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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less meat and less wasted food
An average person in the US eats 270 pounds of meat each year, and the production of meat contributes to CO2 footprints. If people in the US started to cut down on their consumption of meat, they would also cut down on their overall CO2 footprint. According to "The Atlantic," about 50% of food that is produced in the US is thrown away. Not only is this wasted food a waste of money, but ways of harvesting and transporting food also contribute to the CO2 footprints. If people would compost or donate their excess food to places like food banks instead of throwing it away, there would be less wasted food.
I agree that this is an idea that needs to be noticed. So many fossil fuels are burned during the production of meat and if we eat less meat there will be less carbon dioxide emitted. Since the U.S. already throws away half of the food produced, it would be easy to reduce the production of meat. donating their excess food is a great idea because more people can eat the food and it would not be wasted at all. In conclusion, if less meat is produced then there is less carbon dioxide released.