1/3 of food produced never makes it to plate
Amazing how much food is wasted globally.
Click here for reuse options!Around the world, about one-third of all food that’s produced is either lost or wasted every year. While farmers and grocery stores throw out tons of bruised fruits and misshapen vegetables that don’t meet the industry’s strict cosmetic standards, consumers are the culprits for wasting the most food. American households toss about $144 billion worth of produce and other items annually. In the UK, a study found that people were throwing out twice as much food as they originally thought—about $85 worth, to be exact.
The majority of food waste ends up in landfills where it releases methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times stronger than carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere.
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Mensa Member April 9th, 2016 at 13:57
When I moved to Central California, I was shocked at the wasted food.
Whole crops would be plowed under, if prices were down.
But the worst waste maker seems to be American’s demand for flawless fruit. Even the most minor ding or brown spot would send a perfectly good tomato or peach to the dumpster.
CandideThirtythree April 10th, 2016 at 03:15
That makes me sick to my stomach to see, I saw a dairy pour thousands of gallons of milk on the ground because the price went down! How greedy does a person have to be to do such a thing?
People going hungry in this country because they live in a place with no grocery stores but people are plowing food under or pouring it on the ground.
whatthe46 April 10th, 2016 at 03:20
well, don’t be that surprised. repukes don’t even want families or elderly to receive food stamps. even they don’t care if they starve.
CandideThirtythree April 10th, 2016 at 03:42
We don’t waste much here, we used to, I would put all the leftovers in bowls and bags and put them in the fridge and the meat would get eaten but the veggies left to mold. I would make a pot of jambalaya and go back to find that hubby and the kids had picked all the sausage out and left a huge pot of rice to be thrown away.
I finally wised up and got plates that go in the freezer and as soon as dinner is over, I make whole meals on the plates and freeze them. Sometimes we have a stack 2 shelves high of what we call ‘Blue Plate Specials’. It is great for nights when cooking is out of the question or our grown children drop by and want mama’s cooking.
Then there is ‘Mustgo’ night, everything in the fridge Must Go. We do that the night before grocery shopping day so no new food goes in until last week’s stuff is eaten, makes for some interesting meals too, some have even become family favorites.
Then there is the compost bin that I started so that no food would go in the garbage cans, the possums and raccoons would make a buffet out on the front lawn if food went in the cans.
Last but not least is the neighborhood dog, we keep a container in the fridge for all the bones and the heels of the bread, he comes by and knocks on the door to collect his goodies. I keep a huge box of Milkbones by the door just in case we don’t have any offerings, payment for the best neighborhood watch in the world.
The best way I guess is just not to buy more than you can eat in a week, once fresh fruits and veggies come into the house, you are hostage to them until they are used. Catch a case of the guilties every time you open the fridge and see a head of lettuce getting wilty or see a banana going brown and realize that you are not in the mood for it at the moment.