Its 1 pm at office and we are out in the cafeteria with our friends. We fill up the plate and while doing so we are either talking or hoping the food to taste good. While we are doing so almost 842 Million people are struggling with hunger everyday. And we are one of the reasons for that.
Everyday I see so much food wasted just because we are not paying attention to how much we are putting in our plate. People are dieing out there of hunger just because you are not sure how much you want.
While at college also I would see so much food wasted because of the same reason. Everyday the amount of food can be used to feed at least 30 people twice a day. Then why are we not doing that? The thing is we are not doing it on purpose. Its just that we don't know how much hungry we are. One of my friends Sudeep from college told me a beautiful trick to stop it. He said,
Yet another strategy that I saw at IITK was to put a notice near the food counter telling how much food was wasted yesterday and how many could have been fed by it
Also just take a little amount in a spoon, taste it and decide whether you want it or not. Its time we stop blaming the government for not fixing the poverty. As Pope Francis said, "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry".
Everyday I see so much food wasted just because we are not paying attention to how much we are putting in our plate. People are dieing out there of hunger just because you are not sure how much you want.
While at college also I would see so much food wasted because of the same reason. Everyday the amount of food can be used to feed at least 30 people twice a day. Then why are we not doing that? The thing is we are not doing it on purpose. Its just that we don't know how much hungry we are. One of my friends Sudeep from college told me a beautiful trick to stop it. He said,
"What ever you put in your plate finish it ! No matter what. Force feed yourself. So that next time you will take a lesser amount. And after a week or so you will know just the right amount you need. Its simple, we learn best from our mistakes!"
Sometimes I would see him sitting in the mess trying to finish the food. He will sit there just waiting for food in his stomach to settle down so that he can eat the rest. But no matter what, he will finish it. I also tried the same approach and it worked for me. Yet another strategy that I saw at IITK was to put a notice near the food counter telling how much food was wasted yesterday and how many could have been fed by it
Also just take a little amount in a spoon, taste it and decide whether you want it or not. Its time we stop blaming the government for not fixing the poverty. As Pope Francis said, "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry".
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