为什么美国无法解决饥饿问题，其中3380万美国人没有足够的食物？
Why The U.S. Can’t Solve Hunger
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美国存在严重的饥饿问题
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根据美国农业部的最新报告，3380万美国人没有足够的食物。尽管美国几乎在所有指标上都是世界上最富有的国家之一。
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I used to work for restaurants and it’s insane how much viable food these companies throw away. Enough to feed multiple families every night. It was painful to watch knowing the food shortage is just as high as the food waste.
我曾经在餐馆工作过，这些公司扔掉了多少可享用的食物，这真是太疯狂了。 每晚的量足以养活多个家庭。 看到食物短缺和食物浪费一样严重，我感到很痛苦。
Yes it is restaurants that waste food. Not us.
是的，浪费食物的是餐馆。不是我们。
The restaurants have to toss outfood to meet health regulations. The customers, on the other hand, waste a lot.
为了符合卫生规定，餐馆不得不扔掉食物。另一方面，顾客浪费了很多。
Litigation issue and health regulation. Food can't just be consumed just because, food...
诉讼问题和健康监管。 食物不能仅仅因为是食物而被食用...
Why dont you eat it, then.
那你为什么不吃呢?
imagine giving left over food gave away and someone got sick, it's sue time
想象一下，把剩下的食物送给别人，有人生病了，是时候起诉了
It's considered "bad" pretty much as soon as it's served, because once the restaurant staff look away they have no idea how the customer contaminated it afterward. Likewise, guarantees of safety drop even faster for "fresh" and "healthy" foods that aren't as protected by preservatives... the same kinds that make us both fat and malnourished.
它一上桌就被认为是“坏的”，因为一旦餐厅工作人员把目光移开，他们就不知道顾客后来是如何污染它的。 同样，对于没有防腐剂保护的“新鲜”和“健康”食品的安全性下降得更快……这些食品会让我们发胖和营养不良。
I lost my job for 6 months and I visited food banks.I qualified for SNAP and I cannot begin to articulate how much my quality of life has improved since getting that help every month.I have been able to afford to go to the doctor, I have paid off some debts, I have moved to a nicer neighborhood, my quality of life has improved 10-fold.If you have any reservations about how this money is used, I'm in college again getting my degree and working full time.They're right, it starts with food.
我失业了6个月并且还去了食物银行。我获得了补充营养援助计划（发食物兑换券让穷人在指定商店免费换得食物）的资格，我无法形容自从每个月得到这项帮助后，我的生活质量提高了多少。我有钱去看医生了，我还了一些债务，我搬到了一个更好的社区，我的生活质量提高了10倍。如果你对这笔钱的使用方式有任何保留意见，我又在大学里获得学位并全职工作了。他们是对的，一切从食物开始。
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Good job!I'm glad that you were able to get help and be able to succeed!
干得好！我很高兴你能够得到帮助并取得成功！
Before snap i could only afford junk food.After i got snap, i can buy healthy foods.I feel much better.
在补充营养援助计划之前，我只能买得起垃圾食品。我获得了补充营养援助计划资格后，我可以买健康的食物。我感觉好多了。
The VERY BEST of luck to you, "Young Man!"
祝你好运，“年轻人！”
I worked at Whole Foods and it was criminal how much food were thrown out 150-200 lbs of meat, bread and produce a day
我在全食超市工作，每天有150到200磅的肉、面包和农产品被扔掉，这简直是犯罪
since there is no law against throwing food away, how can it be criminal? thanks for explaining
既然没有法律禁止扔掉食物，那怎么可能是犯罪呢？谢谢你的解释
For regulatory reason, it's reasonable to do so.Besides, it would be a shitshow if they just gave it away - why do you think fast food restaurants don't just give away food at the end of the night?
出于监管原因，这样做是合理的。此外，如果他们只是把食物送出去，那将是一场闹剧——你认为快餐店为什么不在晚上结束时把食物送出去呢?
Maybe you're not a native English speaker or not from the US?"Criminal" is a common expression, meaning roughly "should be against the law", and can be used negatively or positively.
也许你不是以英语为母语的人，或者不是美国人？ “Criminal”是一个常见的表达方式，大致意思是“应该是违反法律的”，可以消极或积极地使用。
It's not a question of can be done, a question of having the desire to make it happen.
这不是能不能做到的问题，而是有没有意愿实现它的问题。
That mixed with luck
那与运气夹杂在一起。
Which is last in the list of priorities for our electrd officials.
这是我们选举官员的优先事项清单中的最后一个。
Facts the same way we can ask why is there homeless still why is it you can't afford simple housing or afford a decent job
事实就像我们可以问的那样，为什么仍然有无家可归的人，为什么你买不起简单的住房或找不到体面的工作
the world needs fewer people. No people, no hunger. Stop having babies and hurting the planet. - tree hugger /s
世界需要更少的人。没有人，就没有饥饿。别再生孩子了，别再伤害地球了。——环保人士（拥抱树木来抗议砍伐）
self efficacy.. grow your own food.
自己自足…自己种植食物。
Obviously the problem is more complex than that, and that is not a feasible solution. But you cannot deny that most problems are magnified as population increases. Or are you one of those who thinks overpopulation isn't a thing because "there's plenty of space in this world?"
显然，问题比这复杂得多，这不是一个可行的解决方案。但你不能否认，随着人口的增长，大多数问题都被放大了。还是你认为人口过剩不是个问题，因为“这个世界上有足够的空间?”
I worked in hotels in NYC and was shocked the amount of food thrown away. The reason why was legal and being sued if someone got sick. The problem is corporate greed
我在纽约的酒店工作过，被扔掉的食物数量让我震惊。原因是那是合法的，而且如果有人生病了就会被起诉。问题在于企业的贪婪
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"legal and being sued", that is literally not corporate greed.
“合法的和被起诉”，这真的不是企业的贪婪。
Can't sue in regard to donated food.
不能就捐赠的食物提起诉讼。
oh yes you can buddy. You should have known better that the food sat out too long or expired. A conman sees a vulnerability and will take it.
哦，你可以的，伙计。你早应该知道食物放得太久或过期了。骗子看到一个弱点，就会抓住它。
You absolutely can, and that's exactly why restaurants and grocery stores throw out food.
你绝对可以，这就是为什么餐馆和杂货店会扔掉食物。
We have the same problem in Canada. While I was at school I worked at a few restaurants over the summers and a friend worked at a bigbox supermarket. We talked about how much food was being dumped into the garbage, some ready to eat and most of it perfectly good. One restaurant where I was in the kitchen, would let employee bring leftovers home but others I worked at, like chains refused, and if you took food home you could lose your job, it was considered stealing even if it was going into the garbage. One of my supermarket friends said that the supermarket had a compressor the purpose to compress boxes and unsold food. By compressing everything dumpster diving was not possible.
我们在加拿大也有同样的问题。当我还在学校的时候，暑假我在几家餐馆打工，一个朋友在一家大型超市打工。我们谈到有多少食物被扔进了垃圾桶，有些是可以吃的，大多数都很好。我在厨房工作的一家餐馆允许员工把剩菜带回家，但我工作过的其他餐馆，比如连锁店拒绝，如果你把食物带回家，你可能会丢掉工作，这被认为是偷窃，即使它会被扔进垃圾桶。我的一个超市工作朋友说，超市里有一台压缩机，用来压缩盒子和未售出的食物。通过压缩所有东西，垃圾箱潜水（在垃圾箱中寻找可食用的食物或有用物品）是不可能的。
As someone who works as a cashier the amount food prices have increased lately has been insane. Food prices have quite literally doubled in a year (an order that would be $200 this year would be $400 now), and I can see it continue to go up in real time. It’s crazy, I keep getting people who spend $20-$40 dollars on less than 7 items. Something needs to be done to lower food costs or people are going to go hungry, wages are not keeping up with inflation.
作为一个收银员，最近食品价格上涨的幅度太大了。食品价格在一年内翻了一番（今年200美元的订单，现在是400美元），我可以看到它继续实时上涨。这太疯狂了，我一直看到有人花20到40美元买不到7件商品。需要采取措施降低食品成本，否则人们将挨饿，工资无法跟上通货膨胀的步伐。
There are four main factors why good prices have increased so much since 2020. First is the pandemic caused many food processing plants and processors to close. So, harvests had to be thrown out. Second, is the destruction of food resources to address climate change. This has been notable seen in Europe. Third, Ukraine and Russia are the main exporters of urea which is used as a fertilizer. This has reduced the size of the harvests after the war began. Fourth, the destruction of food processing facilities and culling of livestock in the US. There is a conspiracy on this, but at the end of the day it still reduces the total supply.
自2020年以来，大宗商品价格上涨如此之多，主要有四个因素。首先，疫情导致许多食品加工厂和加工商关闭。因此，收成不得不被扔掉。二是为应对气候变化而破坏粮食资源。这一点在欧洲尤为明显。第三，乌克兰和俄罗斯是用作肥料的尿素的主要出口国。这减少了战争开始后的收成规模。第四，美国的食品加工设施遭到破坏，牲畜被扑杀。这里有一个阴谋论，但归根结底它仍然减少了总供应量。
$20-$40 dollars on less than 7 items? A single steak at my local grocery store is about $50, I buy 4-6 of them every week.
不到7件物品只需20-40美元？我当地的杂货店一份牛排就要50美元，每周我都买4-6份。
Jesus, and I thought $51 for two medium cakes was bad
天啊，我还以为两个中等大小的蛋糕51美元已经很贵了。
I have never been to USA but it never stops amazing me that they sort everything from "left" to "right" instead of trying to sort out the problems. Working people in the richest country cannot afford food. That is the problem. Government should set rules to help people to feed THEMSELVES not distributing pittance. Yes, that is harder than allocating a budget.
我从未去过美国，但他们从不试图解决问题，而是把一切都从“左”到“右”分类，这让我感到惊讶。最富裕国家的劳动人民买不起食物。这就是问题所在。政府应该制定规则来帮助人们养活自己，而不是分配微薄的津贴。是的，这比分配预算更难。
Problems? Everyone makes their own problems. It's not everyone else's job to fix their problems. There's real issues like child mutilation to focus on.
问题？每个人都有自己的问题。解决他们的问题不是别人的工作。有真正的问题，如儿童残疾需要关注。
Left vs right is a great way to distract the masses.
左右之争是分散大众注意力的好方法。
You can’t simply “solve” something like hunger because the underlying issue isn’t simply not having food
你不能简单地“解决”像饥饿这样的问题，因为根本的问题不仅仅是没有食物。
Right on the money
说得对。
We produce enough food to feed everyone but the challenge is logistics and distribution. Those are much more expensive than the food itself.
我们生产的食物足够养活每个人，但挑战在于物流和分配。这些成本比食物本身还要高昂。
We could solve hunger, we just choose not to. Increase federal subsidies for crops that are actually used for food and not processed products that we don't need, such as high fructose corn syrup, and put Texans on a diet.
我们可以解决饥饿问题，只是我们选择不这样做。增加对实际用于食品的作物的联邦补贴，而不是对我们不需要的加工产品的补贴，比如高果糖玉米糖浆（类似蔗糖的甜味剂），并让德克萨斯州人节食。
Poor people are more likely to consume foods with high fructose corn syrup.
穷人更有可能食用含有高果糖玉米糖浆的食物。
Ironic that you say " Increase federal subsidies for crops that are actually used for food and not processed products that we don't need such as high fructose corn syrup", when high fructose CORN syrup is made from CORN, a staple crop. High fructose corn syrup is so cheap and plentiful BECAUSE of the heavy subsidies the U.S. already gives to crops actually used for food, like corn. You are clearly ignorant and have no idea how this process works.
讽刺的是，你说“增加对实际用于食品的作物的联邦补贴，而不是我们不需要的加工产品，如高果糖玉米糖浆”，而高果糖玉米糖浆是由玉米制成的，玉米是一种主要作物。高果糖玉米糖浆之所以如此便宜和充足，是因为美国已经对实际用于食品的作物，如玉米给予了大量补贴。你显然是无知的，不知道这个过程是如何运作的。
If I learned anything about the US after living here for 13 yrs, this will not be addressed until working people drop dead from malnutrition and start affecting companies' profits.
在美国生活了13年后，我学到的一点是，除非劳动人民因营养不良而死去，并开始影响公司的利润，否则这个问题不会得到解决。
You are so on point.
你说得太对了。
They have robots. It won't affect them.
他们有机器人。这不会影响到他们。
Solution: Every city has government-funded food stations where anyone can grab some healthy food that is available during meal times. It shouldn't just be for the hungry and the destitute. Let's all share some meals. Please, before you ask "who will pay for it", answer the question, "is there something more important than sharing food with your fellow man?".
解决方案：每个城市设立政府资助的食品站，任何人都可以在用餐时间拿到一些健康的食物。它不应该只是为饥饿和贫困的人准备的。让我们一起分享一些餐点。请在问“谁来付钱”之前，回答这个问题：“有什么比与你的同胞分享食物更重要吗？”
This is a good idea and such facilities could also function as community spaces, where people could go to interact and enjoy themselves without the expectation of having to spend money, but in major cities one centralized location might not be nearly enough. So it would definitely have to be modified to meet each community's needs, but food is definitely a great way to bring people together.
这是一个好主意，这样的设施也可以作为社区空间，人们可以在这里互动和享受，而不必花钱，但在大城市，一个集中的位置可能远远不够。因此，它肯定必须进行修改以满足每个社区的需求，但食物绝对是将人们聚集在一起的好方法。
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Still should be reserved for low income , if you can afford to go to the supermarket you should do that lol. Or at the very least not have unlimited access to it like a poor person
仍然应该为低收入者保留，如果你有能力去超市，你应该去超市，哈哈。或者至少不能像穷人那样无限制地使用它。
Yes. Now, who will pay for it?
没错。现在，谁来买单？
Sounds like this could be part of a larger Five Year Plan? Also, you didn't answer who would pay for it.
听起来这可能是一个更大的五年计划的一部分？此外，你没有回答谁会为此买单。