Food miles

There are 6.8 billion people in the world

Over 1 billion people are overweight

Over 1 billion people are staving

2/7 of the worlds population is unhealthy

Below is a table of world and the countries in which people are staving

19 million hectares of rainforest are lost every year to create

new arable land

20 million hectares of arable land is lost to degrading (become unusable)

Below is a map on food production levels, whether they have increased or decreased.

For every calorie we consume it requires ten times the amount of energy to put it on our plate

1/3 of all grain production goes to feed animals to create meat.

It takes 10 times the amount of grain to produce 1 meat, if feed through animal first, if animal is not free range or organic, that requires more

80% of all food trade are controlled by 5 multi national corporatisations

It is estimated that in 2050 there will be twice the amount of people living in cities.

They will require twice the amount of meat and diary products

The U.K. has around 61 million people.

95 % of fruit and 50% of vegetables we eat are shipped into the U.K.

Lamb travels into the U.K. as far as New Zealand travelling over 11,000 miles

U.K. food travels a total of 30 billion km each year

This adds 19 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year

30% of all goods transported around the world are food

U.K. households spend on average £29.95 on food per person each week

U.K. households waste an estimated 6.7 million tonnes of food every year

That is around 1/3 of all food in the U.K. is thrown away

61% or 4.1 million tonnes of this waste are avoidable

This is better than U.S.A, which throws away 50% of produced food

Under half of all U.K. food was supplied domestically from within the U.K.

Africa with its warm climate supplies the U.K. with fresh fruit and vegetables all year round.

This is worth £200 million, supporting one million people

In 2008 world food imports top $1 trillion a year (£528 billion)