Before calculating my carbon footprint, I didn’t think that what I eat affects climate change. I am very lucky to be living in a place where I can get plenty of food and never go hungry. There is plenty of food in the world for everyone, yet there are 925 million people who don’t have enough to eat. Meat is a big problem that contributes to climate change. Something us humans can do about this is eat less meat, so we don’t need as much livestock and feed for the livestock. Other ways we can help solve this problem include donating food, composting your food scraps, eating your leftovers and not wasting them. We can do these little things that can help fight climate change.

I agree with your statement that there is enough food for everyone in the world. I have recently learned that around 40% of the food in the U.S. goes uneaten. Instead of wasting this food and throwing it away, we need to find a way to use this food to feed the hungry. I also learned similar things to what you learned when using the carbon footprint calculator. I didn't realize how what you eat can affect the amount of carbon that you emit. Finally, I agree with your ideas on how to prevent these issues but I think that another way to help with this issue it to not produce more food than needed. This will force people to not take food for granted. Also, it will allow us to give the materials to make other food to other countries in need and it will allow more people to be fed.

In my carbon footprint data, I realized that the "food" category was my second biggest carbon usage. This actually surprised me, for I thought that my family did a good job of balancing our meals with vegetarian and meat, portion control, and using organic substances. I considered the fact that perhaps we are consuming too much per day, because I don't think our issue is what we eat, just how much. I suppose I could do a better job of planning sustainable meals, but besides that I'm not really sure how to improve upon this.

I agree with your statement that there is a lot of food for everyone to eat in the world. There are a lot of people wasting their food. We need to find a way to save the waste food and give it to the hunger. I agree that meat is a big problem that contributes to climate change.

Food can impact your carbon footprint in a very negative way. First, according to https://www.theguardian.com/environment … than-cars, red meat requires 28 times more land, 11 times more water, and causes 5 times more climate-changing emissions. If we could balance out our meals and diets with both vegetables and meat, we would not only be helping ourselves but the environment as well. Second, one-third of all food grown is wasted. That is valued at about $3 trillion. In https://www.theatlantic.com/business/ar … e/491513/, wasted food is the biggest contributor to American landfills.

I agree with your statement that food takes up a lot of space and a lot of people waste their food that can be used to sustain the planet.