“Credit crunch? The real crisis is global hunger. And if you care, eat less meat: A food recession is under way. Biofuels are a crime against humanity, but – take it from a flesh eater – flesh eating is worse… While 100m tonnes of food will be diverted this year to feed cars, 760m tonnes will be snatched from the mouths of humans to feed animals – which could cover the global food deficit 14 times. If you care about hunger, eat less meat.”

– Journalist George Monbiot, London’s Guardian newspaper, April 15, 2008

 

Grain grown for livestock is the primary farm crop on every continent and uses more land, water, and resources to grow than food not grown for farm animals.

 

Over two thirds of the farmland in Central America is used to grow livestock feed. About two thirds of the grain in Russia is fed to farm animals.

 

On the land used to produce the beef that would provide the daily food needs of one person, the daily food needs of more than 15 people could be met by growing fruits and vegetables.

 

As the people on the planet are becoming increasingly dependant on corporations to grow their food the food shortage issues are becoming worse; the variety of food plants is being reduced; the soil is being degraded by monocropping and farming chemicals; broad-based food recalls are becoming more common; and family farmers are going out of business as corporate farms and governments are controlling food and land prices as well as trade routes.

 

“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”

– Mother Teresa

 

Grow food. Support local family farmers. Eat organically.

 

Food First: http://www.FoodFirst.org

Food Not Bombs: http://www.FoodNotBombs.net

Food Not Lawns: http://www.FoodNotLawns.com

The Hunger Project: http://www.THP.org