Food Waste Problem In The United States

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There is a huge food waste problem in the United States that needs to be examined to try and reduce the surplus of unused food as well as reduce the amount of waste being thrown into landfills. Many ideas have been discussed, but one that has been reviewed recently is the use of garbage to help grow additional fruit and vegetables.
This exceptional idea would be a financially sound move. Currently, an enormous amount of money is used by consumers, businesses and farmers to grow, process and transport tons of food that never gets eaten. This excessive waste is a major problem that needs to be reduced and eventually eliminated.
Safe Soil, a company located in California has invented a technology that takes organic food waste and mixes it
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Most fertilizers have harmful chemicals that include high amounts of nitrogen that are very harmful to humans and fish. It would be great if not just California, but all of the United States could start utilizing Harvest to Harvest to eliminate food waste.
In recent years, farmers have increased their organic production and decreased their use of harmful fertilizers as well as lowering their water consumption. This is a step in the right direction. The United States is at a point where we can push to lower food waste and convert many crops to organic.
To push for this this country needs to have farmers adopt the Safe Soil technology and it needs to build many processing plants across the United States. In order for this country to begin this change, the consumer, farmers and grocery stores would have to change their way of thinking and behavior. One incentive for grocery stores is that Safe Soil service is cheaper than having their food waste removed.
I believe that if the United States has the technology to help grow more organic food at a cheaper cost as well as preserve our land the parties involved should highly consider the Safe Soil technology. It is a solution that makes sense economically and offers health benefits by producing more organic

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