Every
day, 40,000 people die world-wide from malnutrition and related diseases.
Every year, 25 million people die from heart disease and obesity-related
diseases
There is enough grain produced globally to give every man, woman and
child 3000 calories a day.
The ideal daily intake is 2300
calories per day.
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In 1990, the Canadian Association of Food Banks
estimated that 185,000 people were served by their members
each month.
The average Canadian consumes about 1 million calories per year,
but it takes the agriculture industry 2 million calories of petroleum
products to produce them.

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