Food Security

People talk about eating right food, eye on calorie intake, food at right time, paleo diet,etc. But why to talk about these when there is no food security? Food Security here, I mean is not the about the access to sufficient, balanced and nutritious diet, but about the safe diet.

The artificial egg, rice, meat, vegetables, etc are getting circulated in the Indian market, noiselessly.What could be the promise on food safety in the next ten years? Our children are going to eat a food that is not safe! Adulteration at its pinnacle - Plastics in food! You would have watched the videos of making these artificial food - rice, cabbage, egg, meat.... brilliant to watch! But what if we are asked to eat those?

By 2050 we'll need to feed two billion more people. Are we finding these "brilliant" artificial ways to meet the demands? Advancement in Technology, Education, rise in buying power, GDP... nothing is gonna feed us, until we start to realize the threat imposed on us.

Let us be solution finders rather than being criticizers. So what could be the solution. Meeting our own demands ourselves. Self-sustained way of life. Yep, I mean lets go back to our olden days. Our ancestors tamed their own pets and cattle, cultivated and all their needs were met. And now in this growing population and out-bursting demand we might get into a situation to meet our needs. 

So let us not wait for the bad days to come. "Be the change you want to see". To start with we can grow vegetables for our daily use in our balcony. And people who are "rich enough" to own a shed can bring-up cage free chickens for eggs and cattle for dairy needs! Sounds weird?!! Who knows this might be the future of our nation. As years pass by we get saturated with Educational needs and money, but the plight of farming and farmers, the environment and the need for water, remain deprived.

Let's take the current water crisis, drought condition and hyping food adulteration as a wake-up call and act cleverly to save our future generation. Always believe in "Many a drop make an Ocean". And don't forget to plant a tree where ever u can:)