As we mark World Food Loss and Waste Day (Sept. 29), let us shed light on the stark inequity in our food system. Despite producing enough food to feed almost double the world population, one in 10 people still go hungry. Factory farming is a huge part of this, using enormous quantities of grain and soy—resources that could alternatively feed the world.

Factory Farming is Starving the World

Even more alarmingly, 40% of the world's grain and 76% of its soy go to feed animals—most of which is wasted in the indirect conversion from feed into food. It takes 440 wild-caught fish to make just one farmed salmon, and only a fraction of the protein fed to the fish ends up in the fish we consume.

We could feed an additional 3.5 billion people annually if the crops currently fed to animals were redirected for human consumption. This misuse of resources continues to drive hunger and contributes to even more food waste, which ultimately fuels climate change and environmental degradation.

Take Action

We must reprioritize—turn off the factory farms and build a sustainable food system that can feed all of us, not just those profiting from it.

Join us in calling for change by signing the END.IT petition for a fair food and farming transition. Let's ensure that food reaches the plates of those who need it most, not the factory farms that waste it.