Do you know what is really implied by the term "food security"? Do you know who are the key organizations supporting international food aid? What can you do to help sustain food security? Did you know having sufficient food is not always equal to food security? Read on to find out more.

What does food security imply?

Food And Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) states that food security exists when:

All people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

In other words, these three conditions must exist simultaneously, at the same time before a country can be said to have attained food security.

How do countries tackle the issue of food security?

There are two fundamental approaches on tackling food security, namely food self-sufficiency and income self-sufficiency.

When countries adopt a food self-sufficiency policy, this means it :

1. Intentionally attempts to increase scale of domestic production to match domestic consumption, and then store the surplus of food produced locally for domestic use.
2. When a famine breaks out, the surplus stored is then given out to the public by the government at low, affordable prices if not otherwise free.
3. In short, domestic production of food accounts for a huge proportion of domestic consumption in the country.

To this day, the history of ice cream remains a mystery. However, many say that the first ice cream is credited to Emperor Nero of Rome. It was a mixture of snow, nectar, fruit pulp, and honey. Others proclaim that Marco Polo, a 13th century adventurer, brought ice cream to Europe from the Far East. However, regardless of where it came from, today's average American consumes 23.2 quarts of ice cream per year, with the first ice cream parlor in America opening in 1776 in New York City.

So, which countries like ice cream the most? The United States, New Zealand, Denmark, and Australia top the list. The favorite flavor is the classic vanilla. Then comes chocolate, strawberry, neapolitan, and chocolate chip.

How do these line up with your own list of favorites?

The most popular topping for ice cream ---- chocolate syrup. Who would of thought ; )

Around 13% of men and 8% of women will admit to licking the bowl clean after eating ice cream.

Biggest ice cream sundae - 12 ft tall! This one was made with 4,667 gallons of ice cream in California in 1985.

The average single-scoop ice cream cone takes 50 licks to finish. Try it out with the following recipe.

Quick Strawberry Parfait:

Ingredients

1 quart of strawberry ice cream

1 pint of whipped cream

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