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 Waste
America wastes around 40 million tons of food per year. China wastes around 35 million tons of food a year. America is only 2% bigger than China. Why does America waste more food than China per year despite them being around the same size?
Sources:
https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/fo … ery%20year.