{"id":40238,"date":"2018-09-16T16:40:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T13:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=40238"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:17:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T10:17:34","slug":"feeding-the-world-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/feeding-the-world-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding the World \u2013 Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[415,391],"acf":{"old_id":"40238","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":38047,"related_cahpter":"47","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"The challenge remains: getting surplus food onto the plates of people in need, without degrading them in the process","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concealed, but not quite, within the story of Joseph in Egypt is an important lesson about the global food supply. As Joseph predicted based on Pharaoh\u2019s dream back in chapter 41, Egypt and the surrounding region have experienced seven years of plenty followed by drought and famine. Yet, because of shrewd management, there is food in Egypt, enough not only for local consumption but also for export.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The heart of Joseph\u2019s food management program was collecting surpluses, storing them and redistributing them in times of need. \u00a0Joseph\u2019s use of the food he gathered during the years of plenty as a means for nationalizing Egyptian lands, and enslaving the Egyptian people to Pharaoh in chapter 47 are controversial. They can even be understood as the immediate reason that a later Pharaoh \u201cforgets\u201d Joseph and enslaves the Israelites, but that is an another topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to make a different, simpler point: the world produces enough food to feed its population (although population growth and climate change could alter that). Hunger (or \u201cfood insecurity,\u201d if you prefer) exists because of human-caused storage and distribution problems. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, based on official statistics, Leket Israel\u2019s \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/leket17long\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Food Waste and Rescue in Israel Report for 2017<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d found that \u200e465,000 families in Israel live with food insecurity, but their needs could be met if only 20% of the 2.3 million tons of food wasted in Israel each year, 33% during production processes, was rescued. Leket Israel further estimates half of the food wasted is suitable for human consumption, and could feasibly be rescued, for less than 40% of the cost of closing the gap \u200ewith monetary allocations. The situation is only slightly better in other western countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the story of Joseph, we learn not only that there is adequate food in the world and that it can be redistributed according to need, but also that the social consequences of doing it poorly can be almost as severe as not even trying. Our world is vastly larger and more complex than the one in which Joseph worked, but the challenge remains: getting surplus food onto the plates of people in need, without degrading them in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":40268,"id":40268,"title":"shutterstock_44069140","filename":"shutterstock_44069140.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/shutterstock_44069140.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/feeding-the-world-then-and-now\/shutterstock_44069140\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"shutterstock_44069140","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":40238,"date":"2018-09-16 20:26:07","modified":"2022-04-11 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