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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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.