We use food everyday and waste a great deal of it in this country. We super size everything, get large servings in restaurants and feel gypped if we don't, then can't eat everything. Our country is one of the most overweight in the world. And yet we have people in this county that don't have food to eat. There are food banks to help people, but like many charities there is never enough and the worse the economy, the less there is to share.
Counties around the world have thousands that starve every day. There is a huge inequity in the way food is shared world wide. Many countries have no way to grow food, no water, no soil that will grow food and/or their county is at war and it is impossible to grow food.
Countries must learn to think globally about people and their problems instead of the "me first" syndrome.
America will send soldiers to other countries to fight, but not enough help the share food. Only when there has been a disaster and it is in the news, is aid sent. Haiti, is still in terrible shape, but largely forgotten by many. How many other countries have had aid after the first event and then nothing.
We spend more on fighting wars than on helping people to help themselves. Peace Corps and organizations like them have the right idea. Help people to help themselves. But those organizations should be funded by governments, not left to beg for money. Don't make countries depend on other countries for resources, help them learn to grow/make their own resources.
In this county more resources need to be allocated to helping people grow their own food (community gardens are wonderful), learning that super size is not a good thing and food banks need more support from restaurants and supermarkets so that food is put to good use rather than than thrown out.
There is no easy answer, but we need to start with small steps to feed people in our own backyard and then spread out to help others, no matter where they live.
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