My Zapfic Entry: The cost of hunger

in #zapfic5 years ago (edited)

Jon knew in his heart that 600 tons of wheat, packed and ready would be dumped and not sent across the border just 400 miles away to feed the starving. As soon as the Manager asked the fatal question: "Who will bear the carriage cost?"

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The Saddest part is that it might be closer to reality than fiction.

@sarez, you left us in sorrow(s)....... 😢😢😢

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The story is painfully near the truth. We, each of us, need to act for all of us, and not only some of us and hopefully never for only me.

Keep Steemin!

Obviously @sarez Sir, it goes without saying.

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How about mind controlling a host of ants to do the job?

Maybe that would happen in a galaxy far far away. But here and now almost 40% of food is WASTED. - https://medium.com/@jeremyerdman/we-produce-enough-food-to-feed-10-billion-people-so-why-does-hunger-still-exist-8086d2657539

We're still waiting on artificial systems becoming sustainable. Someday, some century.

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