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<\/p>\nAs a global issue with complex causality, hunger is a challenge that shapes our collective experience. From hunger we see a ripple of social, political, economic, and environmental implications for the world and our place in it. Systemic global hunger is indicative of broken systems, human and ecological \u2013 inequality, political instability, the social cost of international trade, climate change, and food waste at every point along the commodity chain. Hunger is not simply the result of food shortage; the issue is neither apolitical nor straightforward. Thus, the systemic issue of hunger warrants a comprehensive set of interconnected solutions, developed for and executed throughout various segments of society, the economy, and the political sphere.<\/p>\n
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As a symptom of and contributing factor to hunger, systemic food waste is particularly compelling. In his TED Talk, The Global Food Waste Scandal<\/em>, Tristam Stuart \u2013 a UK-based food waste campaigner, author, and speaker \u2013 illustrates how deeply pervasive food waste has become, especially in affluent countries. The global food system is bleeding food at every level, and most of this discarded food is<\/em> fit for human consumption. As an example, Stuart states that at least one third of food produced on farms is thrown out for cosmetic reasons. When we waste food, we waste all of the resources used to harvest, transport, and process it. Additionally, Stuart points out that \u201cIf we do that to fruits and vegetables, you can bet we do it to animals too.\u201d Consider then, the especially nested and exponential nature of waste as it occurs with animal products. In his essay, Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism<\/em>, Richard Robbins explains the extent to which beef production harms our planet. Robbins writes, \u201cHalf the water consumed in the United States is used to grow grain to feed cattle; the amount of water used to produce ten pounds of steak equals the household consumption [of water] of a family for an entire year.\u201d Additionally, livestock produce copious waste and exact environmental damage in life (generate large amounts of manure, methane gas; destruction of forests for pasture lands), and in death (energy consumption and waste produced with slaughter, refrigeration, transport, etc.).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tristam Stuart concludes his TED Talk with a single sobering truth; \u201cAt the moment we are trashing our land to grow food that no one eats.\u201d In and of itself, curtailing food waste will not solve the issue of global hunger. However, it\u2019s a step in the right direction, both for the issue of hunger and humanity\u2019s toll on the environment.<\/p>\n Below are some tips for reducing personal food waste, from an article by Cassie Carothers for Global Citizen, \u201c32 Tips for Reducing Food Waste Every Day\u201d:<\/p>\n Find more tips here: As a global issue with complex causality, hunger is a challenge that shapes our collective experience. From hunger we see a ripple of social, political, economic, and environmental implications for the world and our place in it. Systemic global hunger is indicative of broken systems, human and ecological \u2013 inequality, political instability, the social cost of international trade, climate change,… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23,24,11,27],"tags":[154,273,248,272,35,274,140],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumption","category-food-movements","category-food-waste","category-hunger","category-systems-theory","tag-commodity-chain","tag-food-production","tag-food-waste","tag-global-food-system","tag-globalization","tag-systemic-waste","tag-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":798,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nCarothers, C. (2016, August 15). 32 Tips for reducing Food Waste Every Day. Global Citizen<\/em>. Retrieved from: https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/content\/tips-for-reducing-food-waste\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"