»World agriculture could feed 12 billion
without any problem.
That means that a child that dies of starvation
today is murdered.«
– Jean Ziegler
from “We Feed the World”
Feeding the world population is not a
technological problem but once again an economic one, resulting from the market
logic of the old monetary and economic systems. As we saw in advantage 48, we
can supply entire humankind with high-quality organic food. This food will be
mainly from vegetables as their production needs only a thirtieth of the
resources necessary for animal food. Since the consumption of too much animal
food is the cause of most lifestyle diseases in civilised countries, we will
also get healthier as a side-effect.
Organic cultivation of fruit and vegetables is
possible everywhere in the world, even in desert regions. Permaculture provides
successful examples of this. In general, vegetable dishes are much tastier than
animal ones. The culinary diversity is significantly greater and for people who
enjoy meat there are now excellent vegetarian substitutes that taste delicious.
Vegan steaks, sausages, soya milk and much more make the changeover a pleasure.
We do not propose banning meat consumption but merely recommend offering an
increasing number of vegetarian dishes in shops and restaurants – a trend which
fortunately is already noticeable.
For the 24,000 people who die of starvation
every day on average and the many million people who survive but suffer from
hunger the question of taste is of minor importance. At most, religious laws
play a part. There are religions that prohibit the consumption of meat but
vegetable food is permitted everywhere.
The more the so-called civilised world reduces
meat consumption, which is unhealthy anyway, the more prosperity is possible
for all of us and the sooner there will be peace. Then nobody will have to
suffer hunger or thirst anymore.
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