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Feeding the world with ‘Food Sense’
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© Compassion in World Farming / Martin Usborne
Food facts
• 2011 -‐ 7 billion people • 2012 – c1 billion people hungry • 2050 – 9 billion people • 2050 – world food produc:on increase of 70-‐100% (UN)
How will we feed the world?
Stop was8ng food!
• A third of food is wasted worldwide • N America & Europe – half is wasted
• Sa:sfy the hungry 3-‐7 :mes over
• Developing countries – waste for want of simple technology
• Irriga:on water for food waste worldwide enough for domes:c needs of 9 billion people
Put people first!
• Cereals – 50% of human calories worldwide
• Third of cereal harvest fed to livestock • 100 calories to livestock, 30 calories for people • Grain feed – 43 x more water (vs pasture)
• Would feed 3 billion people
World crop harvest
Source: Lundqvist, J., de Fraiture, C. and D. Molden (2008) Saving Water: From Field to Fork – Curbing Losses and Wastage in the Food Chain. SIWI Policy Brief. SIWI, 2008Source: Lundquist, 2008
UN Food Security Report
“When livestock are raised in intensive systems, they convert carbohydrates and protein that might otherwise be eaten directly by humans and use them to produce a smaller quan;ty of energy and protein. In these situa;ons, livestock can be said to reduce the food balance.”
Food prices
“Increased demand for grains to feed livestock... is likely to push future food prices further beyond the limits of affordability for the world’s poorest people.”
Oxfam, 2009 ©iStockphoto
Farm like tomorrow maQers
• Farmland produc:vity – 25% decline by 2100
• 80% soil suffers erosion • Breaking the link between animals & the land
Nutrient cycle
Credit: University of Minnesota hZp://www1.umn.edu/news/features/2011/UR_CONTENT_363441.html
Farm like tomorrow maQers
• Soil health, not chemicals & monoculture
• Half global crop harvest – never reaches the consumer
• Up to a third global fish catch – livestock feed
In summary...
• N America & Europe – food waste would end hunger 3-‐7 :mes over
• Grain fed to livestock – 3 billion people • Half of global crop harvest wasted • Up to a third of fish fed to livestock
Food sense!
What’s the answer?
Food sense
• Ruminants on pasture
• Pigs & poultry on food waste and foraging • Mixed rota:onal farms
• Fish for people, not livestock • Avoid over-‐ea:ng meat
Get animals out of the grain trough!
© Advocates for Animals
Put animals back on the farm!
Stop was8ng food!
Effec8ve food, not factories!
© Compassion in World Farming / Martin Usborne
We need a ‘Food sense’ revolu8on!
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