Food Around The World Photographs by Peter Menzel

Food Around The World Photographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet" Variations in family size, diet and food costs for different countries, per week. (note the number of people in each family)

The Manzo family of Sicily $260. 11 Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks

The Melander family of Germany $500. 07 Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding

The Revis family of North Carolina $341. 98 Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken

The Casales family of Mexico $189. 09 Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken

The Sobczynscy family of Poland $151. 27 l Family favourite: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips

The Ahmed family of Egypt $68. 53 l Family’s mutton favourite recipe: Okra and

The Ayme family of Peru $31. 55 l Family’s favourite recipe: Potato soup with cabbage

The Namgay family of Bhutan $5. 03 l Family’s favourite recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork

The Aboubakar family of Chad $1. 23 l Favorite meat foods: soup with fresh sheep

The Global Food Crisis l The sad reality today is that although enough food is produced to feed everyone on the planet with a healthy diet – each and every day almost 25, 000 people (mostly children) die of starvation or malnutrition-related illnesses which are preventable.

l THAT IS 10 TIMES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED DURING THE 9/11 ATTACKS IN THE US… l EVERY DAY.

Developing Country Market

Developed Country Market Note!

Have vs. Have Not

Only in Canada? l The Canadian government has earmarked $1. 5 billion for biofuel producers in an effort to increase biofuel consumption to 5% of total fuel used by 2010! Oh, by the way, Canada’s annual international food aid is a mere $230 million, about 15% of what they’re giving the big oil companies!

Yes, in Canada… l Hunger. Count (2006) reports that food bank use is at a record high, with 753, 458 Canadians relying on food banks in a one month period. Of these food bank users, 41% are children.

The Choice is Clear! l Do we feed our SUV’s?

Or the hungry…?

DID YOU KNOW? l At many fast-food restaurants, one single meal gives a disproportionate share (sometimes more than 100%) of the recommended daily intake of fat, cholesterol, salt, and sugar.

l. WHAT ARE YOU HAVING FOR LUNCH TODAY…?

DID YOU KNOW… l. In the United States, an estimated 65 percent of adults are overweight or obese, leading to an annual loss of 300, 000 lives and to at least $117 billion in health care costs in 1999.

DID YOU KNOW… l. A recent study showed that children who drink sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks are more often obese and that this risk increases another 60% with each additional beverage consumed.

DID YOU KNOW… l Mc. Donald's, which operates 30, 000 restaurants in 119 countries and serves 46 million customers each day, earned $15. 4 billion in revenues in 2002. On opening day in Kuwait City, the line for the Mc. Donald's drive-thru was more than 10 kilometers long.

DID YOU KNOW… l India's fast-food industry is growing by 40 percent a year and is expected to generate over a billion dollars in sales by 2005. Meanwhile, a quarter of India's population remains undernourished—a number virtually unchanged over the past decade.

DID YOU KNOW… l. China is now home to 800 KFCs and 100 Pizza Huts.

DID YOU KNOW… l. Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Co, the world's two largest soft drink companies, are thirteenth and twentieth largest advertisers in the world; together, they spent $2. 4 billion on ads in 2001.

DID YOU KNOW… l Coca-Cola sells more than 300 drink brands in over 200 countries and employs 60, 000 people in Africa alone. Its net revenues reached $19. 6 billion in 2002— with more than 70 percent of its income originating outside of the United States.

So… l What are you having for lunch? l And, if going out for lunch, how are you getting there? l Make a good choice today!