Hunger is a global problem with many people in underdeveloped and developed nations experiencing malnutrition. Although some countries like the United States, produce a surplus of food, enough to feed the 300 million people in it and then some, there are still people in America that go hungry each night and suffer from health problems attributed to malnutrition. In underdeveloped countries like Guatemala and Ethiopia, many children experience starvation and die young. What can the world to solve the hunger epidemic? Food exists in many forms from natural to process to raw to cooked. In Australia, raw fruit is imported from other countries making the cost of fruit there high. The same can be said of fruit in Japan and South Korea. Countries like Indonesia and Thailand however, have low priced fruit. One of the reasons why food, especially nutritious food like fruits and vegetables are so expensive is due to the lack of availability locally of fruits and/or vegetables. If developed countries like the United States, Australia, and Japan learn to grow their fruits locally, they can make available organic, nutritious produce to the public.

Making produce affordable is the main way to combat hunger and more importantly, malnutrition....

The human body only needs a small amount of meat each week to thrive. Fruits and vegetables however, must be the staple to any person's diet in order to achieve optimal health. If fruits and vegetables are made locally and sold cheaply, people will have increased variety in their diet and will be able to afford more food. Russia is a good example of producing local produce and selling it cheaply to the public.
Russia experienced malnourished citizens for decades. The weather in certain parts of Russia would not allow farming. The imported fruits and vegetables were too expensive and so citizens opted out of buying such foods and instead eating what they could afford. The Russian government then built greenhouses, enough to produce fruits and vegetables and then sold them to the public at a cheap price. This led to more and more people eating healthily. Although Russia later desired to try to make greenhouse produce profitable and therefore experienced some problems with it, it still managed to achieve its desired goal and with new technology emerging for more efficient techniques applied to greenhouse growing, Russia may not need as much space or resources to produce the same amount of produce.

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