Food Shortage vs Food Wastage

FOOD SHORTAGE vs FOOD WASTAGE

Preface:

I heard in BBC Radio one day morning that Somalia is suffering with acute food shortage. There was an interview with an unknown woman of Somalia village that she used to take maize powder and some times she used to take Animal Feed in order to subside the hunger. This is a horrific situation. Also, she told that when she eat animal feed, she used to feel burning sensation inside the stomach. Just think about others who are blessed with food and wasting food everyday without thinking of their brothers and sisters in other part of world. I am seeing here everyday near to a restaurant that plenty of food is wasted. How can we justify this to world, our conscious, ultimately GOD.

Oh God, why we are wasting food?

Millions are longing for grains even.

Teach children not to waste food

Take only whatever required

Preaching is very easy here

But implementing is so difficult

My Dad taught me not to waste any food

Since food is considered as God’s gift

Thank God for giving us food everyday

Inculcate a culture not to waste food

Water as well since both are going to be

In acute scarcity and everybody’ll die for it

Now did I make you to think

About your own deed while eating

If so, I am satisfied and my purpose

Of writing this is served

Oh God, put seed on this to everybody’s mind

Let them not spill water and waste food

Teach everybody in dinner party

Not to waste water and food.

Copyright© Prasad Krishna 2008