Caitlin Walsh
-In the US, 40-50% of all food ready for harvest never gets eaten, while over 9 million people die worldwide each year from starvation or malnutrition.
http://www.globalissues.org/article/7/causes-of-hunger-are-related-to-poverty
-Each and every second 310 Kg of toxic chemicals are released into our air, land, and water by industrial facilities around the world.
http://www.worldometers.info/view/toxchem/
-Some 80% of the world’s production is consumed by the wealthiest 20% of the world.
http://www.globalissues.org/article/758/global-food-crisis-2008#Immediatefactorsforthefoodcrisis
-More than half the grain grown in the United States (requiring half the water used in the U.S.) is fed to livestock, grain that would feed far more people than would the livestock to which it is fed.
http://www.globalissues.org/article/758/global-food-crisis-2008#Immediatefactorsforthefoodcrisis