North American farms, processors, manufacturers, grocers, restaurants and homes are wasting food on an astronomical scale - 40% according to a government study. Around the world 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted each year, and this is growing.
The effect is to rob those who need meals, to squander the oil and water used to produce and distribute the food, and to generate climate-changing greenhouse gases as the uneaten food rots in landfill sites.
Food not consumed was worth US$250 billion in 2011. This is waste BIG time!
What can we each do to make sure that we are not contributing to the wasting of a third of the world's food?
Technology can assist, but first we need consciousness and positive attitude - let's indeed create value and not destroy it.
Imagine what we could do with the materials, time, work effort, energy, fuels, space, and money if it were diverted to good use instead of allowed to go to waste. Maybe the competitive market system of provisioning isn't as efficient as need be.
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