Although I am a skinny person, it doesn't mean I don't eat a lot. On the contrary, I eat a lot but my metabolism works in my favor. I think it is because of my puerto rican culture that I am the way I am. I eat everything on my plate and we usually buy what is necessary and things with long expiration dates so' that we won't need to throw them away, because they turn bad.
I think everyone knows about the poverty in Africa, no clean waters despite the fact that the continent is crossed by several major rivers and contains some of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, and more than 18 million people across West Africa are in the grip of a growing hunger crisis. There are various organizations in which people can donate money like Africare, Save the Children and a lot more, but Africa it's pretty big and some organizations are just not capable of fixing these problems in all areas. With money, not necessarily time (because everyone can make some time when it's really worth it), I would create an organization: A new dawn for Africa. Focused mainly in getting food for EVERYONE, the motto will be "no one goes to bed hungry". How will I achieve what seems so impossible?
Did you know that in "2010 an estimated 133 billion pounds of food from U.S. retail food stores, restaurants and homes never made it into people's stomachs? It's estimated that almost $390 per U.S. consumer in 2008 was left uneaten food in homes and restaurants" said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Bob Perciasepe, acting administrator of the EPA. Also according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, americans typically throw out 21% of their food.
Where does it all go? Well, some of it lost before it even makes it to consumers: fruit that's edible, but not quite pretty enough for stores; animals that get sick and can't be slaughtered, etc. Then there's the "ilussion of abundance" created by grocery stores. No store wants its shelves to ever appear to be empty, so they are constantly restocked with fresh alternatives that can never be sold fast enough to match the replacement rate.
So there's people dying of hunger in different places in the world, including the United States but perfectly good food it's being thrown away because there is just a lot of food for the demand (at least in some countries)? What I would do with money AND CONNECTIONS (always come very handy) is buy fast transportation so' at the end of each day all that food being thrown away in different parts of the world can be picked up and sent to Africa, where I shall have camps with volunteers where people can go and get the food. Also I'm assuming my money will be so much that I will be able to put a correct sewage disposal system in all of Africa so' that they can actually use river water for drinking without getting AIDS or any other disease. I guess I am a BIG daydreamer too professor.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/06/06/Pope-Wasting-food-is-like-stealing-from-the-poor/UPI-46851370495820/#ixzz2dNNIdy2s
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/06/17/2943015/americans-throw-away-90-billion.html#storylink=cpy
I think everyone knows about the poverty in Africa, no clean waters despite the fact that the continent is crossed by several major rivers and contains some of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, and more than 18 million people across West Africa are in the grip of a growing hunger crisis. There are various organizations in which people can donate money like Africare, Save the Children and a lot more, but Africa it's pretty big and some organizations are just not capable of fixing these problems in all areas. With money, not necessarily time (because everyone can make some time when it's really worth it), I would create an organization: A new dawn for Africa. Focused mainly in getting food for EVERYONE, the motto will be "no one goes to bed hungry". How will I achieve what seems so impossible?
Did you know that in "2010 an estimated 133 billion pounds of food from U.S. retail food stores, restaurants and homes never made it into people's stomachs? It's estimated that almost $390 per U.S. consumer in 2008 was left uneaten food in homes and restaurants" said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Bob Perciasepe, acting administrator of the EPA. Also according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, americans typically throw out 21% of their food.
Where does it all go? Well, some of it lost before it even makes it to consumers: fruit that's edible, but not quite pretty enough for stores; animals that get sick and can't be slaughtered, etc. Then there's the "ilussion of abundance" created by grocery stores. No store wants its shelves to ever appear to be empty, so they are constantly restocked with fresh alternatives that can never be sold fast enough to match the replacement rate.
So there's people dying of hunger in different places in the world, including the United States but perfectly good food it's being thrown away because there is just a lot of food for the demand (at least in some countries)? What I would do with money AND CONNECTIONS (always come very handy) is buy fast transportation so' at the end of each day all that food being thrown away in different parts of the world can be picked up and sent to Africa, where I shall have camps with volunteers where people can go and get the food. Also I'm assuming my money will be so much that I will be able to put a correct sewage disposal system in all of Africa so' that they can actually use river water for drinking without getting AIDS or any other disease. I guess I am a BIG daydreamer too professor.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/06/06/Pope-Wasting-food-is-like-stealing-from-the-poor/UPI-46851370495820/#ixzz2dNNIdy2s
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/06/17/2943015/americans-throw-away-90-billion.html#storylink=cpy
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