Are We Worth The Cost Of Food Waste?

In a world where we fight hunger and hear projections that our population will one day exceed the amount of food available sounds intimidating. People place trust in the nations government to take care of the food supply, so that the masses do not have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. When in fact, it is just the opposite, we should not place complete trust in them, but feel an obligation to ensure that our food resources are being overseen and distributed properly. Instead of purposely staying blind to the elephant in the room we should be informed of the causal effects that food waste is taking on our environment, national funds, and inability to feed the starving. Prevention of food waste activist Mark Hower provides an estimated total of cost for food loss per year, “...estimates that a third of all the food produced in the world is never consumed, and the total cost of that food waste could be as high as $400 billion a year” (Hower). …show more content…
Every person is just as much a part of the problem as they are to possibly being part of the solution. Households are also responsible for throwing out edible food due to improper storage practices among many other fixable habits. To avoid food waste consequences, there should be a restriction on agricultural production demand, households should be more aware of how food can be properly consumed, and there needs to be a change in the way food is disposed of to avoid ecological harm. Taking smalls steps towards a larger solution is the beginning of a larger impact that can be made toward positive