So I am doing a project on food, specifically the lack of it.

[the_future_modernes]

WARNING: This post is...upsetting. Humanity continues to be...shitty.


So I saw this ad, from the World Food Programme:

UN World Food Programme: We Feed people

And I wondered WTF and who on earth thought corn-soybean mush was a good idea. That shit ain't healthy, not by a long shot!

And then. I saw this.

2010: NEED TO KNOW | The silent epidemic of malnutrition | PBS

I...am incoherent with RAGE. This. is. bullshit. I am sorry but not only can we do SO MUCH BETTER (less fucking wars and weapons. More nutritious freaking FOOD. And don't TELL ME the US spends too much on foreign aid, we spend less than one percent. LESS THAN ONE PERCENT. We can do Less tax cuts for the wealthy, and drop less million dollar bombs AND MAKE THE CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FUCKING TAXES.) Also? Where the fuck are the rest of the world? Europe? The oil-rich states? Canada? What the fuck is this??? And I am not blaming the World Food Programme at all, because they have to take what they get and they are chronically underfunded. But countries of the world? This is NOT OK. NOT. OK. We can do SO MUCH BETTER. WTF is this???


RAGE!!!!!!

Comments

[thejeopardymaze]

who on earth thought corn-soybean mush was a good idea.

No doubt the industries that promote them.

I have a lot of problems with some of the mentality of too many members of the food activist circles, they see food politics as a meat verses vegetation issue, not a class or corporate one. I would also add my complaints-to put it mildly-about the orthodoxy over calories and fat, but that's a rant for another time.

[dreadful_penny]

who on earth thought corn-soybean mush was a good idea.

The U.S. government has the same problem with the food pyramid recommendations. Who really thinks the biggest part of the food pyramid consisting of grains (carbohydrates) is going to keep people healthy?

Nutrition guidelines aren't actually based on a healthy diet, they're based on what's traded on the commodities market, corn and soybeans being two of the major food trades along with grain.

If you want to see a movie that discusses this very well, watch Fat Head. Great film!

Forgot to add

[thejeopardymaze]

I've been half tempted to make a DW community focused on the REAL food politics, but only if someone is willing co-mad and agree on some general principles with me.