07 September 2012 A Hungry World

A hungry world is what will happen if the world keeps on it’s current path of expansion. What can we do to change it? It is up to us the younger generation to influence the way the older generation think to secure our future. As a younger person from Australia I find it difficult to comprehend (but know it is true) that there are people in the world who do not have enough food. We waste food because of trivial reasons when our neighbours are dieing from starvation. In order to help countries with lower quality of life and to help conserve resources, we need to be more efficient, compassionate towards others and educated.
Currently the only way that the world is able to produce enough food is to make it fertilised, Mrs Mathieson has told us about a lecture attended and how the lecturer had every 3rd person stand up, he then told them without man-made Nitrogen all the people who where standing would not survive. Unfortunately it would not be in the developed countries such as our own, that most people would die but in the developing nations.
Slowly as people begin to recognise the need for better management practices and the fact that as a world we need to be more practical, places such as shown in the video below – Youth Education Farms, will be a much-needed occurrence.

Youth Education Farms

What is hunger? Hunger is defined by the dictionary as “A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.” I think it depends on what you are used to, for me hunger is when I’ve skipped a meals throughout the day – and I am soooo hungry after school, but for others even in Australia they may not recognise skipping a snack as hunger when they may only eat once every one or two days.
In India the Huri Krishna's started a program where they cooked Dhal to feed local school a hot meal eat day as part of their service to the community. It started small but now nearly the entire nation has one hot meal a day, 5 days a week, as the Indian government has come on board to help as well. Since the program began more and more kids are coming to school to get an education, mostly for the free meal, but as people become educated their life becomes better as more opportunities are opened up.

India’s food school programs

Therefore quantifying hunger is extremely hard, as hunger means different things to different people, different communities, different counties.
Sophie