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> who wouldn’t feed hundreds of thousands of starving people or many more, etc. if they had lots of surplus cash[?] There are downsides to donating food. One o
by HKH2 5y ago
> who wouldn’t feed hundreds of thousands of starving people or many more, etc. if they had lots of surplus cash[?]
There are downsides to donating food. One of them is that it damages local farming; another is that it brings more dependent people into the world, duplicating the problem.
- mark_l_watson 5y agoMy wife and my favorite charity is the Heffer Project that sets families up with, for example, a breeding group of chickens to make money selling eggs and a protein source for their families. Similar projects with larger animals. A friend and his wife used to (my friend died in a traffic accident) collect money and once a year make a huge buy of practical farming tools, appropriate types of seeds, etc., charter a cargo flight, and deliver to somewhere where their research showed a need and where they were able to make local contacts. So, I totally understand your point but there are options.
- HKH2 5y agoThanks for the response. How do you guarantee such systems don't fall into disuse?
- CRConrad 5y ago> There are downsides to donating food. One of them is that it damages local farming It's not impossible to donate foodstuffs that the donor buys from local farmers, is it?