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Brooklyn
Christian Studies Teacher
Christian Studies 8
11/18/15
This is my global food crisis essay, which was written for Christian Studies. In the last
paragraph we were asked to state our personal opinion, so that is why it is written in first person.
The rest of the essay uses evidence over material covered in class. The world creates so much
food waste and this essay should help to explain how it can be reduced.
Global Food Crisis
A major problem for the Earth is the global food crisis. Many humans are not thinking
ahead to future generations who must also live here. A commonly asked question is how the
expected population of nine billion by 2050 is going to be fed. The reason for this crisis is
because of the amount of food that is wasted every day. In a TED Talk given by Tristram Stuart,
he talks about seeing a colossal amount of wasted food in markets trash bins just because the
food was the wrong shape or size. He claims that they were perfectly consumable, edible items,
but the food market would not put them on display because of their physical appearances.
Studies show that the Earth is producing more than enough healthy, nutritious food for
every human being, but a good percentage of those foods is fed to livestock and other animals.
These fattened animals will produce the desired meat and dairy products. The lack of distribution
and conservation is a huge problem. Currently, there are a billion people living in poverty. In
2001, there was an outbreak in Europe. This is supposedly because of low-quality food they
were feeding their pigs. So, they were given human food. The future is in the hands of the

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people to determine. Therefore, the will to act upon it in order to reduce future downfall in the
economy for generations to come should be highly encouraged.
There are four main solutions that are mentioned in the Feeding Nine Billion introduction
video. These four solutions are science and technology, a proper distribution of food and
resources, local food systems such as farms, and a proactive government policy which should
have stronger regulations. The first solution, science and technology, is important because
countries need local solutions to fix the local problems. If technology, science, and farming work
together to do things such as plant breeding, they can create crops that are drought-resistant.
Then, there can be a food source to fall back on when all other crops fail. Also, they can make a
famine and weather forecast so that scientists can predict possible problems months in advance
so that they can prepare their crops. The next solution is a proper distribution of food. There is
more than enough food to go around, but when the demand for food goes up, the people in
poverty cannot afford it, so instead the leftovers are fed to animals or even wasted. By providing
communities with food storages for emergencies and by forgiving some loans of the poor, the
food prices would stay balanced and there would be a substantial amount of good food for every
person. The next solution are local food systems. By using science and technology, local farms
could be greatly depended on and crucial to providing for future population and high demands
that there will be on the foods. Lastly, a proactive government policy and stronger regulations
would help to balance ourselves financially and provide our world with legal framework so that
we dont destroy our one and only home.
The solution that I strongly and logically support is a better distribution of food. We are
already producing more than enough food for our population (and plus some), but it is wasted in
useless ways. If we had a system in place to help regulate where all the food is going, we would

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be in a much better spot financially and economically. So many people who are starving today
could be happy and healthy if the excess food was donated to those who cant provide for
themselves. This is a much better solution then simply throwing it into the garbage can.
This world-wide problem is in the hands of the people. Like Evan Fraser said, If we
don't change how the world produces and distributes its food then the suffering and violence of
the past few years will be repeated - but a thousand times worse. Individually, we are a small
part of the problem, but together we are the ultimate problem. Similarly, together we can be the
ultimate solution. So how can we help? One way is simply to not waste our food because it all
adds up. If we spread the word, more people will become aware and begin doing the same thing.
The World Food Program USA is an organization feeding kids monthly. I can donate there if I
would like to help those living in starvation. Another option is Feeding America. They say, We
work directly with major manufacturers, retailers, and other partners across the country to secure
safe, healthy food that would otherwise go to waste. While we are in America wasting our food,
there are millions in starvation. This company reaches out worldwide to keep food from being
wasted and then donated to families in need across the world. By every dollar I donate, 11 meals
will be given to people in hunger.
One example of these problems is the story of Joseph in the Bible. He had the talent of
interpreting dreams. The book of Genesis talks about how he was sold by his brothers and was
taken to Egypt. He once was summoned by the Pharaoh to interpret his dreams. Joseph told him
there would be 7 years of surplus and followed by 7 years of famine. He advised the Pharaoh to
stock up in the next 7 years so that they would be prepared for the famine. In the end, Egypt was
saved. Im not saying a dreamer is going to change our world, but by taking action like the
Egyptians did, we may still have a chance.

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Works Cited:
Feeding Nine Billion. Evan Fraser. Feeding9Billion.com.

7 Nov. 2012. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.

https://feedingninebillion.com/video/feeding-nine-billion-introduction-video.
The Global Food Waste Scandal. Tristram Stuart. Spring 2012. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.
http://www.ted.com/talks/tristram_stuart_the_global_food_waste_scandal.html
Feeding America. Web. 19 Nov, 2015. https://secure.feedingamerica.org