Food security

may have different priorities for their money rather than those in the upper and middle classes who can afford a doctor, vaccinations, immune support, and supplements even to prevent a cold. On the other hand, the lower class may only spend money on food and necessities. I also learned that having a clean water supply is crucial to one's health.…

code and no keeping of any records. Records, both for the government and farming inventory, are important for the growth and survival of a people because only through record keeping or a complex government, both which directly stem from writing, can a food surplus be established. The lack of the written word both indicates and creates a group that cannot hope to have long term success and prosperity, such as enjoyed by the other First Civilizations, each of which had some sort of writing system.…

The country of Mexico is our southern neighbor. It borders the US, Guatemala, and Belize. It is a federal republic operating under a centralized government. The capital is Mexico City, which is located in the south central section of the country. In all, Mexico is made of 31 states and 1 federal district. Mexico has a wide variety of land types. They range from high terrain, rugged mountains, low coastal plains, high plateaus, and deserts. The high terrain, mountain areas, and deserts are found…

of the story, Guy Montag is describing how they have started and ended two atomic wars and won them, which no one is ever talking about. Montag knows that he is living a “good” life while the rest of the world is struggling for important needs, like food. https://www.voanews.com/twentymillionpeoplefourcountriesfacestarvation In this article, UN Aid Chief: 20 Million People in 4 Countries Face Starvation, Famin, the United Nations is requesting 4.4 billion dollars by july to prevent…

families across America had to use desperate measures to get by. For example, food had to be rationed in common households. Children could only eat one piece of meat and if they wanted another piece, they weren’t allowed to eat it. Meat was too expensive at the time and parents could not afford to give their children more food even if they were that hungry. In addition, kids would steal food in order to survive. Because of the food that was rationed in their homes, some of these children…

further North of the equator, which results in the semi-arid climate that supports the growth and production of the Fertile Crescents people’s main food source, wheat. Wheat has several advantages such as being easy to grow and harvest, high in calories and nutrients, and can be stored up to 5 years allowing the people of the Fertile Crescent to have a food surplus each year. Papua New Guinea, on the contrary,…

Located in Southeast Asia, Laos PDR is centrally positioned around Myanmar (Burma) and the Northwestern part of China. Vietnam lies west of Laos and Cambodia borders the southwestern portion. Lastly, Thailand borders the southwestern and west area of Laos. Thick forestry landscaped areas and mountainous terrains are abundant around Laos. The Annamese Cordillera mountain range is a notable Landmark in Laos that runs along the Vietnam border in the North and South direction. (Evans). There are…

3 million children under eighteen in the United States live in households where they are unable to consistently access enough nutritious food necessary for a healthy life” (“Child Hunger”). These children are in every community and could be sitting beside your child in their classrooms. In 2013, the top five states that were said to have the highest rates of food insecurity under eighteen was: Washington D.C., Mississippi, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Georgia, with North Carolina not trailing too…

an entirety advanced culture of living that I had never heard of before. Foraging could be a one of a kind way of gathering food in your local area. It is different from cultivating ; you basically chase and gather what the area must offer. The ultimate forager Lohan talks about a man named Iso Rabins. Rabins travels around the city of San Francisco trying to find food that he can accumulate and eat. He is the extreme local eater , because he really takes advantage of all the things the city…

places to buy healthy food, many children in the population we are describing come from families that can’t even afford to buy a healthy meal. Urban neighborhoods with high rates of unemployment and poverty are suffering from food insecurity (McMillan). The South Bronx alone has the highest rate of food insecurity in the country; that is 37 percent compared with the 16.6 percent for New York City as a whole (McMillan). A 2000-calorie diet consisting of low-energy but nutritious food costs $36.32…