Louis Arminio

English 101

Professor Ferrara

May 2, 2022

Putting An End To World Hunger With Some Help

Millions of people around the world don’t have the most basic needs: food and shelter. That’s

why stars like Bono, Beyoncé, and Matt Damon are doing what they can to help solve hunger

and homelessness. While you’d expect humanitarians like Oprah and Yoko Ono to be part of the

fight, you may be surprised to hear that rapper 50 Cent and model Karlie Kloss are doing their

part, too. Read on to see how these celebrities are using their wealth and fame to help elevate the

lives of those who need it most.

A massive 80% of the extreme poor live in rural areas where their survival is dependent on being

able to grow enough food to feed themselves. These are the people who are most vulnerable to

climate change. It is causing natural disasters like drought and flooding to occur far more

frequently. When these disasters strike, crops are decimated. Sometimes the entire crop will be

destroyed leaving communities with nothing to eat and with no seeds to plant for the next year.

According to the ‘FAO’s Work on Climate Change' report, the climate crisis could push 122

million more people into extreme poverty by 2030.

The Global Hunger Index 2020 explains that our globalized food systems pose a threat to human,
animal and environmental health. As humans have encroached upon and destroyed natural
habitats to establish, among other things, pastures for livestock, the result has been that wild
animals live closer to areas where humans rear livestock and poultry, exposing domestic animals
to a completely new range of pathogens and vectors to which they are highly susceptible. These
diseases can spread rapidly, resulting in heavy morbidity and mortality among livestock, trade
restrictions, and economic losses.

Additionally, through land use change, intensive agriculture, large-scale livestock production,
and other practices, food systems have led to agro-ecological degradation and contributed to
climate change. Changing lifestyles and diets in recent decades have led to increased demand for
animal-source foods such as eggs, meat, milk, and fish. The huge increase in intensive livestock
production has been the most significant cause of the loss of biodiversity in recent decades. Our
food system as a whole contributes 21–37% of total net caused emissions of greenhouse gases
caused by humans. Furthermore, it does all of this whilst also generating enormous amounts of
food waste. According to the FAO, more than 1/3 of all food is wasted. That’s 1.3 billion tonnes
every year.