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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What is the Possibility of Really Ending WorId Hunger?
Like creating a perfectly sustainable city, the chance of ending world hunger altogether is very slim, but just because we can't solve the problem doesn't mean we can't help it. One major problem is the fact that people live in different parts of the world, some of which do not have as many food sources as others and are generally very poor. Luckily, many charities help to solve that problem by bringing food to people in those regions. But even with outside help, a single person needs around 2,000 calories a day to remain healthy, making it hard for a charity to feed an entire village. Now, when people think of world hunger, they usually think of poor, skinny, African children with big ol' sad eyes, but malnutrition in America is still a problem. In this case, money is the cause 99% of the time. Poor American households don't have many charities supporting them because you never see advertisements on the T.V. with poor white people, it's all poor Africans. While f ood stamps are a thing, it seems that wealth really does seem to dictate whether or not you get to eat dinner.
Ending world hunger is low like you said but the chances can be higher if the whole world could band together and become friendly or at least allies to where if one country needs help, all the others could come in and help with required resources. On another note, the charities that people donate money to do not always use all the money to help people in need, which leads to your point of money leading to hunger. Overall ending world hunger is a possible thing if all countries were banded together and were able to help each other.
Although I agree with some points on this post, I strongly think it is critically wrong to compare the state of hunger in the western world and those in third world countries. For the people in first world countries like America, hunger is mainly caused by man-made misappropriations. According to the article from www.dosomething.org, "In the US, hunger isn’t caused by a lack of food, but rather the continued prevalence of poverty" (https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-fa … -hunger-us) . Hunger in Africa or other third world countries is mainly due to natural disasters, environmental and atmospheric conditions, and lack of resources. Charities trying to feed people are addressing immediate needs, and not long term solutions. Long-term solutions require immediate attention to global warming and reduction of carbon emissions.
As great as ending world hunger would be, I think it is pretty unlikely considering the amount of greed humans naturally have. People that are more fortunate than others feel safe and protected by their luxuries. I do not believe that people like this would be willing to give up their luxurious lifestyles, even if it will help resolve something as serious as world hunger.





