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 waste in Canada
Food production around the world uses up 70% of fresh water and yet 17% of all food produced for human consumption is wasted. In Canada alone the value of rescuable food is $49.46 billion. A charity in Vancouver is trying to stop this. The Vancouver Food Runners is a company that takes food from restaurants grocery stores and caterers That would otherwise be thrown out and gives that food to non-profit organizations. I think this is a great way to combat food waste.