspire people around us to do the same. Cutting out meat would help the planet a lot.

I learned that my dietary choices play a major role in my carbon footprint. I learned that everything you eat has some type of effect on you and the atomphere. If i could create a policy for everyone i would make it to were stores can no longer sell or recieve processed meats.This policy would alleviate world hunger by giving people nothing but healthy food choices. This would level out all the bad that processed meat can cause.

What i learned is that the food we eat can really impact the world very harshly. I would put taxes on meat so that way people won't buy as much. therefore we will be able to cut back on what we eat.

What I learned about my dietary choices is that meat consumption creates a huge impact on your carbon footprint. There are huge copious amounts of produce being wasted on livestock because of the world's meat consumption. The waste of produce also leads to a lot of manure. If I could create a social policy on food, people would have limited amounts of food they can buy (depending on family size and health) and sell more vegetables and fruits more than meat. I would also make sure farms had limited amounts of livestock being reproduced. Extra/Unneeded food can be put towards those that are less fortunate. This could help bring equity to the world through food.

I also believe your answer. Us as humans do demand and eat too much meat when we really should go a little bit more down the vegetarian road. We all have to remember that we are OMNIVORES not CARNIVORES.

I learned that dairy and meats are terrible for our carbon footprint (our planet in general). The mass produced animals are not fulfilling even though they are bought more than other things that are fulfilling and better for your and the plant. I think a good policy is to tax the meats higher so less people would want to buy it and would more likely bought things better for them/planet. We could also limit the amount of meat a person could buy or commercialize better foods/substitutions and make the produce section bigger. This could help world hunger greatly, if people buy less meat there will be more space to grow more vegetables.

I agree with how you believe dairy and meats are terrible for our carbon footprint. It would be pretty smart to tax people more on meats which would make people buy it less. Substitutions are also very smart because it can help people eat things besides meat.

I’ve recently learned that my food consumption greatly contributes to my carbon footprint. The amount of work and resources it takes in order to get meat is so much yet we still continue. Did you know that every 2,000 calories a cow consumes, we only get about 60 calories back as beef? That’s ridiculously low and wasteful in plant foods. In my opinion, if I were to have the power to create policies, I’d make it so that it’d cost more tax to buy meat. This way, people will be more conscious of how much meat they may be getting. Along with this, I’d reduce the tax on plant based foods as a way of encouraging people to buy plant based foods more. Even though I would encourage more plant based foods, I still do believe meat is very important so I think just increas8nh the tax on it is better than forcing people not to eat meat or limit their consumption of meat. People will still be able to buy meat, it’d just cost them a bit more.

they amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is horrible

I learned that I'm consuming food below the average of my area. The policy could be consume less calories food and eat wisely. It would even out with people who are starving instead of the fourtnate one who have enough food.

Il riscaldamento globale sta accelerando. E tra le cause di questo fenomeno che minaccia l'umanità, il consumo di carne e l'allevamento del bestiame occupano un posto importante. Rappresentano la prima fonte di emissioni di CO2 sul pianeta, davanti al settore dei trasporti. Molte persone non sono consapevoli dell'impronta alimentare di un pezzo di carne.

Food should not be thrown away if it can feed people that need it.

Countries should ban import of food that is already locally produced like meat, vegetables, fruits, etc.

I agree with this statement. Although there are a few things that do not grow in my countries environment, or even state. However, if we use possibly 80% locally grown food, we could cut down on truck transportation and cargo loads. This would extremely decrease our CO2 emissions around the globe.

The problem with not importing foods is that we can't produce enough food to feed everyone, as well as not being able to get "exotic" foods. We can definitely produce a portion of our food demands locally, but until we can develop a way to grow food in a compact setting, year-round, and sustainably, we need to continue to import to feed people. This also doesn't take into account the specific diets of different cultures, in which some foods just can't be grown in certain places, due to temperature, solid type, etc. forcing importation.

If we want to save this planet we have to reduce the amount of animal based products we consume. That includes beef, chicken, pork, lamb, dairy, eggs, and more. If society were to all reduce the amount of animal based product at this second we could be going towards a greener world. One way we can do that is by supporting your local community instead of buying from big companies on the other side of the world (for example China). If we did this the worlds air quality will be much better especially in parts of the world which are close to factories. If the air quality is better then the world is less warm which means climate will be at the lowest 1.5 degree Celsius. Another way is to grow your own food! Which means starting your own garden and providing food for your own family. This will make the community greener and the air fresher. This will also take up less land then it would for companies who take up many.

Yes, I agree with this post because this is something that needs to be brought up more in topics toward climate change. Animal agriculture is 51% of the main cause of climate change. I feel that if we buy more food from our local farmers market we can get fresher food from our local farms instead of the food coming from the other side of our world. If we buy our food from companies from the other side of the world it will be worse for our environment because of all of the vehicles and ships needed to have our food on our tables. This shipping can also cause a lot of carbon in our world which  is very damaging to our environment. I do agree that if we stop buying food from big companies it will help our climate and if we buy more food from our local farmers we get the same food but with less carbon in the air.

Here is where i'm gonna go against you here. 

Local Food Criticism
We may be able to produce some of our amenities locally, but, due to cultures, races, and religions, many "exotic" foods have to be imported. (rice, bananas, lychee) We also live in a climate for the winter frost kills off most food-producing plants, making year-round food production harder. Unless we develop new ways to grow during winter, and be able to mass produce it, we need to continue to import food from the United States and beyond, not only because of the climate, but because we need to be able to satisfy people's appetite.

Meat Criticism
We can definitely eat less meat, but again, cultures, races, and religions always have implications. I have to agree with you, but bear in mind that due to cultural practices, we both have to import and consume meat.

eating meals that you can finish instead of throwing everything away

also eat organic local food and if you don't finish your food you can eat the leftovers later, that way you're saving money and helping the environment.

I agree with this statement because food can really affect a person’s carbon footprint. Eating too much meat can affect both yourself and the environment. It can cause health problems and I agree because the amount of food that is produced per year is too much for the environment. For example, the overproduced cows in the country is really bad for the environment because cows release a lot and is produced an extra amount of C02.

We can eat more vegetarian meals to reduce our meat consumption

It would also be a good idea to grow your own vegetables

What I learned about my dietary choices was my carbon emissions are predominantly coming from the food I eat. I would have thought that food does not make up a large percentage of people's carbon emissions however my results proved my theory incorrect. I think that the waste from what I consume/what I throw away is the leading factor of the amount of Carbon that comes from the food section. To lower my Carbon footprint in this area, I can try to eat vegetarian friendly foods and buy foods that are locally sourced.

Composting is a good deal if you can't finish a meal instead of throwing it away. The process of composting is to put inside a barrel ( or something with the same size ) some organic food and vegetables. First of all, you need to bring some humid and dry vegetables inside the barrel in order to create an ecosystem. Many months later, the ecosystem that you created is able to receive some organic food. The final result is reached when the compost appears.

I think it's good to eat local, especially here in Tahiti where everything comes by boat. So we prefer local products like mangoes and bananas.

It's horrible to see the consumption of fast food increase to the point that it overtakes restaurants.  I don't understand how people can become addicted to junk food. Fast food is not healthy and meat is known in the world to be awful for the climate.  It's not logic that there are so many fast food restaurants in the world. React everyone !

I think that food is something very important in our life because first of all food has an impact on our health and especially on the environment. In my opinion eating local is a good idea to improve our environment and the development of the economy. So, I agree that we should consume local products but especially pay attention to the quantities.

I agree with the idea in the first post. Instead of putting more then you will consume on your plate start with something you KNOW you'll eat and once you finish go to get more. If you do have extra food, compost or store for leftovers. eating leftovers will help with overconsumption and composting will give back to the environment whether you're using it or the city is.

I also agree with the original post, one of our biggest problems is how much food is wasted. Especially considering how much water and other resources are put into harvesting, making, and shipping food the stores is. Only take as much as you need or think you'll need, any extra food can be composted.

I agree with all the responses here. cutting down our meat consumption is definitely an action that most people are able to contribute to. It is probably one of the more efficient ways to decrease the amount Co2 produced. supporting local farmers is also a good way to help our environment as they won't need to transport the food from one city/country to another. furthermore, i encourage people to put the amount of food they think and are sure that they can eat onto their plate instead of putting a ton of food but not being able to finish it as it causes lots of food waste. another way is that if people are able to, they can try growing some vegetables in their garden.

Not always. when we think veganism we think of the lack of meat, and many other high impact foods. this is true, and one of the good impacts of a plant based diet, but it doesn't take into account one very important factor, How is your food getting to you? beef from a small, local farm is still better than quinoa that has to take a long plane ride to get to the store you buy it from, as is milk from the same farm compared to almond milk that takes a truly egregious amount of water to grow, not to mention the labor exploitation often involved in growing popular health foods. Veganism isn't necessarily better for the environment, its usually just promoted by companies selling vegan foods as being good for the environment just because its more expensive, which also contributes to class divides in climate activism, as many people just can't afford to fit the cultural ideal of sustainability.

dont have anything to contribute but this is a really good post

I think this is an interesting idea. Most people are taught that it is always better to be vegetarian or vegan, but it would make sense that some replacement meat or dairy products could actually have more of an impact than meat depending on how far away or how much resources the replacement food requires.

I agree that in every case vegan food isn't automatically more sustainable or healthy, but I disagree that a vegan diet is "usually just promoted by companies selling vegan foods as being good for the environment just because its more expensive."

If we want to talk about misinformation coming from giant food conglomerates, pointing the finger at vegan food companies seems like a pretty big misdirection. 

I would probably instead focus on giant agribusiness which is trying to sell you factory farmed meat and dairy.  This idea that we need to be consuming milk of some other animal for our entire lives as part of a healthy diet is nonsense and is certainly driven by profit.  Likewise for the *amount* of meat that people in many rich countriues (especially the USA) consume -- way more than we did historically, and way more than is healthy according to studies into gheart disease, cholesterol and other issues with excessive consumption of meat.

As for the specific issue of local versus shipped products, that is also overstated here.  The majority of the footprint of food is not from transport, it's from production and processing.  For meat in particular, food has to be grown for the animals to feed on.  That requires a lot of water and energy, and then there is the refrigeration needed for meat. And if you are talking about ruminants like cows, there is a LOT of methane production associated with their belching etc. 

All told even locally produced meat has a far higher footprint than, say, an equivalent amount of tofu protein shipped across the country.  You can use the fopotprint calculator to see the difference.

In terms of transport specifically, something like your example of quinoa is going to be transported by surface (container ship) not by air. So while there is a footprint associated with the transport it is again pretty minimal compared to the entire footprint of meat production whether local organic or factory farmed.

I agree that one can eat a sustainable diet by including meat, but in limited quantities. It is in my opinion not valid to imply that a typical vegan diet is less sustainable than an omnivorous diet focused on local foods that includes a significant amount of meat consumption.

as for the costs, that is also somewhat artificial.  In the US there are massive subsidies for large agribusiness, including the factory farms and the commodity crops (like GMO corn and soy) that are grown largely as feed for cows in factory farms.  Not only should those operations sot be subsidized in my opinion, they should be taxed fopr the excessive carbon emissions and other environmental impacts (like fertilizer runoff into waterways and all the downstream consequences).

Small farmers (whether animal farmers or vegetable farmers) don't get the same level of subsidies, and as a result you can see why the prioced of local, organic meat is so much higher than the cheap meat in grocery stores.

There is no reason why governments could not subsidize healthy foods of all kinds that are better for the environment, or otherwise ensure that poorer folks can afford a healthy diet. Many communities are doing this (e.g., doubling food stamp values at local farmers markets). 

When it comes to a cultural or monetary divide in diets, we need to think about how we can feed the planet sustainably and affordably.  As horrible as factory farms are, they can grow their cows on a LOT less land.  If you want to replace those operations with free range cows treated humanely, then the only way to do that is for people in the west to eat less meat and more vegetables. There's not enough land otherwise.

Global warming is accelerating. And among the causes of this phenomenon which threatens humanity, meat consumption and cattle breeding animal occupy an important place. They represent the first source of CO2 emissions on the planet, ahead of the transport sector.  Many people are unaware of the foodprint of a piece of meat.
    In my opinion, raising people’s awareness is therefore necessary so that people be warned of their over-consumption and their environmental impact in order to understand how to reduce it.

Hi! anyone who is reading this, here's some ways you help reduce your foodprint:

- Compost often! If you have a lot of left over food waste, starting a compost bin is a good idea.
- Buy/eat less beef and other meat. I know meat is a big part of a some people's meals, but lets try to not have it as often.
- You can even go vegan/vegetarian! It might not work with everyone's diet but if you can, you should try to.
- Buy locally grown food, support your local farmers! also, if it's local less carbon will be emitted shipping the food to you
- Buy organic food, its better for you and the environment.

Have a good day/night <3

According to (BBC) "A hamburger is not made of ham but of ground-up beef, shaped into a patty, which is then grilled and placed between the two halves of a sesame seed bun." This means it takes many cows and cattle to make these patties worldwide, like patties at home, restaurants, and fast food places. For my footprint, my footprint, my food Categorie was the highest. They feed the cows and the other cattle a lot of grains to fatten them up for slaughter. Something that I should probably cut down is the red fat meats like pork and beef.

According to "Eat Right" (Academy of Nutrition and Diabetics), sustainable eating is about choosing foods that are healthful to our environment and our bodies. Many foods we eat are not sustainable, even if we don't notice. In agriculture, the concept of sustainability is applied toward the production of plant and animal products using farming techniques and practices that help to conserve natural resources with minimal impact on the environment. Many scientists believe that a global shift toward more plant-based foods would help feed the world's growing population a nutritious and sustainable diet. Many problems come with this idea, however. First of all, many huge corporations benefit and profit greatly from these foods. Some examples are sugar, chocolate, palm oil, and industrial meat. These foods are part of very profitable industries which provide jobs for millions of people around the world. Although sustainable diets could save the world, the process to incorporate this around the world would be near impossible due to the rate that these foods are being produced.

I see a lot of children starving. Their parents cannot afford groceries weather because they do not make enough to provide for their children or do not make anything at all. A huge amount of kids and people in general waste lots of food each day/week/month/year. Some kids are scraping down to the very end because they do not know the next time they will be eating a meal. People say a lot when they see someone waste food they day: "Kids in Africa are starving" but there are kids everywhere starving. We should all never take what we have for granted and just be thankful if we do have food on our plate. Here is a link to facts about hunger in America: https://www.nokidhungry.org/who-we-are/hunger-facts

people are dying of hunger

I feel like a lot of people compose but don't know how to use it. So I think the answer is to get people to start gendering

From farm to table, our diet accounts for up to a quarter of all human carbon emissions. Summer is a great time to take advantage of locally grown food products. Eating seasonally and locally will minimize your food's carbon footprint by up to 10%. By eating locally, you can reduce your food's carbon footprint by up to 7%. By several factors, eating local food out of season can have a greater environmental impact than importing food grown in the same season: Growing food in a non-native environment may require a hot house, which consumes energy, and growing food from warmer climates in colder climates necessitates a lot of fertilizer, which emits CO2e gasses. The carbon footprint of organic and traditional agriculture is a hot topic of discussion. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, farmers can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 66 percent by converting to organic agriculture. Large agricultural corporations argue that this is not the case. Organically grown apples, for example, have higher total energy use (+15-25%), CO2 emissions (+5-15%), and land use (+30%), according to BASF. Although the terms "clean" and "sustainable" are often used interchangeably, this is not always the case. Organic goods are primarily concerned with human health, while sustainable approaches address economic, social, and environmental considerations to ensure that we will have the tools to protect the Earth in the future. It is also possible to reduce the carbon footprint by avoiding refined foods. GHG emissions from livestock production range from 14.5 percent to 18 percent of total GHG emissions. Large swaths of land are cleared to make room for the production of cow feed. With 3.3 tons of GHGs, a meat eater's diet has the largest carbon footprint. The carbon footprint of a vegetarian is approximately 1.7 tons of GHGs. However, not all plant-based foods perform well when carbon emissions are measured per calorie. Animal products, including meat and dairy, have a higher carbon footprint than sugars or grains, but also have higher nutritional value. You can lower your carbon footprint by changing how you eat in the following ways:
Eliminating waste by eating everything you buy — 25%
Going vegan — 25%
Eating in-season food — 10%
Recycling and avoiding excessive packaging — 6%
Reducing waste by buying items from the front of the shelves, reduced-price items, and misshapen fruit and vegetables — 2%
Cooking using less energy— 5%

Work Cited: https://www.terrapass.com/blog/eat-your … -footprint

My eating preferences revealed that my carbon emissions are mostly caused by the food I consume. I believe that the amount of carbon generated by the food section is mostly due to waste from what I consume/throw away. I had assumed that food did not account for a significant portion of people's carbon emissions, but my findings proved me wrong. I will continue to consume vegan-friendly meals and buy locally sourced foods to reduce my carbon footprint in this region.

Changing your diet can definitely make much more of a difference than you would think. My sister is vegetarian, and my family has been eating many more vegetarian meals because of that. While this may have been a bit irritating at first, we all adjusted very quickly. Incorporating more vegetables and less meat into your diet can have a huge effect on your carbon footprint, and it is better for the human body as well. The book, The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollen really expanded my knowledge of the food system, and the effect it can have on the environment. Pollen discussed the various food chains, explaining that the industrial food chain, the food chain that is responsible for the majority of our country's food, has many shortcomings, one such example being its greenhouse gas emissions. The industrial food chain accounts for a large portion of our country's greenhouse gas emissions, and as the industry continues to grow, so will the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. So, if you decide to incorporate more local, organic, and/or vegetarian meals into your diet, you are not only reducing your own personal carbon footprint, but you are helping to diminish the effects of one of the largest outputs of greenhouse gases in our country.

After finishing my carbon footprint quiz, I noticed that one of my biggest causes of CO2 emissions was food. After researching the topic I learned the reasons my food footprint was so high. According to BBC, a 2018 study found that fresh vegetables and salad make up 25% of edible household food waste in the UK but only account for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions from wasted food. Meat and fish on the other hand account for just 8% of wasted food but 19% of emissions. What this means is that meat produces more CO2 than other household foods, like vegetables. Fortunately, there are things you can do to reduce your food carbon footprint. Some ideas include throwing less food away, eating plant-based meat, buying fewer items with plastic wrapping or bagging, growing vegetables of your own, and purchasing locally grown foods.

Don't waste all of your food every time you eat, don't let it go to waste. Eat until your full and if you can't eat anymore you could always give it to someone who wants it instead of just throwing it into the compost. Everywhere around the world there are people who need the food.

I completely agree. On foodprint.org, it states that almost 40% of America's food goes to waste. There is over 500,000 people who are homeless in America, who suffer from a deficit of food. Not wasting food will provide over half a million people not suffer from intense hunger. Also, going past hunger,around 9 million people die from starvation every year.   

https://foodprint.org/issues/the-problem-of-food-waste/

I agree with your statement, food can have a major impact on your carbon footprint. In America alone a lot of food goes to waste. In this video it shows that up to 40% of food in America goes to waste this means 218 billion dollars of food is wasted. This video also shows more in depth numbers into wasted food and why food in America is wasted

Hi, Eason! I completely agree with you. People nowadays don't even realize how much food actually goes to waste. Especially the part about eating or cooking too much. Now, we all see poor or homeless people on a regular basis looking for something to eat, while most of us throw food away, even if it's still completely fine and edible. In my household, if there are some leftovers, we reheat them for dinner or the next day. We also keep in mind not to cook too much. If there is someone with this bad habit, I hope our discussion will advise them to change their ways.

Something that I have noticed a lot recently is how much waste, especially plastic, is thrown away after a single use due to food packaging. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), food and food packaging materials make up almost half of all municipal solid waste. The EPA also says that the US generates around 292.4 million tons of solid municipal waste every year. This is an insane statistic, and one that could be easily reduced with environmentally conscious decisions about packaging and food waste. Fortunately, there are many ways to reduce the amount of single use packaging you use. You could do things such as bringing your own reusable bags to the store instead of using the plastic bags they give you, and refusing plastic straws at restaurants. You could also use a reusable water bottle instead of buying plastic water bottles, which will most likely end up in the ocean where they will be eaten by fish. According Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, if we do not reduce our plastic intake, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050. Finally, you can buy reusable Tupperware rather than using plastic bags. It is very important to reduce your waste and to contribute to the care of the Earth, and if we do not change our habits soon, we will ruin our home.

Sources:
https://foodprint.org/issues/the-enviro … ntaminants.

https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-a … 0composted.

https://www.greenchildmagazine.com/single-use-plastic/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ocean-plastic-liberals-fact-check-1.5212632#:~:text=Fact%2Dchecking%20Catherine%20McKenna's%20claim,'

From London Gopalakrishnan From Bishop, O'dowd - Food habits and Meat
      I got a pretty low carbon footprint score for my state, BUT that is very much due to the family I was raised in and because I have some very lazy tendencies. I lost lots of score due to my food habits and how I was raised to eat. For some reason my body doesn't like to eat very much so I sit there eating 300 fewer daily calories than I should, but you do not need to starve yourself, and please don't. SO instead of not eating over 300 the required daily calories just be sure to watch the things you eat, like try to reduce how much pork and especially beef you eat. Remember that the more beef you eat the more cows they will kill and give birth to which leads to more global warming. Try to eat at local places to reduce the amount of vehicle travel distance. And look into some seafood or vegetarian recipes. Try to reduce the amount of meat in general if not for the animals but for the planet you live on. I recommend pasta, it's pretty quick, pretty easy and you can add lots of variation. And as an added bonus, it is much cheaper. A pound of pork or beef can cost an average of 4$ while a pound of spaghetti averages around 1.25$ per pound. So you'd save 4 dollars. AND on top of that, according to mayoclinic.org is not healthy to eat just meat every day. So to sum it up. You reduce your carbon footprint which helps the planet, you get healthier, and your wallet becomes that much happier. Plus, who doesn't love some mango or pear! SO why not try, how much could it really hurt!
(Side Note: I am not forcing anyone to do anything, this is a suggestion with ideas and statistics so this is 100% up to the reader to change whatever they want.)

From personal experience one issue I see revolving around food waste is the lack of compost bins and composters. Waste management is the company that supplies our compost bins across North America and takes our food waste almost 3.6 million tons annually into a organic slurry that creates green energy for water treatment plants. I believe that Waste Management should continue to supply compost bins to more houses to create less food waste. One thing that households can do is compost themselves, according to the EPA 30% of waste is food waste and we can use food waste to compost. The EPA says to compost fruits, vegetables, paper, fireplace ashes, and a wide assortment of things and the compost created can grow your own garden enrich the soil, reduce methane emissions, and reduce the need for chemical fertilizer. Personally, my mom has been composting around 10% of our food waste in her own bin to continue to grow her own outdoor garden. In summary, large companies and small households are all able to contribute to cutting down on wasted food and instead use it for good.

Americans waste some of the highest percentages of food in the world. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Americans wasted between 30 and 40 percent of all food in the country, this totaled to around 131 billion pounds of waste. India in what sources I could find had around 40% of their food wasted but the total in tons was still quite close to the U.S, this is in spite of the fact that India has a population over 3 times greater than the U.S. In China, the problem is better than in America and India but they still waste around 35 million tons of food every year, this number though is a much lower percentage than that of India or the United States. These statistics show that the most populous countries in the world are responsible for much of the problems regarding waste of possibly even world hunger. If the food wasted in these countries, which is around 200 tons, were used for the benefit of smaller nations and impoverished communities then many deaths due to starvation could be prevented.

https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs
https://www.chintan-india.org/sites/def … 0India.pdf
https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/blog … nsumption.

America wastes around 40 million tons of food per year. China wastes around 35 million tons of food a year. America is only 2% bigger than China. Why does America waste more food than China per year despite them being around the same size?

Sources:
https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/fo … ery%20year.

https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/blog … onsumption.

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country … son%20tool.

I feel like a way we can stop people from being hungry on the street is instead of throwing away your leftovers from a restaurant, you could give it to the people that are less fortanute. I saw this impact many people's days on the street just by receiving food and not having to worry that they won't eat that day. Just imagine if you were on the street and got a slice of a quesadilla with a little bit of salsa and guacamole, how would you feel would you be mad that someone gave you their food or would you be mad that it wasn't a whole quesadilla.

I feel like a way we can stop people from being hungry on the street is instead of throwing away your leftovers from a restaurant, you could give it to the people that are less fortunate. I saw this impact many people's days on the street just by receiving food and not having to worry that they won't eat that day. Just imagine if you were on the street and got a slice of a quesadilla with a little bit of salsa and guacamole, how would you feel would you be mad that someone gave you their food or would you be mad that it wasn't a whole quesadilla. I have watched many youtube videos of people giving out leftovers to the homeless which leads to them coming up and thanking them because of how most people walk past and give them a disgusted look that they wouldn't give another human being. We could change peoples live by doing little acts like this and helping them out by just giving $5

Compost your leftovers.

Yes ones that CAN be composted of course.

I agree, eat what you can and compost what you can't eat. As long as it's composted.

Sorry, typo, *compostable

I agree, but try to not get too much food that you won't be able to eat and throw the rest away because that would be wasting.

Hello, my family and me we eat organic food as often as possible.

During the carbon footprint quiz I learned that we need to buy only the food that we know we are going to eat. We need to buy more eco-friendly foods other than just foods with plastic in them.

True. I agree.

I also agree.

Finish leftovers before you get new food. Order enough food you can eat. Not to much not to little.

Californians throw away nearly 6 million tons of food scraps or food waste to landfills each year. Landfills release greenhouse gases which are harmful to the environment. High levels of methane gas and CO2 are generated by the rotting food scraps in the ground. These are greenhouse gases, which contribute to the process of global warming. To prevent this from happening, we can start by making a grocery list with only things that we know we will eat and not throw away. We should also not buy too much food at once, as it may rot, and will be throw away and taken to landfills

I think we can just prevent it by thinking about what you're going to cook before you're going to cook it to make sure that everybody can finish it so that there's no waste to throw away.

The food you buy and eat doesn't just affect you anymore; it affects the whole planet. Just taking ten or twenty minutes to plan your meals for the week could save tons of food, tons of money, and tons of harmful emissions. Save your leftovers to eat later instead of throwing them away. Many foods taste just as good the second time you eat them! Composting makes a big difference too; the food scraps you don't need can be returned to environment to make more food to feed hungry people in need. Trying out vegetarian or vegan meals, or just cutting down on meat consumption in general, even if it's just one day a week, can save tons of animals, tons of harmful fossil fuel emissions, and tons of water. There are many environmentally conscious ways to get protein, and even the taste of meat has been imitated by companies such as Impossible, Beyond, Morning Star, and more. Eating meat is eating up our planet's resources. Wasting food is wasting our planet's resources. Please consider making some changes. Thank you for reading.

I agree with your post. Throwing away food also throws away the energy and water spent in the process to produce it. The energy used to transport and harvest is also wasted when food ends up in the trash. Harmful gases are also generated when the food waste in the landfill. They release a greenhouse gas called methane that travels into our planet's atmosphere contributing to global warming. Greenhouse gases and energy used could be reduced greatly if only food is not wasted. Composting, eating less or no meat would also help our environment. However, whether or not some people are willing to act on it is another issue.

Accessibility to fresh and healthy foods is a huge issue within the US. Donating food, volunteering at shelters to make, prep, or serve food, donating money to charities that help provide food for those in need, and cooking meals for the homeless all seem like helpful steps toward making a positive change. Does anyone have other ideas on some ways me and my family might be able to help?

I'm not sure do you have it in your country, but in mine (Croatia) in bigger shopping malls we have kind of like place for groceries for those in need. Also, before this whole corona situation, we had charity actions in our school. Students were volunteering for our local charity. So, maybe you can give some ideas about it to your teacher. Also, I love your idea about helping people who are hungry in your own country. 

I also think that is a good idea to start charities for the people in need, and of course if there is a soup kitchen or anything like that, try to get more people to help out there.

In big cities like where I live in the states, their are these huge food banks were people collect donated food, make sure it's still good, then hand it out to homeless shelters and those in need.  They are always looking for more volunteers but, I've seen some pretty impressive ones.

food waste and agriculture is what we are all missing and due this time of the year i think food wasting is really bad because not very one have food ?

According to the nonprofit group ReFEd (as cited in the Washington Post)

(1) 1/3 of all food produced in the USA is wasted and never consumed
(2) meanwhile 26 million US adults report not getting enough food to eat
(3) ...according to the UN 821 MILLION people around the world were undernourished in data from 2018

We can do better, fight climate change, and make sure everyone has enough food to eat!

Right?

i agree that there are so many better things that we can do with the food that is just getting wasted now, including giving it to people who are STARVING,i find it ridiculous that there are so many people going hungry while at the same time, so much of the food in the US is being thrown away

I agree. This is very relatable to how families may throw away food if no one will eat it.

I think it is very important that people make an effort to possibly donate leftovers instead of just trashing them after not finishing them. I wonder if it is possible to donate leftovers to food banks and other places to help reduce food waste in the US.

Yeah. I see what you mean. I hope we can actually make this happen. However, I think we could only achieve this if some people stop being exploited and starts sharing instead of taking. I hope there is a campaign supporting this topic.

I agree. We can do alot better then wasting our food that we are given, we could give some food to the people who are starving

i agree, we could also take the leftover food from stores that dosen´t sell and is not expired and transport it to countries that need free food insted of throwing it out.

I completely agree that we could vastly improve our collective carbon footprint, and help make food more accessible, if we could cut down on food waste from farms and stores.

I agree, I have seen placed like buffets charge you extra for what you don't eat but i think this should be more common in places like restaurants and bars.

I totally agree, we definitely should avoid buy as much food that we can't even eat it.

I eat 2-3 meals pair day. its always lunch and dinner, if there is a practice i make myself eggs. dinner i often get meat, fish and chicken and theres always salad and those types of food on the side. i don't really mind eating it because that's the food i need to get stronger and healthy (my opinion)

I respectfully disagree that meat and eggs are the food you need to get strong and healthy. I think everyone should think about why they’re eating animal products and if its for “health” reconsider. If you are eating animals that are in bad living conditions that’s not healthy. And when you think about it, are you ok with eating eggs of another animal? Possibly baby animals? Or eating animals that were killed for your benefit?
Also there are plenty of “healthy” people who don’t eat animal products. There are plenty of extremely strong bodybuilders who are vegan, and don’t need animals to be strong or healthy.
If you need animal products in order to function for actual health reasons, that makes sense, but ask a doctor! They can prescribe supplements and you can function just fine without animal products

How can we prevent hunger

1. the improvement of agricultural production (better harvests, avoidance of post-harvest losses) in poor, rural regions

2. the preservation and securing of access to natural resources and adaptation to climate change

3. the expansion of infrastructure and markets in rural areas

And much more

World hunger is bad. We are blame for it. At the moment, food is more likly to be importend into western countries, wich is why there is such a surplus that aroun 20% of all food is thrown away here. Instead, food could be exchanged, for example, grain and corn for rice, cocoa and bananas. That would mean less rubbish and more full stomachs.

1. Eat Enough Protein.
2. Opt for Fiber-Rich Foods.
3. Pick Solids Over Liquids.
4. Eat mindfully

What I learned from this article is that there are lots of people who don't get enough food. About 925 million to be exact.I learned this according to Fao.

What are some ways to mitigate this issue worldwide, and what are some of the root causes of this issue.

Some underlying causes are poverty, unemployment/under-employment and inconsistent access to enough healthy food (food deserts) which are often deeply interconnected. One solution is reducing food waste. Roughly 40% of the food produced in the US never get eaten which is about 365 million pounds of food each day that is wasted and also contributes to climate change.

There should be more food banks set up to help those who are hungry.

I feel horrible for the people who do not get enough food.  We shouldn't take our food for granted and help the people who need it most.  People need help especially due to the pandemic, can't get it because they might not have enough money for even a tiny mask.  I think it is very important that we help the people who need food and water more than we do.

I think we have to help them, because they are realy poor and they depend on our support.

It is crazy that 1 in 7 inhabitants do not have enough to eat. I agree with Milo that we should set up more food banks across the world.

it's crazy how many people don't eat and starve to health due to not eating I think it would be very important if we did set up food banks across the world. Also, I think it is important that restaurants would give the leftover food to people in need and not just through the food away.

In instances where the corrupt government neglects the hunger of its people, and selfishly retains the goods other nations donate. We totally should do something about it!!! Do you propose anything that we can do to prevent this?

I feel that some people don't realize how big of an impact eating some types of food, especially food high in the food chain does to the environment, like meats. It causes a lot of Co2 emissions and even eating a vegetarian meal once a week would make a big impact if everyone did it, and it could be anything without meat if money is an issue.

Yes, this is a problem nowadays, even though we have "beyond meats", people still eat animal products like steaks, we need to spread awareness.

I feel that some people don't realize how big of an impact eating some types of food, especially food high in the food chain does to the environment, like meats. It causes a lot of Co2 emissions and even eating a vegetarian meal once a week would make a big impact if everyone did it, and it could be anything without meat if money is an issue.

So I noticed my carbon footprint from food was the second highest thing that made up of my total footprint. I started to think of things I could do to lower it and being able to not waste as much food as I do currently. I thought about the difference between a vegan and non-vegans and how many tons of GHGs into the footprint. And with some research, I found out that "A meat lover’s diet has the highest carbon footprint at 3.3 tons of GHGs. A vegetarian’s carbon footprint is about 1.7 tons GHGs." Another thing is how to reduce or eliminate world hunger. A simple way is to go donate it to homeless people on the streets or go to a homeless shelter. I searched on google maps for the nearest homeless shelters and 3 results came up near where I live, and there's a lot more in San Diego. I would gladly go to donate my leftovers at home, but never really were able to.

Animal agriculture has become a huge methane producer which greatly harms the environment. This methane is produced through cows digestion as well as with the clearing and deforestation of forests to make room for even more animals. In fact about 70% of the Amazon Rainforest deforestation is used to make crops for animal feed and pastures. Not only do eating and creating more of these animals increase the carbon footprint but they also use many gallons of water and feed to be able to produce. For example, it takes about 4.5 gallons of water to create only one gallon of milk, 53 gallons of water to produce one egg, and about 660 gallons of water to create one hamburger!

I agree that animal agriculture is a huge contributor to the massive amounts of carbon and methane being pumped into our atmosphere. Recently we watched a documentary in class about the effects of animal agriculture and why the largest environmental groups won't talk about it, and it was very insightful. If everyone just lowered their meat consumption, less cattle are needed which means less methane and less deforestation for grazing land.

I also agree, animal agriculture is getting out of hand and we need to something now if we want to slow and stop the effects of climate change. something we could do is make more plant based meat, We have come to the point now where plant based products taste so similar to meat that we can hardly tell the difference. For example I had a plant based burger at A&W once and tasted arguably the same as a regular burger, we could also start using the food we grow for animals, and serve it to starving communities in 3rd world living standards.

I agree that animal agriculture is a very big problem in our society, it uses so much water and produces a lot of methane to make one meal. Where as if it was a plant based meal you would get so much more food and it would cost much less to buy and make. I think that as global warming gets worse and worse more and more people will begin to realize how much eating meat, cheese and milk... affects our carbon footprint. I hope that eventually meat has been swapped out for the many alternatives there are. Such as, plant based burgers and diary free milk and cheese. Some of it tastes the exact same as Jack Martin said.

I agree, animal agriculture is taking over! We use way too much land to bring animals into the world for the sole purpose of providing 5 minutes of sensory satisfaction. In order to convince of this we need to educate them on where their food is grown, the environmental impact, health implications, and people and animals that get taken advantage along the way. The farmers aren’t winning, the animals certainly aren’t winning, the poultry farmers forced to compete against each other by massive corporations, or the planet itself. What you chose to consume Has a direct impact on the demand for that product. You can help save hundreds or even thousands of lives over the course of your lifetime and as a result live regret free.

It is important the we are conscious about choosing local food.  That reduces carbon usage in transportation.  It is also important to eat less red meat as cattle emits a lot of methane into to atmosphere.

The agriculture business is a huge problem and a bigger contributor to climate change than you might think. As you might know, cows produce methane. All living animals do but cows produce more. Because they are built to live or of a grass fed diet they process their food very thoroughly which produced lots of biproduct in the form of methane. Methane is a big problem because it is a much better containment for heat. Cows alone produce 51% of all greenhouse gasses!

I completely agree. Not only do cows produce massive amounts of methane which directly impacts our atmosphere in our world, but we bring in millions of animals every year solely for our satisfaction. This is why people should turn to a plant-based diet, not only will you not feel guilty for eating all of the things wanted to live, and had feelings and mothers. But also from the sustainability standpoint consider the acid rain, ocean acidification and salinity imbalance, land degradation, rainforest deforestation, and greenhouse gas production people are actively contributing to by eating meat. It’s not fake. These are processes, some partially irreversible, that people are contributing to, we pray for storage individuals who made sacrifices for our freedom and rights, the quality of life and peace of mind, but fail to realize that we can make an equally important contribution to future generations with far less risk and effort.

A food policy might eventually be a necessary step in combatting climate change, as 51% of all greenhouse gasses come from the agriculture sector. To put that into perspective, the entire travel industry, which only causes 13% of all carbon emissions. This means that all planes, trains, cars, trucks, and more are all less contributors than the agriculture industry. Not to mention the amount of land and water it uses, which we could instead be using to grow grains.

I completely agree. Not only would a food policy be a lot better for the environment, more efficient, less wasteful, and an easy solution that doesn’t cost a lot of money like other expensive alternatives, but it’s also good for your health. We would be reducing methane in the atmosphere if we went to a plant based diet. How would you convince people do commit to this though? And what steps need to be made towards making this happen?

Everyday more and more people are sulfuring for hunger. One day I decided that I wanted to go to a homeless shelter and donate some food. I went on my map and searched up homeless shelters in Miami, since that is one of the place where there are many many homeless people. To my surprise only one result popped up. Its very sad to think that many people are always suffering from hunger that just leave down the street and our community isn't doing anything about it. Every time I go it isn't a surprise to see at least 2 homeless people asking for money to eat. Its time for that to change. Its time for us to change the world even if its just a step at a time.

agree completely

Food and hunger are the source of problems all over the world, from food shortages to gluttony. There are ways to help food hunger, and ways to reduce food waste in other places. For example in a somewhat stable country like America composting and recycling are two great resources to deal with food packaging and food waste. The reason i point out America is one, yes because we have these kind of resources to help with food waste, and two, because in America we are looked at as people who gorge on food, which isn't wrong, but mostly its because we have the accessibility. But not all places of the world have that luxury. In third world countries there is a shortage of food, and theres also many ways we can fix that as well. Like taking the time to send live stock over, or tons of other different things.

I agree with you but America isn't a country lol.

Compost and recycle

Food is part of everyoneś life, we use it as fuel but the choices in everyoneś diet can be more harmful than you think. Cows are a prime example of this, they release methane which contributes to the worlds Co2 levels. Two pounds  of beef would take approximately 13,208 gallons of water to produce. On a grand scale, the demand for meat would mean there would be a rise of greenhouse gasses. Making vegetarian options even two days in a week would save an extra 44 kgs of GHG emissions. I believe people should be more conscious of the impacts it has on the world would be beneficial to the world.

I think that people should definitely be more cautious about what they eat and what impact it has on the environment.

I agree.

I want to start to eat healthier even if it’s not vegetables

I can see where your going with this but it’s more specific than just eating healthy. There are ways to help reduce your carbon footprint easily with just making simple modifications. You can limit your food waste and compost your leftovers. As well as ditching your plastic, you can start to look for products with less packaging and buy from company’s that use environmentally friendly packaging. Eating less meat or switching to plant based protein can cut your greenhouse gas emissions dramatically. Similarly, cutting back on your dairy especially products like cheese and milk. Finally, producing your own food like growing your own produce and eating from your garden helps in a many ways. Overall, it’s more than just eating healthy—its about the companies you support, your food waste, meat alternatives, sustainable nutrition, and helping the world any way you can.

I noticed that my carbon footprint from food made up a good portion of my total, and I was thinking on how to reduce that. Eating more locally grown foods rather than foods from supermarkets is one way, as there will be no need for the food to be shipped from wherever it was grown to the grocery store. Also, eating less meat is another way. I think some people eat a lot more meat than they really need, and just do it out of habit. By eating meat, you need to raise an animal, which needs to be fed all the way up to adulthood, and then the meat needs to be shipped from the farm all the way to the grocery store. I think that by eating less meat there could be a real difference in the carbon footprint, and I think that for a lot of people it wouldn’t be that much of a sacrifice.

In 2021, I made a goal to be vegetarian, and I am surprisingly following it. It has made me feel better about my impact on the environment, and I also feel like I am wasting less because less parts of the plant get thrown away, as opposed to animals. I also eat locally grown food in the summer from a farm near my house, so I know where it comes from and that it is grown organically and locally. I would suggest trying to eat more plant-based meals as a simple solution to a lot of food-based climate change problems.

Good job!  I have been vegetarian since the mid 1990s, and mostly vegan for the last 15 years or so.  I'm in consistent good health, and I've also become a better cook, since it has taken learning and creativity to make a wide varety of tasty vegan food.

I learned that eating less meat, organic, and locally are great ways to lessen your carbon footprint when it comes to the food we eat. I think in order to help our world and the problems are extreme carbon usage, we should all try to eat less meat as it is one of the major causes for carbon emissions when it comes to our diet. I resize that not everybody can afford this lifestyle and not everybody has food available but we should all be more aware of our choices on food and the affect it has on the planet.

Similar to what you have stated, I believe that organic and locally grown foods are great ways to reduce our carbon footprint. Each week, we could try to alter the amount of meat we eat as well as vegetables and fruit. Making sure to have some vegetarian meals in our daily routines would definitely help with this issue.

I also agree with what you guys said, and I think that implementing more plant based of vegetarian meals would help lower Co2 emissions (meat production uses a lot) also organic foods use less Co2, and to add to that I think that eating out less and composting also will help a ton.

From using the footprint calculator I learned that eating meat released more carbon dioxide than anything else people consumed. We should all try to eat less meat to lessen the carbon dioxide emissions. With less meat being eaten there will be less land taken by cattle or farm animals waiting to be butchered and open the space for more farmland. With more crops people will be able to feed more people and hopefully lessen the part of the population who is going hungry.

I don't believe that the problem itself is eating meat, I believe it's with the processing and handling of meat that produces carbon dioxide from the  machines used to take of of the meat. What needs to change is making machines more fuel efficient.

I learned that eating meat realeases the most carbon dioxide of all the foods we consume. My mom buys meat from a farm called Bel Campo because they offer meat thats better for the planet, organic, climate psoitive, humane, and regenerative.

There has been hunger for some people and people dying because of starvation. However, we should always have leftovers for the next day and also give out people food out there who need it the most! The reason why not giving out food to the people who need it the most is it could effect them, instead restaurants should give out food to the people who need it, as well with groceries stores! This world needs to stop being selfish and give food to the people who really need it (not everyone is selfish but most people are when it comes to food but still) However, starvation/hunger can really effect a person!

After seeing my carbon footprint I realize how much I eat. While I eat this much, I also realized how many people in the world suffer from hunger and do not get enough food everyday to be properly nourished. However, the main issue is not the food itself, which is lacked, but instead the system. As seen in the video linked below, the main issue is the wage people earn, and inadequate social assistance. The world has plenty of food, yet people do not have the wealth or money to purchase food. Poverty and income are the largest part of hunger, people cannot afford food when they must also pay to live, transportation, clothes, children, it is nearly impossible. This is the biggest issue we face, and the solution, is one we still have not figured out.

For starvation in America I think restaurants should feed the leftovers to families in need instead of throwing it away. For example: America wastes roughly 40 percent of its food.1 Of the estimated 125 to 160 billion pounds of food that goes to waste every year. We could solve this problem if the government gives them a tax break. This should help the restaurant give some food to people in need.

In addition to restaurants, grocery stores should donate leftover produce and other food products to the hungry. Some stores such as Walmart do this to some degree but I think it needs to be taken more seriously.

Food insecurity is the lack of access of having affordable, nutritious food. In our communities, food insecurity plays a huge, detrimental role in contributing to world hunger. It targets low-income areas and prohibits them from being able to acquire fresh produce. Food must be produced and allocated equitably to alleviate this problem. Agriculture around the world is exhausting the soil to an enormous extent and over-producing. Yet, hundreds of millions of people in the world do not have food to eat. Overproduction and consumption must reduce to prevent food waste. Sustainable agriculture policies should be implemented worldwide and distributed to all regions and areas rather than the economically profitable ones. The consumption of bioavailable, healthy food is a human right. Everyone deserves to have access to it.

Hunger is a feeling of discomfort caused by lack of food. Unfortunately, many people know what hunger feels like and some pass away from it. Some countries are low on food resources because of their environment or simply because they don't have any money. Climate change is one of many  reasons people face hunger. Because of climate change, temperatures are changing which changes the environment. When a certain environment changes from its natural state, people and animals may not be able to adapt and animals not be able to access food and the number of food-deprived people will increase.

Merely giving food to the starved is not enough to solve their issues. Extremely malnourished people tend to have difficulty eating food, even to the point of throwing up or getting sick. As a result, when treated with medical attention, they often have to have sugar and saline solutions given to them orally or through IV lines.

I've done research in the viability of using transdermal patches to similarly administer dextrose through noninvasive means. I think this can be one more avenue of treating hunger in impoverished areas or simply in emergencies like hypoglycemic attacks, though I'd need to work more on this in university.

What did you learn about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator? Now imagine that you could translate what you learned into an effective societal policy on food- what would it be? And how would this policy effect the need to alleviate world hunger?

925 million people on earth do not have enough to eat according to the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization]. That's almost 1 in 7 inhabitants of our planet!

I learned that eating less processed meat can decrease your carbon footprint by a significant margin because cattle and other livestock have a huge effect on climate change. Eating more organic foods and less processed foods can have a huge impact.

I feel like a lot of people compose but don't know how to use it. So I think the answer is to get people to start gendering

I agree that composting is becoming a lot more popular. In my city (Oakland, CA) we have a compost bin that gets taken by the same people that take trash and recycling. If people knew where this compost was going there could be more incentive to compost. Gardening is a great idea but not very practical for a lot of people in cities (no yard space). I think we should educate and encourage all types of compost

Adding compost to your garden will not only fertilize, it can actually feed your soil with a diversity of nutrients and microorganisms that will improve plant growth,compost also increases soil stability.

Yes, I agree I have recently learned how to properly compost. It has made such a a huge difference, and I feel so much better about myself. Composting helps the earth in so many ways, and I think more people should start to do it on a regular basis. (maybe workshops at schools to teach how to do it properly)

i agree with what your saying but adding your compost to the garden can help then garden and make the soil more fertile. But  yes a lot of people just compost thinking it’s hood which it is but they don’t know what happens to it

Yes, I can agree with you that many people don't know how to compost properly or even use it but there are many communities out there that teach people how to use it like using it for the soil in the garden.

Composting is such an amazing and easy way of giving back to the environment. I fell like many people are family with the concept but don’t actively take part in it. Even if they do lots don’t realize the extent of items that can be composted. These include paper towels, napkins, and really any food soiled paper product. If you don’t compost this can also have impacts. When food is throw integral garbage it can get trapped under other garbage. This will trap heat and produces more methane due to the lack of oxygen.

I think it is important that we do not waste our food. Many people take food for granted. We have to remember that some people do not have as much food as we do. We can help this problem by not wasting our food and eating everything on our plate at every meal.

That reminds me of a Japanese Lesson: If something doesn't bring you joy give it to someone who will get joy off of it. People should be thankful that we are fortunate I agree 100% with that statement!

I agree that we should not waste food and take the food on our tables for granted. The food we consume is the fruit of peoples' hard labour (farmers, etc), all their effort to produce food will go in vain if food is carelessly thrown away. A lot of people- especially those who live in developed countries or are financially stable- don't bat an eye when they dump food in the compost or let it rot. They are not aware of how fortunate they are considering that 690 million people in the world are starving due to the lack of available food. It is best to be grateful for what we have no matter how small it seems to be because what we have may be something many others yearn for. As you said, we should minimize food waste by taking/buying only ample quantities or simply just eat everything on our plate.

I think it is important that we do not waste our food. Many people take food for granted. We have to remember that some people do not have as much food as we do. We can help this problem by not wasting our food and eating everything on our plate at every meal. We can also compost our extra food after meals.

I totally agree with you, as someone who has taken food for granted on countless occasions. I can conclude that it feels wrong and guilty. You have so much more options then to throw away food. By throwing away food, it heavily contributes to the emissions of greenhouse gases. As the wasted foods get rotted in landfill, it produces a greenhouse gas called methane. Which is a big no. Especially considering the methane that hasn't been released into the atmosphere before it has been burned is extremely harmful towards the environment. To put it in a other perspective, methane contributes to climate change.

Other ways to save food is to proportion your food. You know your body the best, so you should know when it is too for you to consume. Another way to save food, is to give it to friends and family or even put it in the fridge and eat it the next day.

I totally agree with you food waste is such big problem. i think it's so important to just take what you can eat. I'm sure everyone knows the saying " your eyes are bigger than your stomach" and that i'm no stranger to that. One thing i think a lot of kids are not taught at a young is how to take the right amount of food for themselves, parent are doing it for you and can sometimes give you way too much.I also agree that composting is so important. it is so bad to be mixing food and garbage together.Compost that is on it's one can naturally rot and go back into the earth, but when it's mixed it's harder for the food to decompose and when it's sitting in the land fill it releases a greenhouse gas called methane, which is really bad for the environment and contribute massively to climate change.

I think that in the world, we have a lot of huger but not enough food for everyone because of over population,and the demand for food.

I agree with you that we don't have enough food for everyone thanks to the massive demand for food and overpopulation, especially in the areas with more people than there is food. Did you know that Tokyo is the most populated area in the world, followed by other cities like Delhi, Shanghai, and Cairo. These cities aren't going through a food shortage at the moment but their demand for food and other resources is extremely high. It is expected that there will be an increase in the demand for food by the year 2050, having the demand for food go from 59% to 98%. In one day, an average American adult eats roughly 5.46 pounds of food, adding up to 1996.3 pounds per year. Most of their diet is vegetables and fruits.

I also agree with both of you that we have not enough food for everyone and that the earth is overpopulated. One of the causes to this is because we use a lot of resources and food to feed cattle and livestock rather than using it to feed humans. The demand for food is also high (Like you said) so people are more likely to buy more food than they can eat instead of leaving the food for others. The farmers raising the livestock really don't have a choice to give the food for livestock away because they have to do their job and get meat ready for butchers and stores. We can solve world hunger by doing little things by donating to food banks or something big like buying just enough food to sustain you and your family instead of buying tons of food and letting them go to waste.

If we continue to waste food and water we will burn carbon with out using food and water which is wasteful

I think food waste is starting to become a big problem in the US now, I think that people waste too much food, as some people make a big meal, don't eat it all and throw away the rest of the food. I think we can stop this by giving our food that we don't want to eat to the people in need.

I agree. Instead of throwing the food that we don't want we could save it and back it up in decomposable plastic boxes and bring the food to a homeless shelter and give the packages to each person. When they are don with the food they could put the plastic container in the trash and if they don't the container would be able to decompose.