Right now, as we live and die, there's enough food to keep every human fed, with plenty of enjoyable meals included (not just boiled chicken and broccoli).

It's about distribution, which is a corporate problem.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Distribution is a problem but trucking food from one country to a poor country is not the fix to end world hunger forever. Food aid is fine as a temporary solution but moving food from one country with a surplus to a poor country as a long term solution will just destroy the local agricultural industry which would keep these nations dependent on other countries for food. This happened with the clothing industry in many African nations. The West dumped so much clothing into many African nations as charity that local clothing shops and tailors have to compete with free clothing, thus the clothing industry is unable to flourish. The best solution is to help these nations improve their local food productivity and grow their economy.

[–] kofe@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So, we shouldn't feed people because capitalism. Got it.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure they are just suggesting we teach people to fish

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