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From Phys.org:
Global food consumption and production is seriously unbalanced. In the UK alone we threw away 4.4 million tonnes of "avoidable" food waste in 2015 – that is food that was edible before it was discarded – which equates to £13 billion worth of food wasted, or £470 per household. Meanwhile, nearly 800 million people globally are chronically undernourished.
The world population is projected to grow to 9 billion people by the middle of this century. We face a huge challenge in finding ways to adequately feed this rapidly growing population whilst also protecting the natural environment.
However it is not just the amount of food production and the balance of its distribution that are key concerns for sustainably feeding the planet. We also need to think about what we are eating.
Presently western diets are characterised by a high proportion of animal foodstuffs, and this is a problem not just for our health, but for the environment. The Hunger Project has cited climate change as one of the hidden sources of hunger. In doing so it highlights how food production and the environment are inextricably linked.
Meat and dairy production requires more land, more water and has higher greenhouse gas emissions than plant based alternatives. As the global population continues to grow, we will need to be ever more prudent with the resources that are required for food production. We must consider whether the proportion of resources currently devoted to meat and dairy production is optimal given the numbers needing to be fed and the environmental impacts such diets can cause.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 02 2017, @02:36PM (3 children)
Yes, I am absolutely selfish. As are the majority of human beings on this planet. Nearly every last one of us give a fuck, in descending order of magnitude, according to this list:
The only one of those with significant hunger issues for people in the US is the Everyone else category, so we absolutely do not give as much of a fuck as if our family were going hungry. Nor are we morally obligated to. If we're not supposed to be the world's policemen, neither are we their parents; we have no moral obligation to feed them. Yet we do some anyway because we're just generous motherfuckers like that. So, keep your self-righteous bullshit to yourself.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @05:54PM
We don't all live on continents, you insensitive clod!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @06:14PM (1 child)
That may be the direct hierarchy of importance, but that doesn't magically make you exempt from being an intelligent human being that is capable of seeing a broader picture. You're still a more selfish prick than most humans and the collective whole would be better off without people like you.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 02 2017, @06:47PM
Wrong. Without people like me you would all starve instead of just the people you've never met who have never contributed to your life in any way.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.