The Waste We “Produce”
The amount of food that is being wasted each and every day
is unreal. Not only does food get wasted by humans who can’t finish their
plate, but by the amount that doesn’t make it to the supermarket. “Twenty
percent of fresh produce that’s grown for the fresh market never makes it to
human consumption.” It is also estimated that forty percent of what could be
eaten just isn’t, and that can impact climate change. This problem is easily
solved and some people have already started to do it. These people have taken
the blemished or smaller produce and have sold it at a lower price. Some
difficulties that they might have run into are the people who the food isn’t safe
to eat or just don’t like the small brown mark on the side. Another simpler
solution is to not produce as much produce so there become less options and a
better percentage of the food will not go to waste or end up in a landfill. This
whole thing wouldn’t be a problem if citizens did not expect the highest
quality every time. Sometimes the best food isn’t always the one that meets the
eye first.
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/18/fighting-food-waste-at-the-grocery-store
In what ways does the uneaten fruit affect climate change?
ReplyDeleteI have the same question. I don't see exactly how the uneaten fruit affects the climate. I see how the uneaten food is a problem though. I know that personally I am one of those people who don't eat the bruised parts of fruit and I am very picky with the things I eat. It makes me rethink how I eat food.
DeleteI agree with Nathan that the amount of food we waste on a daily basis is unreal. We waste about 1/3 of all food produced in a year. This makes an average person waste 20 pounds of food each month. With this I feel that other solutions to this issue is to encourage families to freeze what is left over after a meal to use later or to cut the amount they make of a meal to reduce the amount wasted. I personally don't agree with Nathan's solutions of the twenty percent of food that doesn't ever go to the market or store to be sold and ate. Nathan felt that we should produce less produce so we won't have enough options to waste food. I feel that we should find ways to keep the foods safe and edible from transport from where they are made, so we have less problems with people not eating the damaged foods. We can't cut the size of produce made because as a country, there are a lot of mouths to feed, and we need as much options to feed them as possible.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.worldfooddayusa.org/food_waste_the_facts