MOTHERS PREPARING the family meals for a week have been advised
to replace meat with beans or lentils once a week – a move which
could help to “fix the world’s broken food system”. The
suggestion is part of a new worldwide campaign by Oxfam to
address the world’s food imbalance, pointing out that the amount
of food thrown away by people in richer countries is almost the
same amount as that produced by all of sub-Saharan Africa. The
campaign follows a survey carried out among mothers living in
urban areas, in which 73 per cent said they would like to know
how to make a difference when shopping for food, and 83 per cent
said they would be interested in using less energy when cooking.
Oxfam Ireland said the results of the survey – which also showed
over three-quarters of respondents saying they would be happy to
make changes like offering one meat-free meal a week – showed an
opportunity to harness “the immense power of the individual”.
Chief executive Jim Clarken said the campaign hoped to get
across the messag