US Wastes 35% of All Food ($400B per year)

[mentalfloss]

The $400 Billion Food Problem Not Enough Of Us Are Talking About

Professor Emily Broad Leib reads the statistics about the 1 billion people going hungry every year—and 1.3 billion tons of food going unused—and shakes her head.

Food Waste Is The $400 Billion Problem Not Enough Of Us Are Talking About

“The scale of this problem is huge."

www.delish.com

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Most of the $1 billion are not in places where they could take advantage of the food being wasted. It's a distribution problem. Here most food banks don't accept food that would be wasted since it is usually at or beyond it's expiry date.

 

[petros]

OMG OMG OMG!

We need Govt to intervene right this instant.

Soviet style food distribution will solve this issue in no time.

 

[petros]

OMG OMG OMG!

We need Govt to intervene right this instant.

Soviet style food distribution will solve this issue in no time.

The sign says khleb (bread).

 

[harrylee]

Like my mamma used to say...."You better eat all that, the starving kids in China would love to eat that"

 

[petros]

Like my mamma used to say...."You better eat all that, the starving kids in China would love to eat that"

They eat bugs.

With drought being an issue this summer on the Prairie there will be a grasshopper infestation. Millions of tonnes of tastie bugs will go to waste.

What a shame.

 

[mentalfloss]

I see the libertarian position is not well defended on this one.

Noted.

Carry on.

 

[petros]

Shut up and eat your lima beans or no Nintendo for you.