4 Ways You Can Help End World Hunger
What you choose to eat affects more people than you think. It is estimated that 40 thousand people are dying each day from starvation. This is not how it’s supposed to be, and we all know this in our hearts. Animal agriculture is a major culprit in the world hunger crisis.
The Worldwatch Institute states, ”In a world where one in every six people goes hungry every day, the politics of meat consumption are increasingly heated, since meat production is an inefficient use of grain – the grain is used more efficiently when consumed directly by humans. Continued growth in meat output is dependent on feeding grains to animals, creating competition for grain between affluent meat eaters and the poor.”
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