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Zombie Like Hunger Crawling out  of hidden crevices, craving, starving, begging for something to be in their stomachs, arms stretched out, reaching for you, clawing  at  you for something to eat you’ve seen this every day when you  see the skinny homeless man on the corner asking for help.   What can we do as a nation, as an individual to solve National Hunger or even World Hunger?   Being an American myself who grew up in a middle-class home and never wanted when it comes to food, I find it hard to imagine people starving just hoping for food.  Ã‚  Its  even harder to believe that it happens right in our own backyard, yes, we have people starving on the streets here too.   It’s a place in Los Angeles called Skid Row.  Ã‚   â€Å"Skid rows are thus notorious as spaces of rough sleeping, with temporary pavement encampments or ‘cardboard cities’ offering refuge for those who congregate in these areas† (Hubbard).   Skid Row in LA is a community of homeless people, many of which are malnourished and not getting proper care.   Even in my home town, every day driving home, I see a man, whose skin has seen too much sun, scars that his long stringy beard can’t cover, and bones that skin hangs loosely on, seeing almost every detail of every bone that his loose clothes fail to cover.   To the best of my knowledge this man served our country at one point in his life, and I can only assume this man suffered some trauma where living a â€Å"normal† life is now impossible.   I bought him a meal from McDonalds one day and this made me wonder something powerful, I may have fed him today, but how can we as a community, we as a nation, we as a race fix this so this man doesnâ₠¬â„¢t go hungry some nights, when a stranger decides not to offer a little help?   What if we double the food we currently have?   Now, you are  skeptical, I don’t blame you, and I can assume your train of thought right now is thinking how in the world are we going to double the food we have available when we already have so many starving people?   We may have a way to do this, it’s a project called the Veg Series.   Veggie is the module on the International Space Station where they are going crops in  space.   They have  Ã¢â‚¬Å"The  Pick-and-Eat Salad-Crop Productivity, Nutritional Value, and Acceptability to Supplement the ISS Food System (Veg-04) investigation is the next step in efforts to address the need for a continuous fresh-food production system in space† (Massa).  Ã‚  Veg-04 is the latest of the series on the Veggie Module,  where they have started growing many different crops.   If we  can implement these modules on much grander scales on Earth in places that crops are hard to plant due to overheated areas or underheated areas, and/or soil conditions we could start a steady supply of food for all nations. What  separates  Veggie facilities from a large green house?   Well, Veggie crops are grown with Red and Blue LED Lights, they also add Green LED Lights purely for color to appease our visual appetites instead of these plants  getting direct sunlight.   These plants are grown with a prepackaged pillow that contains all the necessary  nutrients instead of soil.   Also, because they are in a controlled environment they are  actually cleaner  and contain less bacteria and other harmful substances that we have grown used to with our  soil-based  crops.   â€Å"Through numerous tests the Veg-03 science team has refined the pillow concept and selected growth media and fertilizers, plant species, materials, and protocols for using the pillow concept in Veggie to grow healthy plants that can provide crew with food and recreation† (Massa). NASA is currently working with Dubai testing a version of Veggie.   â€Å"I’m working with countries like Dubai, who have the problem of importing almost 95% of all their fruits and vegetables because of the horrendous heat and the environment for growing things there† (Zamprelli).   They are doing this to help Dubai grow their own plant-based food, and in doing so furthering their development of Veggie.   The general blueprint for Earth Veggie is  a  giant warehouse like module that contains  massive crop  selections.   They  will  use the sun to power the facilities and  to  grow these crops to feed the population. You may be thinking now that  there is one major flaw in my logic, money.   Where is all this money supposed to come from?   You are correct, money is an issue here, these giant warehouse modules are not going to be cheap to make, however once they are built they  facilities  become almost self-reliant.   Assuming the government cares enough about its people to want to keep  them  all fed and happy most likely they will invest in the Veggie facilities to save lives. Other critics of my logic is instead of doubling our resources, why don’t we just kill half the population randomly.   Well, that would help to solve world hunger, but not only is genocide  generally frowned  upon, but with this new possibility for food, it would be the humane way to go, saving lives and filling bellies.   Also, with the universe always expanding we can always continue to colonize other plants to avoid over population when we develop the means to do this. We could keep sending money to charities for starving children in foreign countries, there is nothing wrong with feeding a child one time.   However, if we could permanently fill that child’s belly we as a race need to do whatever we can.   So, what can we as a nation, as an individual do to help this succeed?   When it comes  time  to vote,  we  can keep this in mind, and vote for those in office who want to promote NASA funding, and spread awareness of this as a solid solution to World Hunger.   Once the Veggie facilities start being implemented in all countries all humans will be fed and we can start focusing on  exciting  things, like space travel. Work Cited Hubbard, Phil. skid row.  The Dictionary of Human Geography, Derek Gregory, Blackwell Publishers, 5th edition, 2009.  Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/bkhumgeo/skid_row/0?institutionId=5312. Accessed 06 Aug. 2018. The article â€Å"skid row† is a scholarly source that helps define the North American term for Skid Row.   I’m using it to help me define skid row and to help people see that we have hunger in America too.   Its reliable because Phil Hubbard is a professor of Urban Social Geography. Massa,  Gioia  D, Et Al., VEG-01: Veggie hardware validation testing on the International Space Station. Open Agriculture. 2017 January 1; 2(1): 33-41. DOI: 10.1515/opag-2017-0003. Accessed 24 Jul. 2018 I’m using this article to show that you can create crops anywhere  if  you have energy. Massa explains how the Veg-01 works and what it is being used for.   It’s a credible and scholarly source  because  Massa has a PH. D in food production  and  also  is a NASA  Scientist. Beasley, David, Et  Al.,  Ã¢â‚¬Å"World Hunger Again  On  The Rise, Driven By Conflict And Climate Change, New UN Report Says†Ã‚  https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/world-hunger-again-rise-driven-conflict-and-climate-change-new-un-report-says  Accessed Aug-5-2018 This article shows the statistics of World Hunger.   Specifically, this article shows which countries are having the biggest problems with hunger.   I’m using it to show a number figure of all the people in the world who are starving.   It’s a reliable source because its collaboration of people trying to stop  world  hunger, and it cites the United Nations news release. Takruri, Dena, â€Å"Inside Skid Row: Americas Homelessness Capital | Direct From With Dena  Takruri  Ã‚  AJ+†,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTJWdtX90C0  Accessed Aug-5-2018 Its  an interview with one of the residents of Skid Row, this  youtube  video shows the conditions of Skid Row, LA.   I’m using this video to show the conditions of skid row and hunger in America.   It’s a reliable source  due to the fact that  it comes directly from skid row. Space Station Live: Everything Is Coming Up Veggie  Ã‚  Youtube  uploaded by NASA John,13 Apr 2016,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JDAZBoLJUc  Accessed Jul-24-2018 This interview with Massa tells directly what they are doing with the VEG-01.   I’m using this to help share how it keeps plants alive without the use of natural sunlight and soil.   Its  scholarly because Massa herself describes the VEG-01. Ridley-Thomas, Mark â€Å"Housing the Homeless on Skid Row†Ã‚  http://ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov/index.php/housing-the-homeless-on-skid-row/  Accessed Aug-8-2018 Massa,  Gioia, Et Al., â€Å"Pick-and-eat Salad-crop Productivity, Nutritional Value, and Acceptability to Supplement the ISS Food System†Ã‚  Ã‚  https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7442  Accessed Aug-6-2018 I’m using this article to show where we are with â€Å"Veggie†.   Its scholarly because its provided by  Gioia  Massa a NASA scientist who has a PH. D in Food  Production.   The article â€Å"Pick-and-eat Salad-crop Productivity, Nutritional Value, and Acceptability to Supplement the ISS Food System† explains what Veg-04 is and what its purpose is. â€Å"Homeless Zombie† posted by Ted Hammond on  ARTWanted  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/657877458039267622/ Zamprelli, Paul  Ã¢â‚¬Å"Space  Station Live: Lettuce Look at Veggie† uploaded by NASA Johnson Accessed 08-06-2018 The  youtube  video â€Å"Space Station Live: Lettuce Look at Veggie† is scholarly because its interviewing Paul  Zamprelli  who works for  Obitec  the company that developed Veggie.   He explains some things already known about Veggie, but he also shares about their plans for Veggie involving Earth.   I’m using this to provide proof that its already starting in places that is known for not being able to grow their own crops due to heat conditions. â€Å"Veggie Images†Ã‚   uploaded by NASA,  https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/flowers-harvested-on-the-ground-and-in-space-for-deep-space-food-crop-research  accessed Aug-8-2018 Radioactive Zombie Uploaded by Fandom, http://nazizombiesplus.wikia.com/wiki/Radioactive_Zombie