World's Diet Can End World Hunger

While everyone may love to go out and enjoy a fine meal with friends and family, most will never stop to think the process of how the food came about, or the production thereof. John Oliver’s piece on “Food Waste” outlines all the problems of food waste and how they can impact society, animals, nature, and even the farmers who harvest the produce. America and its businesses should try to decrease the amount of food being wasted. By doing so, not only are we a contributing factor to help reduce waste, save time and money, but we are also aiding the less-fortunate in a society, while still saving natural resources and the planet as a whole.

This paper will examine the problem of food waste in the United States. Firstly, this paper will describe what food waste is, and why food waste in the American society is an immense issue that needs to be addressed. In addition, it will address the consequences of food waste and the possible problems that this issue may bring in the future. Secondly, the paper will discuss three policy solutions that would help solve the problem of food waste in the United States: provide an enhanced tax deduction for corporations that choose to donate their food to the food banks, performing an extensive study that covers every single aspect of food waste in the current food system, and require every citizen to compost their food waste. Afterwards, it will analyze the pros and cons, and the hypothetical strengths and vulnerabilities of each policy solution. Lastly, this paper will discuss personal opinions on the issue of food waste.

Food is a vital source for the survival of mankind. The current global food crisis has become too significant a problem that we cannot avoid this issue any further. Several solutions are made to salvage the situation like educating the nations on eating habits, population control and providing food and financial aid to poor countries that face hunger and famine. However, enforcing birth control and changing eating habits is possible but difficult to change the mindset of billions of people within the near future, what we need is an immediate response to tackle this exponentially increasing problem. The most efficient solution to solve

By the year 2050, it is estimated that there will be nine billion people living on the planet, the problem arises when it comes time to feed all nine billion. In essence, this is what the global food crisis is. In the video “Feeding Nine Billion Video 1: Introducing Solutions to the Global Food Crisis,” the causes of the food crisis are explained in terms of climate, population growth, and the lack of food in stores. Despite the grim outlook drawn, the video claims that there is a solution to this crisis and that we already have the means to solve it. In combination with one another, four global solutions can be applied and modified for local communities to prevent and end the crisis. Through science

One of the widely discussed issues, nowadays, we must tackle sooner rather than later is scarcity of food on our planet. Today our population growth is rising , and as Jonathan Foley says “ In 2050 there will be nine billion people in Earth “. Our planet does not have sufficient amount of food to feed whole world’s population. It is obvious that, the planet has a problem with the food supply to 2050 and to rectify this problem we need to stop expanding land, increase crops on land that we already have, use water efficiently, use less animal products, and to save food- as Jonathan Foley suggests in “ Feeding Nine Billion “. I feel fearful, but I do not want to change my habits.

In the last century, food production has dramatically increased; however, much of what is produced goes uneaten. As much as ⅓ to ½ of all food produced is never consumed; instead, it ends up in landfills. In a world in which 795 million people do not have enough food, the fact so much is wasted is ridiculous. Rather than on hungry people’s plates, most food waste ends up in a landfill, rotting and releasing into the atmosphere methane, a greenhouse gas thirty times as potent as carbon dioxide. In light of increasingly limited landfill space, climate change, and a rapidly growing population, food simply cannot afford to be wasted. Because they are among the greatest contributors to the crisis, Americans must become world leaders in the reduction

Producing and distributing food in contemporary nations neither satisfies the efficiency nor monetary needs of their populaces, therefore, although people have emotional connections to food, their hopes for healthy food that is accessible, productive, and appealing are often obliterated leading to unfulfilled expectations and nightmarish realities.

Throughout the years, citizens have continued to throw out food that is seen as unnecessary. The United States Environmental Agency, or the EPA, created a website that acknowledges both the dangers and the solutions to the problem of food waste I America. The EPA states that “Every year in the United States, approximately 31% (133 billion pounds) of the overall food supply is wasted, which impacts food security, resource conservation, and contributes to the 18% of total U.S. methane emissions that come from landfills” (“America's Food Waste Problem”). The effects of people throwing their food into landfills instead of composting it is causing the environment to worsen. This could affect the cleanliness of the water and the atmosphere around the world. With our waters in

Global Food Security is an important resource in our day-to-day lives. Over the past century research has marked that the growth of food production is dramatically decreasing. A proportion of the world’s people are starving due to the lack of sufficient protein and energy from their diets. Many suffer from a form of micronutrient malnourishment. As a result many question “ how can the world double the availability of food? How best feed the world?” (de Landgrafft, 2014).

Governments, scientists, corporations, and globalization have all influenced the way people think about food, how and what they eat, and what they consider healthy. Those influencers have also had an effect on the price, content, and choice of what you see on the shelves at supermarkets and grocery stores. Throughout this semester, we have had many discussions, readings, viewings, and assignments to talk about what we have learned. Thanks to authors such as Daniel Imhoff, Mike Davis, Raj Patel, Michael Pollan, Ian Leslie, Zoe Robaey, Tracie Mcmillan, Eric Holt Gimenez, and Mark Bittman, I have learned more about food, nutrition, food insecurity, famine, starvation, obesity, farming, food systems, things that should be avoided and solutions to fix the problem of hunger people face today.

We have a growing strain on feeding the global population. According to the Population Reference Bureau the world’s population is increasing by over 86.5 Million people per year (Population reference bureau, 2014). According to the

Following the global food crisis of 2007-2008 there has been an increasing realization throughout the world that we have to produce additional and higher quality food (Albert Sasson 2012). As was stated in 2006 by the Food and Agricultural organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the world population growing at an annual rate, it is a necessity that global increase in food production must reach 50%, in order to meet the specified requirements of the world 's population by 2050 (FAO 2006). Ensuring the future of food security is now considered a global priority, with over 800 million people deprived of adequate food on a daily basis, particularly people in both developed and developing countries suffering from malnutrition (Dana Cordell et al 2008). In accordance with the 1996 World Food Summit (FAO) food security exists “when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” (FAO 1996) However the problem with food insecurity is not only about inadequate food production, availability and consumption, but also the underprivileged quality or nutritional value of food (Albert Sasson 2012).

Every 3.6 seconds, the time it takes you to take a bite of food, a person dies of hunger or malnourishment. Global food crisis is a problem that has been around since the beginning of time, but it is everything but yesterday’s issue. It is very real today and the numbers of starving people are still growing. Solutions will not be easy to sort out, since the dramatic food price escalation has numerous causes. The world’s population is expected to increase from 7 billion today to 9 or 10 billion by the end of the century. We also can expect more pressure on the food supply as people in the developing world adopt middle class lifestyles, which usually involve eating more meat. To satisfy global demand, we will need to roughly double today’s output, which means getting smarter about how we produce and manage food. The global food crisis can be prevented by improving food aid, producing higher yields of food, and growing better quality of crops.

With the growing demands from a population expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050, it is unclear how our current global food system will meet future food needs. Ensuring that all people have access to adequate and nutritious food produced in an environmentally and socio-culturally sustainable manner is one of the greatest challenges of our time (Vinceti et al., 2013). The consumption of fruits and vegetables are generally low in developing countries and in sub-sahara Africa making food insecurity (FIS) and undernourishment a daily reality for most households. Undernourishment is defined as an extreme form of food insecurity arising when food energy availability is inadequate to cover even minimum needs for a sedentary lifestyle (FAO et al., 2012). Food security involves the means by which people have access to food and use it. Inadequate use of food at the household level leads to inappropriate care and poor feeding practices which are the major causes of undernourishment, poor nutritional status and micronutrient deficiency (Johnston et al., 2014; Lock et al, 2005). Undernourishment which is used interchangeably with chronic hunger or hunger is the outcome of poor nutritional status and micronutrient deficiency (FAO et al., 2012). It is food intake that is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements

The million dollar question, therefore, is what can the world do to mitigate this pressing problem? LaSalle et al. (2008) perhaps provide some hope for the looming hunger crisis, stating that “the only way to restore ecological health to the world is through launching an organic green revolution.” The organic green revolution, as LaSalle