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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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