World Hunger

          Lately world hunger has been on my mind. Maybe it’s because it has been going on for a while or maybe it’s because it was just Earth day but, our world is actually in need.

World hunger is something that can be stopped but it’s still affecting people all around us. Now I’m not saying that it’s anyone’s fault but America has more than enough food; so why don’t we do something useful with the extras?

          One huge thing we could do to help start the end of world hunger is by decreasing the amount of meat that is being raised for us to eat, or get rid of it all together. Now that sounds really harsh and cruel but, what I mean is just stopping the meat production factories…… not killing any cows or anything.

          According to https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=29892 it takes about 8 pounds of grains to make one pound of beef (or 1 pound of milk). This is very inefficient if you ask me. We could be feeding way more people with 8 pounds of grains than with one pound of hamburger.

          If everyone went plant-based/vegan we could use all that food to feed people instead of feeding cattle. There would be more food for everyone and it would all be healthier food. We could create a healthy America and solve world hunger all in one. This is my idea of an ideal plan but, the problem here is that too many people have been raised on meat so it’s all they know. I totally understand this, I live in Iowa and here everyone eats meat and cheese.

         Not only are the cattle eating tons of food, they’re also drinking tons of water. This water could be used for other people, or even growing crops. We could give it to people who need it, and help stop this problem.