As you may know, this year the Coming of Age community, youth and mentors, has taken on the organizing of the “150 Bags = 1 Day” project. This project is a First Parish tradition in which, over the course of a month, we gather together 150 bags of food and household necessities and deliver them to the Loaves and Fishes food pantry.
The project has us thinking about food, hunger, what we eat, and what it means to us.
The following photos, taken from Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (10 Speed Press, 2005; 288 pp., hardcover), demonstrate in graphic detail what people in various parts of the world eat — and how much it costs them to eat.
Each photo shows a family with their food for one week, and what that food cost them in US dollars.
Germany: $500.07
The Melander family of Bargteheide
United States: $341.98
The Revis family of North Carolina
Japan: $317.25
The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Italy: $260.11
The Manzo family of Sicily
Great Britain: $253.15
The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis
Kuwait: $221.45
The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City
Mexico: $189.09
The Casales family of Cuernavaca
United States: $159.18
The Caven family of California
China: $155.06
The Dong family of Beijing
Poland: $151.27
The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Egypt: $ 68.53
The Ahmed family of Cairo
Mongolia: $ 40.02
The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Ecuador: $ 31.55
The Ayme family of Tingo
Bhutan: $ 5.03
The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Chad: $ 1.23
The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
