Food for the hungry and Food for our thought.

[StarVegabond]

Dear Friends,

Yesterday, i was in the mumbai airport lounge waiting for my flight, i read an article on DNA Sunday. On reading the article, I was motivated to share the key highlights (not the full article) of this to with all of you. Request you to spare some moments to read this.

What a waste !
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While more than 950M people worldwide go to bed without food, scandalous amount of food is wasted in the food chain.

Wasting food has become our modern day life style

Food wastage is a global problem. India alone wastes about RS 58000 Crore worth of agriculture food items due to the lack of post harvest infrastructure.

How to reduce the food wastage
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Buy smart, Don't let offers tempt you to stuff that fridge with food and drinks that you won't consume. Also ensure that you store the bought food grains, rice, vegitables, meat etc properly so that you can consume it and not waste.

At parties, good food can tempt you to load your plate. Fill only to satisfy your hunger for today.

We love to cook in abundance. It's a prestige issue. Then our love for fresh food makes way for yesterday's meal to find space in that bin. First cook as per servings and learn a few left-over food recipes viz. sandwiches, soups, fried rice etc. Options are
1. store leftover corn, peas, or potatos in your freezer and use to make soups/stews
2. Blend leftover fruits, freeze in ice cube trays and add to jellies and sorbets
3. Leftover bread is ideal for making bread pudding and french toast. One can use breadcrumbs to coat patties or croutons for salads/soups.

Get Foodwise !, Keep food wastage under control, e.g.
1. if a soup/stew is too salty or spicy, add cut, raw vegitables/potatos
2. Use soggy, leafy vegitables by soaking in a bowl of cold water and adding some lemon juice to it as preservative.
3. Line the crisper section of your refregirator with newspaper, wrap vegetables with it and watch them stay fresher
4. Freshen up blemished vegetables by picking off their brown edges, sprinkling cool water and wrapping it in a towel and refrigerate it.


How can you help ?
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1. Educate children to avoid food wastage
2. if possible join a food recovery program in your area with your friends.
3. Think before you buy your groceries and donate the money saved to feed the hungry.
4. DO NOT WASTE FOOD, be an example to others.

Spare a thought for those hungry people, your comments are welcome

[comfortablynumb]

Very appropriate thread, considering the food prices nowadays. Also, a lot of people tend to take the food on their plate for granted, but we need to realise that the number of people who get 3 square meals a day is outnumbered by those who don't or are malnourished.

Let's resolve to inculcate what has been written by StarVegabond in our daily routine.

Cheers,
Vikram

[phamilyman]

What now? We feed those kids, whose parents only wanted entertainment and hoped that someone else (ideally the government) feeds them?

PS: Am all in favor of a more disciplined lifestyle, but donation to the hungry is just breeding further freeloaders in our society.
PPS: I'd much rather donate (as I do) to an orphanage!

[Surprise]

StarVegaBond, is it possible for you to provide the link to that article?

[StarVegabond]

Originally Posted by Surprise

StarVegaBond, is it possible for you to provide the link to that article?

I still have the newspaper with me, but i am not aware whether there is a online version.

[Lukeskywalker]

Nice article or writeup, it's true how we take certain things for granted in our daily lives. Time to try and change I guess.

[StarVegabond]

Originally Posted by phamilyman

What now? We feed those kids, whose parents only wanted entertainment and hoped that someone else (ideally the government) feeds them?

PS: Am all in favor of a more disciplined lifestyle, but donation to the hungry is just breeding further freeloaders in our society.
PPS: I'd much rather donate (as I do) to an orphanage!

I think, this article does not push for donating food, but in my view it advocates consuming only what we need and not wasting food.

i also agree with "consuming only what we need" and not "i want more than what i really need"

but giving food to "hungry" is indeed a need of the hour to ensure that we bridge the gap between HAVEs and HAVE NOTs