The United Nations has urged that we will need to produce 70% more food by 2050 without using any more land. According to the UN, we could feed 3.5 billion more people simply by growing crops for human consumption on land currently used to grow feed for livestock. Our Plants-4-Hunger program sponsors plant-based feeding, farming and disaster food relief projects around the world that feed more people using far less land, water, and energy, while protecting animals, ecosystems, and the climate.
UN experts urge that in the next two decades we need to produce 70% more food without using more land, while reducing agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds. Roughly 80% of all agricultural land is currently used for livestock production, making it the number one driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss globally, and the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions from food.
Plant-based foods feed far more people using far less land, water and energy. Working with local partners around the world, we fund plant-based food relief in the form of free school meal programs in developing countries; food tree and food forest plantings; school and community vegetable gardens; bean and vegetable seed distribution; plant-based food pantries, community fridges and meal shares; disaster relief food aid; and soy processing equipment to empower women and youth in rural villages.
A global shift to plant-centered food production could feed billions more people while reducing global farmland use by up to 75%, drastically decreasing deforestation and habitat loss, and cutting emissions from the food system by up to 70%. Increased consumption of diverse plant-based foods can also prevent forms of malnutrition including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and obesity. A shift to plant-based food aid plays an important role in climate mitigation and food security goals.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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