OXFAM recently warned that the 'world is entering an era of permanent food crisis', as demand outpaces food production.

Currently, one in seven people on the planet goes hungry every day. Using land to grow crops to create fuel, instead of to feed people, is clearly a luxury the world cannot afford.

Yet a far greater luxury we cannot afford is meat. Currently enough grain is being produced to feed everybody but half of the world's harvest is fed to animals, who – when they are killed – provide fewer nutrients than they have consumed.

Instead of calling on the government to end biofuel policies and govern food markets, anyone who wants to help end world hunger can choose to eat less meat or, better still, eliminate all animal products from their diets.

Kelly Slade

Campaigns Officer, Animal Aid