I used to work for restaurants and it’s insane how much viable food these companies throw away. Enough to feed multiple families every night. It was painful to watch knowing the food shortage is just as high as the food waste.
There’s not a food shortage. Everyone is obese. Only non food producing, non manufacturing, non intellectual capital producing nations go hungry. Your African nations, middle eastern nations etc. everywhere else has food. China doesn’t have enough food but they make cheap crap in exchange for food. Brazil doesn’t make things but exchanges food for stuff. The US makes intellectual property and food but doesn’t manufacture anything so we exchange food for the stuff we designed then sell that stuff someone else made for more money
I lost my job for 6 months and I visited food banks. I qualified for SNAP and I cannot begin to articulate how much my quality of life has improved since getting that help every month. I have been able to afford to go to the doctor, I have paid off some debts, I have moved to a nicer neighborhood, my quality of life has improved 10-fold. If you have any reservations about how this money is used, I'm in college again getting my degree and working full time. They're right, it starts with food.
SNAP is how the billionaires that own and run businesses like Walmart and Amazon keep their operating labor costs artificially low, instead of paying a worker $30/hour they pay $15 and the other $15 is made up when working people pay taxes that eventually get funneled into SNAP program to feed the same people. 😆 I mean come on... Billionaires shouldn't exist. And I'm a capitalist!! I'm just calling it for what it is. A person can have so much money they'll never be able to spend it all before they die. What a concept. 🤯
@marshapelo9830 There's another thing that contributes aswell: the lack of cooking skills. If you have the skills set to cook from scratch, you can save huge amounts of money, becouse staples cost sometimes a third of price of processed product and staples are still pretty affordable if you have the "know how". For example, I quit buying chicken pieces: I get an entire chicken at $2.5 per pound, carve it myself and I have enough meat for 3 meat dishes for 4 people + skin and bones for broth (another dish) and if I'm not making soup that meat on the bones ends up in an appetizer. Carving and putting your meat away including cleaning after takes 10 minutes of your time and 4 people can stretch that chicken for 4-5 meals and it cost you less than $10! Add some eggs and legumes, canned tomatoes, aplles and bananas , flour, potatoes, pasta, bread, milk, oats, flour, onions and carrots, some lettuceand you're OK even if your budget is super tight and you spend less than on junk food
For regulatory reason, it's reasonable to do so. Besides, it would be a shitshow if they just gave it away - why do you think fast food restaurants don't just give away food at the end of the night?
@@DrSchor Maybe you're not a native English speaker or not from the US? "Criminal" is a common expression, meaning roughly "should be against the law", and can be used negatively or positively.
@@jmodifiedgeez guy make teachers pet back in the day much? “Teacher’s pet” meaning you try to look smart but in the end you are just weak and helpless in you argument.
I am a veteran who is on disability & lives in low income housing. I don't qualify for SNAP. I don't even qualify for state medical. I rely on the VA for medical, which is 3 hours away. I no longer have a car, so I have to depend on others to get there. Because of this, a lot of medical issues are ignored until they become emergencies. There are so many veterans out there that have it worse off.
He is right the government don't feed the veterans stop just stop it and give snap benefits to them I get tired they always feeding other countries TAKE CARE OF AMERICANS first. It's just wrong
I'm a veteran (20 yrs) who saved and invested the entire time I was in the military and I bought some land in California, built a huge house, it's all paid for, and I live fine off of my enlisted retirement pay. Let me guess, you always spent your money as fast as it came in, right? The problem is not the system, the problem is knuckleheads are going to be knuckleheads.
@bc41 Most of the country says otherwise in regards to "quit having babies". Isn’t that one of the biggest, current, national political debates to date? Moron! 😂
America is a driven profit country. So if solving hunger does not line up investors and CEO pockets then it will never be solved. In most cases it will just get worse. The other issue is too many grocery stores are merging together to create a monopoly which means they will raise prices because lack of competition.
Solving hunger is profitable because the government funnels tax dollars to branded food products through WIC. WIC should be banned from buying processed foods. Only fruits, spices, vegetables and raw meats/fish. The WIC dollars will go much further when its not buying a $15 box of lucky charms good for 2 days.
There's a way to get the money from those profit driven companies. Offer all restaurants and grocery stores a reduction in taxes, but with a stipulation that a third of those savings needs to be donated to food pantries and other charities. To solve the food desert issue, offer a subsidized tax brake for building and providing to less served areas for a time. Depending on projected cost to do so. Also, increase sales tax na5ion wide by one cent, and you can ensure that goes to food for low income families so no one goes hungry in ever again. Sadly, this will be shot down because of politics.
The bow-tie man broke my heart. It should not be like this. It’s the lower class that suffers the most but lately my high paid friends are experiencing the same. It’s heartbreaking.
I grew up with a single mother who didn't always have a stable job. We didn't always get school lunches & we frequently had to skip meals. At home, we had poor food choices that had to be stretched out. We usually moved once a year & rarely saw a doctor. My sister & I both have multiple severe health problems. I have a half-sister who grew up in a 2 parent home with all the advantages we didn't have. She has no health problems. I can't get my dad to see the correlation. He still thinks poor people just need to work harder.
@@markfreeman4727 And now they are where they are... (Maybe start a tentfactory ower there, Cheapo qalety) I see a big market comming, maybe name it "Middle Class" ..?
I worked in hotels in NYC and was shocked the amount of food thrown away. The reason why was legal and being sued if someone got sick. The problem is corporate greed
@@obligatedobservation5878oh yes you can buddy. You should have known better that the food sat out too long or expired. A conman sees a vulnerability and will take it.
The US government easily could solve a lot of its problems, but officials don't want to because that would be too much effort and would hurt their wealthiest backers that help get them elected & keep them in office in the first place
Correct. Yet the very same officials throughout this country push and pass approvals for gov't to build monuments unto themselves such as new school buildings and other structures. It's not the buildings that are so much the problem as it is the system.
If I learned anything about the US after living here for 13 yrs, this will not be addressed until working people drop dead from malnutrition and start affecting companies' profits.
You should do a video on food wasted in this country! It’s insane! Hunger can easily be solved in 3 words! Quit wasting food! These restaurants and grocery stores throw tons of food away each day. I was in the military and worked in the kitchen and the food they threw away each day was mind boggling. I remember when they made way to much tuna casserole we filled 3 garbage cans full and went to a farmer who picked it up and fed to his hogs. There is so much food waste in this country.
What aren’t you doing this then? If you see food wastage that can feed others, then organize the drivers, etc and make it happen. No matter your situation, this could be done if you wanted to. But you won’t, and then complain that others should when you won’t.
@@Itried20takennames I'm trying that right now. Basically a Bachelor's Chow using commercially thrown away food that's still edible for humans. I'm still trying to get the packaging right to make sure that it stays preserved well enough, which will likely require either a very salty broth or freeze drying. I'm open to ideas since It's still in the testing stage. For the fruit, I'd turn it into candied fruit leather. More drivers and community fridges will not stop the problem when we're straying away from the path of cheaper energy via nuclear power. Food banks still do their best but I know first hand that there's only so much free sliced bread that people can stomach, which is why it goes moldy.
The problem goes back to money. Sure, they COULD give away food for free on the day it reaches its "sell by" date. But then people will just wait for free food instead of buying food. Grocery stores are a business first, not a public service.
@@Itried20takennames There's a video I saw (I think from the channel Climate Town) where someone mentioned why some buisnesses waste old food instead of donating it is due to some health and safety/liability laws - because if someone ate their leftover food and got sick, then their business could get liability charges. There was even some comments from people that have worked in some restaurants/cafes that were told they weren't allowed to take home/donate leftover food (not that it didn't stop some people from doing it anyway, luckily).
Tackling issues like these requires empathy. As much as people like to b*tch about governments and corporations, the truth is the masses lack empathy. That's why we end up getting hung up on details around important issues. When there are strong enough arguments to convince people something basic and humane is not important enough or doable...it doesn't get done.
@@Novusod Yeah but low trust comes from lack of empathy. I may not know you, and part of you may even be dangerous to me....but it's still up to me to give you the benefit of the doubt and treat you like a human and entertain the possibility of trusting you. If you, also not knowing me, don't even afford me the possibility of trust....it's because you've already decided in your mind you are going to ignore me. With empathy you CAN'T ignore people....even if you don't always like their actions or behaviour.
@@allmotorhashwhere are SNAP benefits coming from? It better NOT be from my high taxes I pay, go get a job! And if it doesn’t pay well, go get a better job!! Laziness is why they are starving, zero pity from me. We should only help children and the elderly. The rest are old enough to figure it out like I did.
I was surprised that only $5.5Billion of productivity was lost due to hunger… I can imagine that not eating daily can cause accidents and other social issues which taxes the system heavily. In a $25Trillion economy that’s not much someone needs to revise that number.
The fear of being sued, and the jealousy of people who see others receiving, and the anxiety of seeing other people improving, and this weird fertilization of "you need to struggle before you improve" mentality is what holds this country back. Too often times I hear people arguing and fighting against feeding the hungry because of "it's not fair they get a hand out" or "I work for my food and home! They should too!" Or "get a better job!" Or "study harder!" Or "struggling is what makes you stronger. It motivates you." Its gross. Food is like sleep. If you don't have either your body starts failing and you have no energy to do any improvement. You go into survival mode, and you don't exit survival mode until an outside force and opportunity becomes available. So many people have this feel good feeling when they say "protect the children" "serve our veterans" "honor our elders"...but the second you suggest an increase in things like snap or food banks, summer lunch programs or free lunch suddenly it becomes "why should I give them a handout. Or "I don't know them!"
They are narcissists. They think they are helping everyone by being greedy and selfish. I think it is like the philosophy of Ayn Rand, enlightened self-interest. "If you just look out for yourself, everyone else will benefit somehow." She was Russian. I wouldn't be surprised if they wrote those books as psychological warfare to destroy the USA. That or she was just a defector who found her niche in a capitalistic ponzi scheme.
I just cannot believe that the people who often wear their christianity on their sleeves are usually the some people fighting against feeding the hungry. But that's the reality in this country.
The United States is more like The Divided States. It's community doesn't support each each other. The culture is hyper competitive and it's seen as other people receiving a unfair advantage. Empathy and morality isn't king here it's greed that talks and hyper individualism to the point where accepting help is almost seen as shameful. We talking highly of our Vets until they're just another "drug addict" on the street then there's weird anger instead of compassion about it.
I work and do very well, it baffles me as to how stupid people are where they'd rather bring a bunch of babies into the world into their own poverty instead of trying to better their own lives first. What are they going to do if governments say no more freebies and abolish the government programs?
As a food service director, I will ALWAYS feed the kids. I would rather have my department go into the red and have to answer to the school board, then let a kid (no matter age) go hungry!
We will always feed the kids. The bare minimum is what you mean. Because the food that are giving it to kids is usually non-nutritional food that has addictive additives to prime you into buying more addictive food There’s a reason why the average school lunch is super unhealthy
@@lissettelopez8331 I think you missed the point of the OP. United States CHOOSES not to pay fair wages or have affordable housing and has a sub-par health system. Those problems arise from Capitalism.
@@SgtJoeSmith where is a homeless person with no resources going to start a garden? Or the child that goes hungry? Use your little brain, everyone doesn’t have access to some of the simplest things.
The gap between the rich and the poor is increasing. There is a lack of political will to solve hunger in the US. Many politicians are more interested in protecting the interests of corporations and the wealthy than in helping people who are hungry. The US has a culture of individualism, which means that people are often expected to solve their own problems. This can make it difficult for people who are hungry to get help, as they may be seen as being lazy or irresponsible.
It's not your culture of Individualism, it is your culture of selfishness and greed. The elbow society and the lack of empathy towards the less fortunate
Since Regan was president, worker pay has only increased by 18% CEO pay has gone up by 330% in that same time. 'trickle down economics' has stolen the worth of the working class
My next-door neighbor chick like $1700 to Food Stamps and she has her own business. She makes $20,000 a month a month she’s collecting food stamps for children that don’t live with her anymore. A lot of this supposed to be refugees. There are criminals in their country, and here are the receiving Food Stamps, medical and everything in between.
@@mathgasm8484 not when adjusted for inflation. whatever those profits are were worth half as much 5 years ago. And what about the years they made nothing and worked for free?
@@SgtJoeSmith It doesn't seem to. Nearly all of the "inflation" we see is reflected in record profits for corporations. If we had real inflation, margins would be too small for that to happen.
I worked at Starbucks and after shifts there would be a lot of food that we would mark out. I would always bag it and give it to the homeless that surrounded the store. 9 times out of 10, they would throw it back at me and asked for money instead. We don't have a food problem, we have a drug problem
For me, the major problem is that wages, on the average, did not go up for the last 40+ years. They may have increased a little to adjust somewhat for inflation, but that is all. At the same time, the productivity has grown significantly, and the extra profits has been going to small number of owners of the businesses, especially big corporations. That is, why Senator Bernie Sanders says that 7% of US population has as much wealth as the 93% of less affluent. Also, he says that 3 people have as much wealth as the bottom 40% of US population. The financial sector collapsed the economy in 2008, and because of the "poor economy" Washington has not increased the Federal minimum wage since 2009. For the last 15 years (2009, 2010 ...... 2023), it is still $7.25/hour. But the prices went significantly up, especially in the last couple of years. Who pockets the difference? Another issue is that the minimum wage dictates how much those with better qualification should be paid. It is a fact that some states increased the minimum wages, but the truth is that about 50% states, especially the poor states in the middle of America, keep the $7.25/hour as the state minimum wage. How can you pay all the bills, including food purchases, with wages of $7.25? It is not possible!!!
bernie sanders owns 3 mansions and made $2 million on a book deal and said if you suckers are tired of being poor you can make $2 million on a book deal too if you were as smart as me. And productivity at my company has gone down. it now takes 20 employees to do what 1 used to do. meanwhile min wage tripled in 25 years.
well if you cant pay bills at $7.25 then go be a doctor, dentist, nurse, pilot, lawyer, cop, fire fighter, landscaper, welder, roofer, car salesman, realtor. Can you even post the name, address and # of someone making $7.25 an hour? no you cant. and no one else has been able to last 15 years either. so STFU!
I think that the inconvenient truth is that a larger and larger percentage of the population is not able to make a net positive economic contribution. Capitalism is not the issue. There is no way that the current tax rate shouldn't be able to feed the population. One of the true reasons prices of food is the regulatory burden. I work in the infant formula space. The space is highly regulated. Abbott had a recall due to incompetence. Now, all of the big players have been forced to recall products due to more regulatory changes. The regulators themselves do not understand the rationale behind the very regulations that they are enforcing. Industry experts have concluded that there is no way to produce powder in an aseptic form. The industry is now wet cleaning and segregating batches in a manner to avoid discarding large batches. This raises prices and consolidates the industry further. Nestle sold out to Perrigo. There are now three players that supply 90% of the market instead of 4. Something very similar happened in ground beef in the 2010s. It is not capitalism.
In germany we actually have capitalism and a social system. It is not capitalism - it is the US/UK neoliberal capitalism without regulations, rules and laws that is the problem.
@@Jiggy609 Speaking of "very poor decisions", then the US deserves all the "illegal aliens" that come from the countries it has pillaged, drugs, etc. Hope unitedstatians enjoy them. And the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" mentality is now a blame-shifting tactic used by rich guys at the top. Know your place, peasant!
One point would be that many food places throw out food after closing time that can be fine to eat, one example would be dunkin donuts, food waste can also be a factor.
No one should be eating Dunkin' Donuts. Better example would be grocery stores & trendy healthier dining like Sweetgreen, Chop'd, Chipotle. Dunkin' is a major contributor the heart disease, obesity & diabetes epidemic. This obsession with carbs is killing people. They also need to stop suburban sprawl & create more farm land local to cities.
Did you know many grocery stores and restaurants put chemicals on food they throw in the dumpster, so homeless can't eat it? No free meal for you! What a kind society we live in!
People who are not hungry/poor do not understand how poor people struggle daily to survive. I am a teacher and see it in schools. We should have free universal breakfast and lunch for all students.
Two words: corporate greed ✨️ I experienced food insecurity between 2021-2022. I am single and have no children. I made just about 40k and lived downtown Pgh (I sold my car to save money) and still experienced food insecurity.
With all the food waste in the the country, and no, it is not spoiled, but in perfectly good eating condition, if that would be given to the people who need it, there would not be a hungry person in the country.. Corporate greed and indifference is what stopping it from being put to good use.
Regulations also severely restrict what can be done with food that ends up going to waste unnecessarily. I had a catering business. Due to health department regulations I could not donate the food that was left at the end of an event, event though I had a health department license and followed safety regulations in terms of how long food could be left out before removing it and refrigerating it. It was shameful. Instead of throwing it away I packed containers for myself and my employees and refrigerated or froze them. I saved on my personal food budget and was therefore able to donate to a food pantry. Some of my employees did the same.
Working hard and working smart are two very different things. The truth is when people have multiple kids they can't afford it's not America's fault. Personal responsibility.
I work at food distribution center/warehouse that starts with A and rhymes with stalldi. The amount of good product and food that gets processed as "damaged" and thrown out is sad. "We have money for wars but cant feed the poor" - tupac shakur
@@youtubesucks1499 You're the hypocrite in this situation, not the otherway around. The grocery stores know that if they allow the "waste" to be sold at a lower price or to be given away means they will make less profits. That's why they throw it away instead of giving it away. Much easier for you trolls to accuse people of being hypocrites than admit how much corporate greed is the real factor here.
Right?? I didn't like that title either. A lot of it has to do with politics. Anytime that the Republicans are in charge they complain about costs of everything, so what is the FIRST thing they cut? They start CUTTING social programs first. What government should be doing is making sure the rich start paying their fair share in taxes, and then we don't have to cut social programs. It's simple, but the politicians lack the will to actually help people in America.
@@danhtran6401 Where can I sign up to adopt a mentally ill person? If there's no waiting list then Ill swing by to get you around twelve tomorrow. Seems like you need someone caring for you
As someone who works as a cashier the amount food prices have increased lately has been insane. Food prices have quite literally doubled in a year (an order that would be $200 this year would be $400 now), and I can see it continue to go up in real time. It’s crazy, I keep getting people who spend $20-$40 dollars on less than 7 items. Something needs to be done to lower food costs or people are going to go hungry, wages are not keeping up with inflation.
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There are four main factors why good prices have increased so much since 2020. First is the pandemic caused many food processing plants and processors to close. So, harvests had to be thrown out. Second, is the destruction of food resources to address climate change. This has been notable seen in Europe. Third, Ukraine and Russia are the main exporters of urea which is used as a fertilizer. This has reduced the size of the harvests after the war began. Fourth, the destruction of food processing facilities and culling of livestock in the US. There is a conspiracy on this, but at the end of the day it still reduces the total supply.
If you saw how much food restaurants and supermarkets alone throw in the garbage every week, hunger wouldn’t be a problem at all. The FDA has all these regulations that need to be followed while the GMO’s and processed preservatives keep finding their way into the food…
Grocery stores are also part of larger corporations which profit off food insecurity. They pay their workers so little that they can qualify for food stamps which funnel government assistance into their pockets. Also, artificially creating food insecurity by creating excuses for food waste allows them to keep people hungry and working like dogs while they raise prices. Look at shrinkflation and the effects of the pandemic. These stores are charging us more money for the same product which has less product in it.
I live in a town in Wisconsin literally surrounded in agricultural crops developed to feed livestock and not people. The vast waste associated with animal agriculture is a huge problem that media almost always ignores. Animal feed crops are subsidized with tax money. While crops that feed people directly are actually discouraged. And this is the entire country choosing for it to be this way.
@@williamwilson6499 Do you see how weird it is to grow food to feed to animals then eat the animal when you could just eat the food in the frst place and it doesn't need to go through the animal. More food.
It's because no one wants to face the reality of the alternative which is eating no meat or WAY WAY less meat. A single cow eats way more in a day than a single adult human. People in America don't want to consider change and consider that THEY might be contributing to the problem.
Why I advocate for people to go vegan or at least 80/20 on their plant vs meat consumption. I'm not expecting it's realistic for the whole world to go vegan. Let alone do that in a short period of time. We absolutely eat way beyond excess of sustainability with animal products and processed foods.
Americans used to talk about hunger in the third world. I am living in one of those once-poor countries, looking at America and thanking God that I am here. What went wrong in America? Just the way I see it from here in China.
@@Mr.Patrick_Hung because chinese people were actually really trully oppressed for a long time under socialism and in 70s when china allowed capitalism the chinese people rejoiced and made trillions of dollars. americans grew up too free and too rich and became lazy. another 40 years china will be like america today cause everyone growing up rich now will become lazy and entitled and greedy. It happened to Roman empire too. Hard time create strong men. Strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak mean create hard times.
@@mr.nemesis6442and grocery stores have to keep artificial food insecurity so they can raise prices and pay their workers so little they need government assistance which only helps funnel more money into their businesses.
@@amandasunshine2it goes back to housing, livable wages, whether or not people live in food deserts, the types of food they can afford, and the cost of living. Food insecurity is created by other issues as Americans struggle to pay their bills. They have to prioritize rent over eating 2-3 nutritious meals a day. They’ll go for cheaper less nutritious foods and skip meals to make rent, car payments, and rely on food banks. This means food banks for those even less fortunate may run out of food. Imagine how this displaces food and productivity for others. Companies like Walmart also pay their workers so little that they qualify for food stamps which in turn allows Walmart to benefit from government assistance while those workers and people who barely can feed themselves struggle, unable to dig themselves out of the mess they found themselves in.
I remember that US obesity/ overweight rate is highest in developed countries. How could it possibly happen that there are plenty people who are starving in US.
Because they can't go a day without eating less than they usually do. Its Gluttony. They can definitely afford to skip eating or portion their foods but they dont want to. Crazy how many poor people are still overweight.
Sure. Not sure what that has to do with hunger but if corporate greed is a problem, go ahead start your own successful business and help people yourself.🤷🏽♂️
overall good piece, love the advice from the interviewees at the end. maybe it would've been even more impactful to mention how we in the US waste a little under half the food we produce. that food, often perfectly good, goes into dumpsters instead of stomachs because it's less profitable than just feeding people. so along with helping make sure people have enough money to get food, we should continue shifting folks' attitudes to see this as an issue that should be solved without a profit motive. probably not a popular idea in the corporate media office, though
the problm is also legal issues, if someone gets sick with the food that was suppose to go into dumpsters then what? companies will face lawsuits and this has happened a lot so now they just rather throw it away
@@jerrytan9133 I see what you're saying, but short of literally taking locks off dumpsters and letting people at them, id imagine that unwanted food could be donated or even sold to another store or food pantry. so yeah your food isn't as fresh, but can still be quality controlled
So you propose all essential services should be nationalized (transferred to entities without a profit motive)? So the only private businesses that would exist in your world are hotels and private jet companies?
We already have the means to ensure that everyone's needs are fully met and then some, but we do not have the means to continue supporting the infinite greed of the capitalist class. Capitalism is not sustainable and does not work for the overwhelming majority of people who are forced to live under it. It only works for the richest capitalists. We need a better system.
@@14534 that's quite a stretch from what I was saying lol. I'm just talking about food, like the video. a nationalized food outlet industry could be a solution to that, but so could a national regulation on the existing market to require that there only be so much food waste allowed, and that companies need to take steps to use the food they dont want to sell in some way. just because I denounce the profit motive behind food doesn't mean I want to eradicate the free market
What struck me was the poor man who is a bow tie maker - he’s not even someone I’d think is struggling with food insecurity. The definition of poor has really changed recently… I wonder if there’s a way I can help him?
Why is a hungry man who looks tidy more deserving of hungry man who may not be a to afford a suit and bow tie. Why are they, in your mind, more deserving of compassion?
Maybe see if there's a way to get in contact with him, and see if there's a way he can send samples to fashion agencies, or maybe help him set up a shop on etsy or something.
Middle class child here. My mom always made about 60k a year. She was a single parent of 4 kids and we never qualified for SNAP. But we didn’t always have food!! 60k a year 4 kids is seriously not enough I am a witness.
Unless death or disability was to blame, the father(s) should have been sued or incarcerated. This society has had enough of these sorry males who breed like feral creatures when they don’t have the resources to partake in the upkeep of their offspring.
The biggest issue will be early childhood development. The brain and growing child needs the correct nutrients to give them the best chance to develop. This is a handicap we see in Africa.
@khalidabdi9723 I mean as a percentage of kids who get a healthy balanced diet versus those that don't. I might be generalizing as humans do but we have a nutrition issue in South Africa with children. The only meal is from a school feeding program. I am saying this is a bigger percentage than say North America. At least it should be seeing as America's GDP per capita is so large. But of course devil in the details
I have never been to USA but it never stops amazing me that they sort everything from "left" to "right" instead of trying to sort out the problems. Working people in the richest country cannot afford food. That is the problem. Government should set rules to help people to feed THEMSELVES not distributing pittance. Yes, that is harder than allocating a budget.
The USA is a hardcore cut throat capitalist & individualist country. They care zero about the people if it doesn't include profit. Poor people are seen as lazy & are often blamed for being in their situation.
@kojike? ?bro, what are you even talking about? Hunger in the richest country in the world should exist because you oppose abortion? Youre placing your morals over the needs of others, when both can be addressed at the same time. You're crazy.
We have the same problem in Canada. While I was at school I worked at a few restaurants over the summers and a friend worked at a bigbox supermarket. We talked about how much food was being dumped into the garbage, some ready to eat and most of it perfectly good. One restaurant where I was in the kitchen, would let employee bring leftovers home but others I worked at, like chains refused, and if you took food home you could lose your job, it was considered stealing even if it was going into the garbage. One of my supermarket friends said that the supermarket had a compressor the purpose to compress boxes and unsold food. By compressing everything dumpster diving was not possible.
Yup my daughter works at Starbucks and they are required to throw away food at night. They also have to unpackaged to prevent people from dumpster diving
The reason for that is employees taking advantage of restaurants' generosity. If restaurants let employees take leftovers, they start preparing more food so that there is a higher chance of there being leftovers. By forcing leftover food to be thrown out, employees have no incentive to prepare more than what is expected to be consumed that day. I've read stories of restaurants reducing by several tenths of percentage the amount of leftover food after prohibiting employees from taking leftover food home. It's sad but employees tend to take advantage of every small advantage their job offers until it no longer is possible to do so.
@@HodorDoor if they are in charge of amount made agreed. In my daughters case she follows the managers orders for how much food to prep /pull for the day.
That is why India has temples and gurudwaras which feed everyone without discrimination. In Indian culture feeding people is considered a virtue. Even in schools children are given mid day meals with proper nutrition
Hey, we have to help Israel pay for its communist pension and healthcare system. We don't want our own citizens to benefit from such communism, though. Where are your priorities??
Foreign aid is necessary in keeping the dollar in circulation and preserving its hegemony. Otherwise China will start offering aid in its own currency and those countries will gravitate toward China.
Despite what people say, eating healthy is NOT expensive, it just requires knowledge, know-how and the commitment of time to plan, shop, and cook at home. Part of the problem is that schools stopped teaching "home economics," which - among other things like doing laundry - focused on educating middle schoolers about nutrition, cooking, grocery shopping and meal planning. In the 1970s junior high and high school curriculum creators understood that this instruction was needed to create healthy families and a strong workforce as these students matured. These days, school cafeterias serve terrible food and offer vending machines filled with unhealthy snacks like chips, candy and sodas. If no one teaches the younger generations how to cook and plan nutritious meals, how can they be expected to understand how to select healthy alternatives in the supermarket when ultra-processed foods are marketed as "healthy meals in a box?"
I kind of depends, a lot of people don't have as much access two grocery stores and it's easier for them to go to a convenience store. These are called food deserts. This is harder for people to understand because it's very unrelatable, people who either live very far out in rural areas or in urban areas were people dont live in walking distance. I remember as a kid it was a big deal just to get a grocery store in my area, now that area is a sprawling suburb with several grocery chains all then with in 10 mins or less drive from each other. And there are lots of evidence to support this where there is inconvenience of groceries, there are huge populations of obesity. While dont disagree with that home econ, should be more prioritizes. I would also say 4H should be prioritize in school too. Growing food can a good supplement in your diet as well as keeping people active. And there are more benfits. Another thing is if people have to work long hours, just to make ends meet, people then don't feel like cooking if you're tired so in the end money does matter and time. The pandemic had some positives and negatives for sure but one positive was as soon as people have more time they started get more hobbies, cooking became more fun
I live in seattle WA. And have been on food stamps for a long time yet it’s been a savior at times the food prices and everything else has gone up so high it’s impossible to get ahead of the curve. My body has been aching and the insecurity of not having enough becomes stressful. I’ve never had a job that has made me more wealthy. every job available is a dead end and the businesses pay their employees based on location and previous income brackets that are set by the state DSHS and IRS. food banks are great yet they can’t provide enough to the down ridden population that has never experienced financial freedom everyone is stuck. Hunger grind USA saddest story ever. And to think they say we’re not doing enough yet our government just spent hundreds of billions on wars and other countries. We would be happier if the prices went down yet there is no end in sight. Not to mention the news agencies spreading more fear and uncertainty creating a bigger stressor that becomes crippling to the economy. If you only had one leg to stand on and no one could help you then that’s America. Solve hunger solve poverty solve the financial crisis solve the problem it’s here it’s now
It has nothing to do with rich people. Ya'll blame every problem that exist in this country on the wealthy. When there are bigger problems than that. The government being the biggest one and it's ability to waste money. Why don't ya'll ever blame some people at some poor decision making.
No rich person is rich just because you're not rich. Jeff Bezos isn't standing outside the food bank stealing people's wallets. It's not a zero sum game, and for the overwhelming majority of people, earning potential is only limited by drive and determination.
Solution: Every city has government-funded food stations where *anyone* can grab some healthy food that is available during meal times. It shouldn't just be for the hungry and the destitute. Let's all share some meals. Please, before you ask "who will pay for it", answer the question, "is there something more important than sharing food with your fellow man?".
This is a good idea and such facilities could also function as community spaces, where people could go to interact and enjoy themselves without the expectation of having to spend money, but in major cities one centralized location might not be nearly enough. So it would definitely have to be modified to meet each community's needs, but food is definitely a great way to bring people together.
Still should be reserved for low income , if you can afford to go to the supermarket you should do that lol. Or at the very least not have unlimited access to it like a poor person
Lets just face it, we live in a very greedy & selfish society. They have no desire to truly fix hunger so you gotta get yours however you can out here.
We’re paid a “living wage” that’s dictated by the rich, then we are conditioned to remain in debt. So we are essentially working and these rich folks are draining the cash out of our pockets at higher rate than we keep for ourselves. Added to this, prices have gone up because of “inflation” and/or “supply chain issues” conveniently arose. Seems odd to me
When it comes to US food insecurity in children problem, I was waiting for at least a few minutes of discussion of the National School Lunch Program for all children regardless of income to be given full nutritious free meal. But in this video it was only a few seconds mention. In other countries like India and Japan I can get more than half an hour discussion on their free school meal programs.
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 : how many of these children are you willing to take into your home and feed? It costs society way more for foster care and group home care than it does to come up with SNAP money. Michigan is experiencing a budget surplus and the governor has put forth the idea for schools to receive money for free lunches for all children. The idea of yanking children out of their homes rather than helping families is troubling.
That’s because there isn’t many videos on it but there are papers out there. The reason for how our school lunches are is because much of it is outsourced to large corporations who use it to advertise their products to children. However these products (and all school food from schools in the program) have to follow incredibly specific guidelines for nutrition content. This includes decreasing amounts of sugar, sodium, and trans fat as time passes (this is why US school lunches food tends to taste terrible). They’re also working with incredibly small budgets. I believe the amount of money they have to work with for each lunch is around $3.14 and that includes worker pay, things like trays, and the food itself. Now schools are able to stretch this by having lots get certain amount of foods which helps them get the money back as a reimbursement (a fruit of vegetable with the meal). Then the money for that can be used for other things. School districts are required to track all of the nutrition facts for the meals and work to create different menus. Not all schools are apart of the NSLP which is why there can be differences between schools. Many schools also are not equipped with full kitchens and can’t prepare food anymore so it’s brought in from a separate facility. However as far as food security goes, if enough students at the school qualify for free and reduced school lunches then the school gets all their lunches free through CLEP (I can’t remember what it’s stand for, apologies). These things also applies for the school breakfast program and any schools that serve dinner. As for the actual menus, they are unfortunately limited to what students will actually eat and kids are picky. There has been attempts to introduce better quality food and recipes to schools but some of it backfired because kids just didn’t like it. There are however people working to bring in healthier food to schools like farm to table programs and some districts are working to bring in less unprocessed food and working directly with manufacturers to change recipes to make them better for the kids while still tasting good
Never rely on the government to feed you or your children, you don't put your life in the hands of politicians who see you and your children as nothing more than useless eaters.
I'm fighting not to eat every day. It's crazy that in other countries people die from starvation, in the USA because of diseases caused by too much food
Food prices are lower in the US than in most developed countries. Profit margins aren’t that high in most parts of the food production and retail chain.
I usually examine persistent problems that people struggle to fix by asking myself who is benefitting economically from the problem. For instance, the housing shortage persists because it benefits land and home owners by making their properties more valuable. In this case, I can't figure out who would benefit. Which means it's a symptom of another problem, and directly tackling hunger won't do much. People have food insecurity not because food is scarce (we export food), but because they don't have enough money to pay for all the things they need to live. This also means that they don't have the money to participate in the political process. They can't make campaign contributions. They can't take time off to vote, and their state doesn't let them vote by mail. The political process is dominated by those of better means. I recently read "Why Nations Fail" by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. It argues that politics and economics are intertwined. When one group loses political power, another group gains political power, and there will be a transfer of wealth from the first to the second. Political power follows the money, and the rich will make sure the poor stay that way, lest the rich lose their political power. It doesn't matter if this hurts the country's economy, as long as it helps the powerful stay in power. This is why so many countries can't seem to lift themselves out of an impoverished state.
Bill Gates benefits. He's making frankenstein meat and other lab created food. He's also pushing for fungus to be something people eat a lot of in the future and I don't just mean mushrooms.
Do you really think home and landowners are rigging the system to keep prices high? No, they don't have the power. The chronic lack of homes comes from the continuous supply of millions of people coming in each year through immigraion that need to be housed immediately.
Employers in general benefit from food scarcity, because that means employees will accept worse working conditions and constant overtime in order to survive. They just have to be careful and not push the envelope too far to prevent riots.
I’m waiting on them to mention not just supply chain disruptions, but CORPORATE GREED which made RECORD PROFIT as part of this deep, pervasively systemic issue. CORPORATE GREED is also why people don’t have livable wages that increase with inflation over the decades. So the title should be Why America WON’T solve hunger.
US restaurants have to start serving enough food for 1 person, not 2, on every plate. The amount of food that is thrown away would be reduced by a vast amount. Americans who travel abroad complain that the portions served anywhere are "too small", regardless of where they go. They are the only ones complaining about that, it has to mean something.
I noticed from the seventies to the eighties, suddenly the portions got much bigger so they could raise the prices. It was like they were selling two dinners instead of one. Sometimes it is like three or four dinners now. People are so much fatter now also. People treat you as if you are abnormally thin for being a normal weight.
I am not rich. Yet during the pandemic I gave some money to the food bank. Big mistake I was hounded to give more every few days. No good deed goes unpunished
Crazy we got a food scarcity problem, but we also have an obesity problem too especially at lower income levels. I think we have a healthy food scarcity problem, not so much of a general food scarcity. There is definitely cheap garbage food out there for people.
There's no food scarcity problem. Just a food access. Look at the grocery inflation. $5 for eggs in DC and $6 for bread. Really?? The shelves are stocked, too.
People are hungry because of human greed and obsession with MONEY. Its not about the lack of anything. We have too much of everything. Millions of tons of food and things are thrown away every day. People dont get the help they need,because greedy men dont see it PROFITABLE.
Confusion that translates into agreement. Same thing with the $13 billion lost because of dropouts from "food insecurity." What does that even mean? "I don't know, but it must be bad. Probably an 'equity' issue like they said in the beginning, too."
We need to focus on our resources, kids 1st regardless of medical conditions, 2nd our elderly which includes our veterans, then adults who can use the aid to get them a better quality of life. There’s no reason why the government funds so many banks, corporations and companies and not spread the wealth of our nation with the regular citizens who helped form it.
@@InsiderBoyno it just sounds like taking care of our most at risk elderly and children. It's really convenient to label other peoples suffering to avoid doing anything.
@insideyourguts call it whatever you want, at this point the U.S. doesn't exactly have a democracy, is more like the old school communist countries, even like Chine more or less, a few people carry the load, grow the economy and create things for others and the rest are just consuming air and resources lol but what can you do? is not like we can replace them with AI and robots soon and get rid of the dummies.
I have always felt that helping the working poor, children, and seniors is my obligation as a human being. There are people who go to work everyday and bust their behinds but don't make enough to care for their family but make too much for any assistance. There are seniors who must choose between meds and good food. I work in a high school. There are students you know who will not eat Saturday and Sunday. Elementary school get weekend packages. High schools don't. Teachers sometimes pool money and buy food for them. This year, students can donate lunch items they have to take but don't want in a basket.
My son is now 33 years old, but I remembered many years ago his third grade teacher telling me that there are some kids who come to school just to eat and I thought that it was outrageous. HOWEVER, I see now that she's right. SOMETHING must be done!!
Food is so expensive and cities instead of planting fruit trees in the city, they plant non-fruit trees, which still need money for taking care of them. If US cities plant 1/3 of all the planting trees as a fruit trees there would be incredible amount of fruit available to everyone with a lot of nutrients. Imagine that hungry kid is going to school and the kid sees fruits on the tree, pick up two apples and his belly is full. Enforce cities to plant fruit trees!
As soon as people start talking about "equity" (the woman in pink & the Boston food bank lady) you know they've got no interest in solving the problem. The problem is what keeps them employed.
Start charging restaurants, grocery stores and hotels for wasting food. Give them a tax credit for donating. That'll fill the food banks at least, and what won't feed humans can feed livestock.
I'm split on this issue. Many households prioritize cell phones, vehicles, and T.V. as opposed to food. Unfortunately, the kids suffer for this. Of course, not every household in this situation, but many (tons that I'm aware of) are. The college that I work at services 86% low-income families. Students don't utilize the on-campus pantry out of embarrassment. The 1 student that I helped last year requested that I take the bags to her at the back of the school.
💔 I believe it. Mental barriers can sometimes be more of an obstacle than physical barriers... 😮 Now if we could only get the right people to feel shame/ ashamed, then maybe we could make some real actual changes around here....
People lack the desire to help. Though a few restaurants donate excess food to homeless shelters etc. majority of the restaurants throw leftover food into waste. Housing and healthcare costs in the US have skyrocketed in the past decade. Since the beginning of Covid, food costs have increased substantially too.
In france, germany, swiss is foodsharing a chance against food waste. Everday voluntiers can pick up food from bakerys, Restaurants, etc. After Foodbanks of course. You can bring it to special places or can share it. Its a good idea and under hygienic care.
The next economic crisis will be bigger since we can't afford to bail it out like last time. It should have been worse last time and honestly it wasn't as bad as it should have been. Also, those who will default on their loans will be those individuals who had good credit scores and the loans were more prime, which makes it scarier in many ways. Moreover, we have inflation now devaluing the dollar and markets, yet back then we really didn't(other than high gas prices).
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When the US 'can't' do something, it just doesn't want to. And many ways of ensuring adequate access are actively flouted by companies, like a lot of restaurants don't do shift meals anymore, even with food that would otherwise go to waste like family meals are usually made out of. When I worked for Starbucks, they straight up threw away food they said they weren't donating, but wouldn't let us take any home even though we were all food insecure except for the manager.
@@SwedishBlouse jeez do you even listen to yourself? It's called poverty, brain genius. I already got a farm share when one was available, but to assume that between a group of people that any of them have enough land to feed the rest of them is absolutely delusional.
@@TBoy1247 4/5 illegal immigrant families coming over the border will be on assistance for the rest of their lives.. 7 out of 10 illegal immigrant adult males will be on assistance for the rest of their lives.. the average adult illegal immigrant that comes over the border has less than a 6th grade education. Center for immigration studies put out this knowledge recently.. we are in big trouble in these coming years if we don't get them deported
Here in the USA, a fully plant based food production system would feed 350 million more people than the current one. It would also make a huge difference in the fight against climate change.
@@tenniskinsella7768 Personal choice is not relevant when a victim is involved. Needless killing of innocent, sentient individuals cannot be morally justified.
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All vegans look sick and pale. It's obviously not for everyone. I've tried the "impossible burger" and there's still something off about it. Humans are naturally meant to eat meat. And good luck trying to force poor and minority communities into a "plant based diet" they'll revolt against you.
The American Public Sector has become insanely inefficient and incapable of solving any problem regardless of how much we spend. Federal gov spends almost 200 billion on hunger - basically no improvement, San Francisco spends 57K per homeless - problem just gets worse, California tires to build high-speed rail - cost balloon to absolutely insane levels with no tangible benefit to taxpayers. Etc. etc etc. Someone is getting all this money and it doesn't seem like it's going to the intended recipients.
It is going to the intended recipients. You just don't understand who the intended recipients are. The US criticizes how wealthy Putin is with a relatively low salary. Have you seen how wealthy many of our politicians are? The money is going exactly where it was planned to go.
She’s right, there is enough food in America. Pay attention to your large grocery stores and notice all the meats in the bins note how many customers are actually purchasing that item.
It is so frustrating. I've talked to people who recieve SNAP who say with school age children that their children get free breakfast, lunch and snacks not only through the school year but also during breaks, summer, holidays too. They actually use alot of their snap to buy other people's groceries who then give them cash in exchange because as they've said they cannot eat as much as they recieve. Then there are seniors/working poor who struggle making pennies above poverty line and half to pay the full price for everything so technically they are way below the poverty line and in desperate need of assistance.
I received SNAP for 1 year as an AmeriCorps,and it lasted me and my boyfriend 2 years. So I agree they can probably cut the individual assistance and expand the assistance to more people
Here's another example. I know someone on Medicaid. He had some health issues and just wasn't able to afford health insurance but did have a job and was capable of paying for his food. When he called to renew his Medicaid and gave them his income figures they told him he qualified for SNAP and automatically gave him benefits. He used some of the SNAP to increase his personal food budget, but said he basically couldn't spend it all every month without being wasteful. He had so much left at the end of each month that he bought groceries and donated them to a food pantry.
I guess to me the sickening part is ppl who need it and want to work and make only like 2.00 more than the income limit and get kicked off food stamps ....so it's like they might as well stay making less instead of 2.00 more but now they have to pay for food outta pocket...pay increase not always worth it unless WAY more
If we had robust welfare programs in place, the real political problem isn't the costs, but the benefits. Nobody would work in fast food or retail, for minimum wage, with zero benefits or chance for advancement.
Its also the culture that impacts this in the US. Its much more trendy (and available) for kids to eat at McDonalds and Burgerking as opposed to eating healthy meals for cheap at home, thus causing poor financial decisions in what foods parents are purchasing. Also, If a parent who is already struggling to make a basic wage has to also feed their kid they're much more likely to go to one of the million fast food locations right beside their house (or let their kid go themsevles as its more likely to be in walking distance) as opposed to spending 2 hours buying groceries (in which often times they wont even have enough time to). The US also wastes SO MUCH food as opposed to many other countries which is a sign of just how much their culture really values the importancy of food waste and ensuring everyone eats. I find it misleading that CNBC used clips of people in cities; when I feel like it's much more prevalent in remote/secluded suburbs.
There is so much food waste from grocery stores and chain restaurants that throw away edible food. Many of which are still wrapped and unopened packages and yet there is food insecurity? It doesn’t make sense. We have an a abundance of food supply. This is nonsense.
@@Quitchangingmy yes, in certain instances it is not a good idea but if It’s thrown out literally the same day because items were unsold it is still good food. Many countries donate what has not been sold or sent to places to make meals for homeless the same day or unexpired food to pantries. That seems to be a better option than have it all rot in a landfills.
I agree, especially from grocery stores. Even the USDA acknowledges that food labeled with a "Best By" date are safe to eat long after that date (ex: canned goods). Foods labeled "Sell By" are also good after that date but have a short shelf life (ex: meat). And a few foods, like infant formula, must be labeled "Use By." Most people will not buy food with a date after the Best By or Sell By date so the grocery store throws it out. Grocery stores should be given a tax incentive to donate those foods to shelters and food pantries. In exchange, they should be exempt from liability. The shelters should be required to use the food within a certain period of time and the pantries to distribute that food within a certain period of time, along with a hand-out explaining the USDA's position on the safety.
@@thekaren1111 nah, once you care for those poor people. they will find a way to sue you. being kind to another human being is a useless thing to do. i'd rather feed stray dogs and cats.
How much did Tupac give to the poor? he was a multi millionaire. The US could could afford to buy all of it's homeless people houses and make them millionaires but why would the government do that? Seriously, why do you think they would do that? You think the US wants to make it easy for people who accomplish nothing to live a great life? That is why it's called working for a living.
