World Food Day

Kennedy on World Food Day Oct09

OnWorld Food Day

2009

Are you Hungry Brother John?


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• 1 Billion people in Our world go hungry

UN Reports


• 1 out of every 6 people in Our word are undernourished

UN Reports

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• Global food production must double by 2050 to head off mass hunger

• The food crisis pushed another 40 million people into hunger in 2008…..

FAO Reports

UN's Food & Agriculture Organization - FAO


• We face the challenge of ensuring food for the 973 million who are currently hungry

• We need to ensure there is food available for nine billion people in 2050

FAO Reports

UN's Food & Agriculture Organization - FAO continued


• People are getting fatter almost everywhere in the world.

• Figures for 2005 show 1.6 billion adults were overweight and 400 million were obese.

• The WHO projects 2.3 billion overweight of which 700 million will be obese by 2015….

The World Health Organization - WHO

WHO Reports


How much food do I need?

• Like this food processor a normal stomach is built to digest all foods eaten or dumped in….

(unless bad & thrown out by the stomach)


Let’s check the Human Stomach

• The stomach of an adult is about 10 inches (25 centimeters) long & can easily expand to hold as much as l quart (0.9 liter) of food.

• It normally expands to hold about 1 litre (or litter) of food & can hold as much as 1.5 liters.

• The stomach can expand to hold up to 4 liters of food, more than 50 times its empty volume.


How much food do I need?

• Honestly, stuffing oneself to the limit is not very safe nor healthy.

• Don't abuse your stomach because you will need it for quite a long time.


Following - Food for Thought

• Is not about What & How much to eat.

(the author is not a certified dietician nor a medical professional)

But……………..

Rather let’s just say “Following Presentation”…


Thought for Food… While experts are figuring out the exact cause of soaring food prices:-

• rising fuel costs? lower agricultural production?• weather shocks, more meat consumption?• shifts to bio-fuel crops?

Experts know for certain that High Food Prices:-• threaten to increase malnutrition, • is a cause of death for over 3.5 million children a year.

What you & me MUST realize:-

Food prices are expected to stay high through 2015• Wheat prices are up 120%• Rice prices have risen 75%• Poor families spend up to 80% of their budget only on food

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Thought for Food…

The nearly billion malnourished people in OUR world could be lifted out of hunger with less than a quarter of the food wasted globally.

The hunger of 1.5 Billion people could be alleviated by eradicating:-• Fruits-Veg. & Dairy food wasted by Retailers, food services & at OUR homes.• Crops such as wheat, maize & soy to produce the wasted meat & dairy foods.

Food waste costs every household in the UK between £250 & £400 a year Producing & Distributing the 6.7m tonnes of edible food that goes uneaten & into waste in the UK also accounts for 18m tonnes of CO2.


Thought for Food… continued

The production of wasted food squanders resources & the irrigation water equivalent to domestic water needs of 9 Billion people.

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Thought for Food…continued

Civil war, terror, labor unrest, violence & strikes prone areas have pushed many people in parts of Africa, Asia to the brink of famine …are Europe, USA or the Asia-pac in the waiting…

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Can You & Me…..

Buy Food smartly….


Can You & Me…..

Eat smartly…


Can You & Me…..

Manage Leftovers smartly…

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You & Me…..

formed carpools, shared rides to beat

fuel prices & check global warming…


Can You & Me…..

Share Food- Yes share food with strangers ?


Can You & Me…..

Stop Violence & War•To enable cultivable land –cross-borders be used for farming & feed people


Can You & Me…..

Stop Terrorists & Terrorism

• Help nip the small time goon in our neighborhoods…. before the goon nips you & me…. & STOP electing them.

To enable food supplies be shipped instead arms, drugs, counterfeit currency….


Can You & Me…..

Support Farmers• Can Corporate adopt farmers / farms

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Can You & Me…..

Support Farmers• Usher the *WTO,WFP, ILO to implement GLOBAL welfare policies for FARMERS & not just for their PRODUCE…

* WTO-WORLD TRADE ORG WFP- WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ILO-INTL LABOR ORG

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Thanks for reading…

Eat to live smart & long…

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