Friday, December 19, 2008

Food for one week

Germany : The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07


United States : The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week $341.98


Italy : The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11


Mexico : The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09


Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27


Egypt : The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53


Ecuador : The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55


Bhutan : The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03


Chad : The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is pretty sobering. You know the inevitability of the progression...and then you see that the number of people in each family is increasing as the expenditure decreases...down to the last one. You can see that the last family is right up against the food/survival thing. It's very possible that some of them have been lost, and in their world it may not be unusual. How many random future events stand between the circumstances of the first family shown, and the last? How could our distibution system be changed to at least somewhat equalize those circumstances?

Anonymous said...

Fantastic Post.

Unknown said...

Wow, yes, fantastic post.

Those damn Americans (which I am)

Over-indulging (which I do)

but I'm only a child...
when I'm older I won't have a family to feed and if it means that I starve doing my job, the so be it

Oilsforfun said...

Love this post!
Super

Oilsforfun said...

Do you know how much is spent to transform food into "light" food?