STUDY GUIDE No 6

Nayleth Orozco Muños

WEEK No 9: September 28th- October 1st, 2021
OBJECTIVES: 1) Talk about the food you eat every day
2) talk about the food you want

SECTION No 1: Listening

PRE-LISTENING: Before watching the documentary, answer these questions.

A. What is your favorite food? - My favorite food is rice with stewed meat and spaghetti.

B. How do you thing the production of the food you eat, impact negatively on the
environment? - Maybe, both natural and artificial products manage to impact the
environment. The natural ones cause a decrease in the animal from which the meat is eaten,
and the artificial ones cause an impact at the environmental level by the production of waste
in the air or in the seas.

LISTENING: Watch the following documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjoTRiopP4Q&ab_channel=BestDocumentaries%5BFullHD
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AFTER-LISTENING:
1. What are your impressions of the video? It is a very interesting video since it shows
a totally different perspective from what was already believed on the environment.

2. What is the purpose of the video? Show you that there are many things that damage
the environment, which isn´t shown for the convenience of entrepreneurs.

3. What is the intended audience? All people, and more those who want to take care
of the environment and do not know how.

4. What is your attitude towards the content of the video? I am very surprised, because
I would never have imagined that the environment is so affected by livestock.

5. How can ordinary people, like you and me, contribute to the solution of this
problem? Decreasing the consumption of meat, without a doubt.

6. In your opinion what is the future of mankind in terms of feeding? I believe that the
consumption of meat is something that will continue, and more because the media
do not show us the real damage and overpopulation affects this issue more.

7. What is the relationship between overpopulation and animal extinction? They have
a lot of relationship, the more people there are, the more fishing and livestock
increases. In addition to the exploration of the consumption of new animals, that
will not be able to recover.
 8. Can you as a single person do anything about it? What? How? Yes, reduce the
consumption of meat and fish, don´t consume animals that don´t reproduce so
quickly; do not bring so many babies into the world.

SECTION No 2: Reading
The World Could Run Out of Food by 2023, Study Says
The growing population is pushing food security to the edge.

By Tess Sohngen

As the human population continues to climb, will there come a time when the world runs
out of food?
The United Nations and agricultural organizations have been asking this question for quite
some time.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates the world
population will surpass 9.1 billion by 2050, at which point agricultural systems will not be
able to supply enough food to feed everyone.
However, new research suggests the world could run out of food even sooner. By 2023, the
world’s agricultural system will not produce enough food to feed everyone in the world,
according to Sara Menker, founder, and chief executive of Gro Intelligence, an agricultural
data technology company.

Her research contradicts past estimates.

Humanitarian organization Oxfam has predicted the world will run out of food around 2050
when a growing world population exceeds food growing capacity. Climate change, crop
failures, and a rise in food prices for items like corn and rice will also contribute to the
world’s population outpacing the amount of food it produces, according to their study.
Menker’s estimate differs from those of the FAO and Oxfam because it takes into account
the caloric and nutritional value of food that’s produced, instead of just the food’s mass and
weight, Quartz reports.
Regardless of the future predictions, food insecurity remains a major problem in 2017.  
The world is already experiencing difficulty feeding everyone and reaching those most in
need, as evident in the drought and conflict-caused food insecurity that has swept through
the Horn of Africa this year.
2030 will be a pivotal year for the world’s population. The UN’s annual population survey
marks it as the year the human population will exceed 8 billion.
Africa, India, Indonesia, and the United States will make up half of that growth, and by
2050, half of the world’s population will be located in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Global Citizen campaigns on food insecurity and supports organizations and efforts
dedicated to ensuring no one has to live in hunger. You can take action.
Menker, for her part, did offer some solutions to the impending food crisis, including
reforming the way people buy and consume food, and changes to farming practices in
Africa and India.
“We need to start working towards reform and the commercialization of agricultural
industries in Africa and India,” she said at the TED-Global 2017 conference.
With many aid organizations and governments focusing on the immediate food insecurity
in Africa, this new study could call more attention to the long-term food insecurity question
that may, in fact, not be so far away.

Taken from: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/world-running-out-of-food-by-2023/

1. After watching the video and reading the text, record an audio raising

awareness of Cowspiracy and post it in your blog. The video may last

between 2-3 minutes, include information from both sources.

https://voca.ro/1f2GDAhj63Ju