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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The Cattle Industry
A large part of climate change is from the cattle industry, through both the cows, and the land they occupy. To produce meat takes an immense amount of resources, such as food, water, and land. to produce a 1/3 pound burger, takes an immense 660 gallons of water. As a human, you only need to drink 182 gallons of water in a whole year. Think about the next time you get a burger.