What Did You Eat This Week?

Since one of the goals of this blog is to stimulate conversation about missions in the home, I would like to shed some light on a book that I just ran across. Author Faith D'Aluisio and photographer Peter Menzel produced a book called Hungry Planet - What the World Eats
. Looking through the pictures today, I was amazed by the subject of the book and thought it would be great springboard for discussion with your family about missions, other cultures, and not taking what we have for granted. The premise of the book is this: One picture of an entire family and all the food they consume in one week's time.

Here are some examples from the book:

The Revis family of North Carolina, USA
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken


The Aboubakar family of Breidjing, Chad
Food expenditure for one week: $1.23 US or 685 CFA Francs
Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat


The Dong family of Beijing, China
Food expenditure for one week: $155.06 US or 1,233.76 Yuan
Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce


The Ahmed family of Cairo, Egypt
Food expenditure for one week: $68.53 US or 387.85 Egyptian Pounds
Favorite Foods: Okra and mutton
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To view 12 additional pictures of families, click HERE

Discussion questions to use to talk about these pictures with your family:
1. What countries seem to eat more vegetables than the USA?
2. Why was the German family's cost for food so expensive?
3. How much does our family spend on food each week?
4. Which family photos surprized you? And Why?

Sources for this article (Here, Here, and Here )