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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.


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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