Joining Unrelated Dots<p>India ranks 102nd out of 117 countries on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GlobalHungerIndex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GlobalHungerIndex</span></a> </p><p>only 10% of infants between 6–23 months are adequately fed. </p><p>animal sourced foods are an indispensable part of maintaining health & obtaining <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/foodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foodSecurity</span></a> — particularly for women, children & 800 million poor that subsist on starchy foods.</p><p>But sadly even <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>eggs</span></a> in school meals have become politicised<br />calls to consume less animal products are part of a deeply vexed political context.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HungryMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HungryMastodon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-dark-side-of-plant-based-food-its-more-about-money-than-you-may-think-127272" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-dark-s</span><span class="invisible">ide-of-plant-based-food-its-more-about-money-than-you-may-think-127272</span></a></p>