We produce enough food to feed 10 billion people. So why are people still hungry?
During the farm tours of my nano hybrid Aquaponics food growing gardens and in my training workshops, a question that I was often asked and one that many research tanks raised was
“How do we feed 7 Billion people?”
Upon further research, I discovered that we produce enough food to feed 10 billion people. Really!
So why does hunger still exist?
There appear to be several reasons why despite producing enough food to feed 10 billion people, we are unable to feed the current world population of 6 billion and eliminate hunger:
- Inefficient food storage facilities and lack of cold storage that results in a large percentage of food being wasted and inedible as it cannot be kept fresh.
- Consolidation of farms away from dense population areas results in additional costs to transport food to where people live there by increasing both the cost as well as spoilage
- Food packaging in the developed counties is usually catered to larger portion sizes that contain “perfect” looking food, no imperfect shapes, blemishes, or damaged areas thereby discarding a large percentage of the harvest.
- Government policy in terms of aid and incentives to grow or not grow certain types of food also can contribute to their being shortages of a balanced variety of food
- Climate change and natural disasters are becoming an increasing barrier to being able to ensure that there is local food security. Further, rapid urbanization and increasing population concentration has resulted in significant loss of local farmland. The resulting planed urban development (PUD) community rules have also reduced the land that can be utilized to grow food in favor of green grass lawns.
So this is why many people are still hungry.
Given all these factors, it is understandable why, even though we produce enough food to feed 10 billion people, we continue to have hunger!
As a solution let’s look into building sustainable local food gardens to end hunger.
Feed Hunger Now looking for a solution to end hunger
Feed Hunger Now is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is stepping up to the challenge. Our vision is “A world without hunger”, and our Mission is to “Inspire the building of sustainable local food gardens”.
Feed Hunger Now will work with individuals, community and nonprofit organizations, schools and government agencies to inspire, engage, educate, and empower individuals to grow food sustainably by incorporating recirculating farming methods including Aquaponics and Hydroponics to substantially increase locally grown food that is free of harmful chemical fertilizers or pesticides while using the lowest carbon footprint thereby help increase food security, reduce hunger and provide better access to nutritious, affordable, fresh, locally grown healthy food and domestic green job opportunities.
Will you join us in this journey?
Please consider making a donation.
Your donations will make a positive impact by enabling us to fund a portion of the costs of the monthly farm tours, host training workshops and provide associated manuals, cover staff costs and assist the building and installation of sustainable food gardens using recirculating farming methods including Aquaponics and Hydroponics. This will empower individuals and communities by providing solutions to end hunger rather than continued continued reliance on food aid.
Feed Hunger Now is a 501(c)3 non profit organization. Donations are tax deductible. Florida State Charity Registration Number CH 41373.
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