Overheard some idiots at my work talking about “overpopulation”, and got me thinking about the subject. My default response to that dumb talking point is “we have enough food to feed everyone in the world and then some, it’s just the fucked up system of distribution (i.e. capitalism) that is to blame”, but I realised I’ve never actually seen any detailed information to back that up. I know that the USA throws away FIFTY PERCENT of its food, Australia throws away a third. But is that amount of food waste enough to feed the world?
It would be good to have some sources to refer people to when they make those shitty arguments.
People seem to be misunderstanding the question, I already know that an immense percentage of food is wasted worldwide, but how do those amounts compare to the deficit of food in poor countries, literally “is the amount of food wasted enough to feed people who don’t get enough”, or would there still be a deficit?