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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Production isn't the problem its poor distribution
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.