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 Change
All around the world, food is wasted by millions of people. Meanwhile, there are people in other places that are starving and in need of food. Wasting food can be prevented by people getting the right amount of food that people need and instead of just throwing the food away they can give it to people who actually need it. Sadly, one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year (1.3 billion tons) get lost or wasted. In reference back to the people who actually are in need of the food wasted, one quarter of all wasted food could feed the 795 million undernourished people that suffer from hunger. In conclusion, we need to come up with a solution to stop wasting food so the world can become a better place and help cure those who suffer from starvation.