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!
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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.