The Right to Food

by Hellin


To me, the Right to Food means being able to eat, being able to see your family grow up, let people all over the world have food, and to be able to grow food and eat it. But to be able to get somewhere in the world and in your life, food isn't the only solution. What about the right to education? The right to work? To be healthy, happy, free! What does right mean? Justice, fairness; to be allowed to have something. We are all equal. We all have rights.

But if there I enough food in the world, why are people dying? Floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters can destroy crops. Insects and other animals can eat a whole field of food. Some people just don’t have access to food. We should all have a chance to access to food. Grow it, hunt for it, or earn enough money to buy it.

So much food all over the world is being wasted. While some starve, others throw away enough food to feed many, many mouths. But that can be changed. Even one person could contribute something, and hunger could be eliminated. I believe that if everyone did contribute, we could do something to help the poor and hungry people of the world.

"The Great Tablecloth", a poem by Pablo Neruda, is about hunger in the world. The world with a huge tablecloth covering all countries, covered with food, or a plate the size of the moon with food on it. I really liked that poem, because it really has feeling in it. It really makes you think about the world and the hunger in it.

“For now I ask for no more than the justice of eating.”

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