Food waste

way more than it should. It’s an easy problem to fix though, walk up to the fridge. Tossing the spoiled lettuce, and other leftovers away to get the fresh food in the back. You sit down, and eat as much as you please. Throwing out whatever you don't finish which, can sometimes be a whole portion itself. You feel no remorse, there is more food in the fridge. Nobody is going to starve in the house without that right? While you are correct, nobody in that house is starving; although there are…

Food waste is a topic nobody really talks about. It is even possible to say that not a lot of people are even aware of these issues. Every year 1/3 of the annual food production is thrown away in the garbage just to end up in a landfill. That’s 20 lbs of food per month; that’s basically money in the garbage. Perfectly good, edible, food is being thrown out and wasted. Countries around the world have people who are dying of hunger and here we are throwing edible food away. There has to be…

may be shocking, but food waste is the answer. No one would think that throwing a few fries and the last bite of a burger away would be a big deal, but when you think of everyone who throws away their leftovers, it adds up. All of the food waste has to go somewhere. It doesn’t just disappear or stay in the garbage truck forever. Everyday people all over the U.S. throw out their food, whether it be restaurants, grocery stores, or households. The real issue is that most of the food that is pitched…

there are so many imprudent individuals who carelessly wasted food through each year. According to people of the foundation call “United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization”, explained that there is an estimate of one-third of all food grown is lost or waste in the world. There are so many individuals who are responsible for the waste food that not only affects us but, also to our resource of supply and to our environment. Food waste has a negative impact on our population of the American…

"Food waste is like the band Rascal Flatts: It can fill a surprising number of football stadiums, even though many people consider it complete garbage," said John Oliver. In the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Food Waste (HBO), John Oliver discusses how much food Americans waste. He expresses how he is appalled and disgusted at the amount of food being wasted for various unacceptable reasons. Oliver makes a point to say that it’s not only affecting the hungry, but also the producers,…

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…

Roughly about 50 percent of all produce in the United States is thrown away, and there is an estimated 70 billion pounds of food waste in America each year. Americans sure do waste a tremendous amount of food. Wasted food is also the single biggest occupant in American landfills. Globally, about 800 million people suffer starvation, but only ten years ago the total was almost 1 billion. A drop of nearly 200 million in the number of chronically hungry people should encourage anyone committed to…

Facts about Food Waste Many of us never think about what happens to the food that we leave on our plate. However, maybe we should. Do you realize that 113 billion pounds of food goes un-eaten every year? According to the USDA, that makes up 31% of all our food. Why is this happening? We are not using our scrap food as an asset. Instead, we are clogging up landfills while there are people and animals that are going hungry. According to the article “Five Tactics to reduce Food Waste” in Julys…

Uneaten and thrown out food is often viewed as immoral; with many people in undeveloped nations struggling to have enough food to get by, it doesn’t seem fair we have enough to waste. It’s not right that 870 million people can go hungry every day, and we are still throwing out a third of the total food we produce. This is common knowledge when living in America, we may not like to think about it, but we know how careless we truly are. However, not many know that this wasted food is also…

Closing the loop on food waste: Causes, concerns and rescue for consumption 1. Introduction According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food waste means any edible substance that is wasted or degraded along the food supply chain (FSC) (FAO, 1981). Food waste mainly occurs at the end of the FSC during distribution, sale and final consumption, but it also includes all types of food losses which take place during the agricultural production, post-harvest and processing…