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Enough food for 6.5 Billion; but . .
• Obesity is a major health problem in the USA
• People are malnourished and starving in many parts
of the world
• Food deprivation is used by some governments
experiencing civil wars
• Much food aid sent to developing countries or
disaster areas does not reach those most in need due
to corrupt governments
• Underneath all this is the basic fact that humans
need food to live . . . .
• There may be enough food; however, there is a
great disparity in the accessibility of food from
country to country or region to region.
Stung by soaring food prices, angry
Egyptians throng a kiosk selling
government-subsidized bread near
the Great Pyramid at Giza.
A mountain of soybeans from Brazil rises in
the hold of a cargo ship bound for China,
where they will be crushed for cooking oil
and animal feed.
Workers in India's fertile Punjab pull an
overstuffed load of rice stalks to a farm
where they will be used as animal feed.
Bangladesh - A woman sweeps a
harvested rice field, gleaning leftover
grains to feed her family.
Steam rises from rice being processed at a
small mill in Rangpur, in northern
Bangladesh.
Ethiopia - The sorghum porridge at
this refugee camp lacks the protein
and fat needed for an Afari mother
to produce enough milk to breast-
feed her malnourished son. Go to the
next slide to get the full impcat of
the picture.
Continuing a 2,000-year-old tradition, women
harvest rice by hand on the Banaue terraces
in the Philippines.
Skilled fingers separate good seed from bad
at the International Rice Research Institute
in Los Baños, Philippines.
Small portions of rice and boiled beef are all
the dinner Marylyn Tolentino and her family
of seven can afford in their village home near
Manila, Philippines.
One of the world's billion people who survive
on less than a dollar a day, Mahabbat Ali
Sheikh buys rice for his family at the
Shaghata bazaar, in northern Bangladesh.
Great Plains wheat farm in the USA
Farmer’s market in Kenya
Outdoor market in Maracaibo,
Venezuela.
Grocery store in a developed country
Cooking his
Satay Octopus
at the Parap
Outdoor
Market
Restaurant food preparation in a
developed country.
South Sudan
girls pounding
grain to prepare
it for cooking.
Preparing
grain in
factories
(flour mills)
for use in
developed
countries.
Cooking at home in Bangladesh
Cooking at home in a developed country.

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Food around the world

  • 1. Food Around the World Small business – Big Business
  • 2. Enough food for 6.5 Billion; but . . • Obesity is a major health problem in the USA • People are malnourished and starving in many parts of the world • Food deprivation is used by some governments experiencing civil wars • Much food aid sent to developing countries or disaster areas does not reach those most in need due to corrupt governments • Underneath all this is the basic fact that humans need food to live . . . . • There may be enough food; however, there is a great disparity in the accessibility of food from country to country or region to region.
  • 3. Stung by soaring food prices, angry Egyptians throng a kiosk selling government-subsidized bread near the Great Pyramid at Giza.
  • 4. A mountain of soybeans from Brazil rises in the hold of a cargo ship bound for China, where they will be crushed for cooking oil and animal feed.
  • 5. Workers in India's fertile Punjab pull an overstuffed load of rice stalks to a farm where they will be used as animal feed.
  • 6. Bangladesh - A woman sweeps a harvested rice field, gleaning leftover grains to feed her family.
  • 7. Steam rises from rice being processed at a small mill in Rangpur, in northern Bangladesh.
  • 8. Ethiopia - The sorghum porridge at this refugee camp lacks the protein and fat needed for an Afari mother to produce enough milk to breast- feed her malnourished son. Go to the next slide to get the full impcat of the picture.
  • 9.
  • 10. Continuing a 2,000-year-old tradition, women harvest rice by hand on the Banaue terraces in the Philippines.
  • 11. Skilled fingers separate good seed from bad at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Philippines.
  • 12. Small portions of rice and boiled beef are all the dinner Marylyn Tolentino and her family of seven can afford in their village home near Manila, Philippines.
  • 13. One of the world's billion people who survive on less than a dollar a day, Mahabbat Ali Sheikh buys rice for his family at the Shaghata bazaar, in northern Bangladesh.
  • 14. Great Plains wheat farm in the USA
  • 16. Outdoor market in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
  • 17. Grocery store in a developed country
  • 18. Cooking his Satay Octopus at the Parap Outdoor Market
  • 19. Restaurant food preparation in a developed country.
  • 20. South Sudan girls pounding grain to prepare it for cooking.
  • 21. Preparing grain in factories (flour mills) for use in developed countries.
  • 22. Cooking at home in Bangladesh
  • 23. Cooking at home in a developed country.