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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Food and Hunger
About 31 percent of the food in the United States is wasted and contributes to 18 percent of methane emissions from landfills. Saving this food would be able to greatly reduce greenhouse emissions and also would be able to feed millions of people. We can reduce this amount of food waste by eating leftovers instead of throwing them away and making sure that your food doesn't spoil. 94 percent of food that is thrown away ends up in landfills or combustion facilities which is why we have to make people aware of this problem.
https://www.epa.gov/recycle/reducing-wasted-food-home
https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/amer … te-problem