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 am thankfully living in a place where I can get food and never go hungry. But that is not necessary the case for 925 million people on this earth currently. If we stop eating meat and turn the feed from the livestock into human food, everyone on this planet right now can have an adequate diet. I know that right now this can not be in reality but we can all start by eating 2-3 vegetarian meals a week. It would reduce our carbon emissions and not add to the greenhouse effect.
Yeah I think it's a great idea to go vegetarian at least a few times per week. I think that if everyone did this we could definitely make a big difference. Unfortunately, it's not that easy to get everyone to stop eating meat, so this probably isn't something that could happen instantly. It's definitely possible for the future thought, and hopefully lots of people will stop eating meat every day.