Bewitch the Skint

When you bestow food for the hungry you make a lasting difference in their lives. The smugness that you get can never be expressed in words.  If you are ever wondering the need for this article at this hour, I’ll give you a clue. It’s a celebration. Yes! It’s World Food Day. For a bit of facts World Food Day is celebrated on 16 October to extol the founding date of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States in 1945. To me if you ask it’s just an other day. The past or the future never matters if you have never made a lasting today. I’m writing this because there are some pains that needs to be taken care of. Celebration is not just a word; it’s a world of togetherness. When one part of the country celebrates and other starves it makes no sense in merrymaking. 

The poignant fact is “The World is hungry”. With each passing day, the World demands for a better tomorrow. The back-breaking innovations impose the need for sustainability. The grim actuality is millions of our fellow beings are dying in hunger while millions of tons of food are being thrown away. It’s a global shame to know that the food we waste can feed 3 billion people. Statistics say over 30% of the food is being thrown to garbage. Why not feed while you know there is an excess is how I want to frame my thoughts. 

I’m glad there are Many social welfare organizations that feel that the pain shared is burden halved. Have you ever thought of the fact that Food is going to be the next costliest possession? If not let me give you a glimpse of the harsh reality. The most important fact would be the population growth which is expected to expand to about 9 billion by 2050. Next is the changing climate. The increasing change in climate would drastically affect the agricultural produce. Because of this reason though we know its unsafe using pesticides and adopting to genetically modified foods we accept because we know it would never be possible to feed even one with the punishing climatic changes. The most important final fact is that there is an alarming rise in the prices of food. 

The irony is that even with the sufficient quantity of food available we have billions famished to death. So, who should we point the finger at? Who is to blame? The industry? The politicians? The farmers? The retailers? None but ourselves! With each passing day there comes the hope for tomorrow. Let’s show them that there is sunshine waiting to be seen. Be the change you want to see in the most part of the world. Being part of TSM let us give hopes that there is some light on the other side of tunnel. Let’s be the reason someone smiles today.  It’s high time we realize that there lies a responsibility that has to be fulfilled to bewitch the skint!