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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I think that implementing a plan to lower hunger will be extremely difficult. However, If I were to design a program, I would attempt to grow a grain like wheat or sorghum very inexpensively and then use the flour to create food products. This could be partially sponsored by taxes and incentives for farms to move some production there. I would grow these grains close to the main centers of hunger in the world. As for a policy on food, I think incentives should be given to agencies who establish food cooperatives. This would allow people in hunger to have better access to food