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What I mean is that the food we produce is already enough to feed everyone (yes, humans). The UN article I link starts with this: Enough food is produced today
by cheese_goddess 5y ago
What I mean is that the food we produce is already enough to feed everyone (yes, humans). The UN article I link starts with this:
Enough food is produced today to feed everyone on the planet, but hunger is on the rise in some parts of the world, and some 821 million people are considered to be “chronically undernourished”. What steps are being taken to ensure that everyone, worldwide, receives sufficient food?
The first sentence includes a link to the source of the claim.
What do you mean by "inefficiecies" at the end of your second paragraph?
- wuschel 5y agoHey, thanks for clarifying the source / scope of your statement. I admit that I did not read your link. > What do you mean by "inefficiecies" at the end of your second paragraph? I mostly mean the effects of scale that large food production centers can bring. These usually manifests in specialized workforce and efficient use of financial resources e.g. 2-3 shift slaughterhouses, use of large mashines for agriculture, soil management. In effect, this allows for a larger part of the populace to take another role in society than being a farmer e.g. ideally doctor, professor, teacher, construction worker, taxi driver, et cetera. PS (1) I am a fan of permaculture and eating from my own garden, and I see that there are many a defect in the way we are producing food these days. (2) The World Food Program has some great successes to show for, and I admire many of those systemic grass roots projects.