On one hand, thousands of people are dieing of starvation everyday in Sudan / Somalia / Ethiopia / much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Even in a rapidly developing country like India, some 3 million people ( mostly children ), are dieing annually due to starvation.
Then on other hand, in India , granaries are overflowing with a stock of 65.5 million tons of grains. Much of this is rotting in rain, out in the open.
And world as a whole is wasting 1.3 billion tons of food ( grains / fruits / vegetables etc. ) annually – enough to feed 3 billion people for an entire year !
We need only 2 acres of land to grow enough grains to feed one person for one year.
But it takes 18 acres of grazing land to nourish enough cattle to feed one person for one year !
I am acutely aware that all the people of the world cannot turn vegetarian overnight but surely all of us can immediately stop wasting food.
Let us observe “ Asteya “ – the dharma observed by the Jain community of India.
No more food on your plate than what you can eat.
With regards
hemen parekh
Even in a rapidly developing country like India, some 3 million people ( mostly children ), are dieing annually due to starvation.
Then on other hand, in India , granaries are overflowing with a stock of 65.5 million tons of grains. Much of this is rotting in rain, out in the open.
And world as a whole is wasting 1.3 billion tons of food ( grains / fruits / vegetables etc. ) annually – enough to feed 3 billion people for an entire year !
We need only 2 acres of land to grow enough grains to feed one person for one year.
But it takes 18 acres of grazing land to nourish enough cattle to feed one person for one year !
I am acutely aware that all the people of the world cannot turn vegetarian overnight but surely all of us can immediately stop wasting food.
Let us observe “ Asteya “ – the dharma observed by the Jain community of India.
No more food on your plate than what you can eat.
With regards
hemen parekh
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