Moldy matters: How wasted food is destroying the environment

[robert l. bentham]

The title of his new series -- "One Third" -- derives from a 2011 U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report. It revealed a chilling statistic: A third of all food products worldwide go uneaten.​

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Depending on the type of food in question, this figure ranges from between 25% and 75% and, altogether, it amounts to 1.3 billion tons of edible goods discarded each year.​

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In a world where approximately 925 million people suffer chronic hunger, the overarching moral implications are stark. But the less documented environmental consequences are almost as alarming.​

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/27/world...ssions-pichler/index.html?iid=article_sidebar​

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[metalman]

Solution: Longer shelf life for perishable foods

Food irradiation

GMO Foods

FYI: Methane Gas doesn't make a good green house gas, it's heavier than the other components of air, so it remains close to the ground

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Solution: Longer shelf life for perishable foods

Food irradiation

GMO Foods

It's not a technical problem - it's a social problem.

 

[robert l. bentham]

It's not a technical problem - it's a social problem.

no kidding... its disgusting how much is thrown away because the insurance industry has regulated culpability so....

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

no kidding... its disgusting how much is thrown away because the insurance industry has regulated culpability so....

Should be less wastage if there's less food to go around. How's the growing going for you in your neck of the woods?

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Tons of wheat is rotting in India while people starve.

 

[metalman]

It's not a technical problem - it's a social problem.

India loses almost 40 percent of its annual harvest of fruits and vegetables to spoilage during transportation.

here probably 50% of the fruits and vegetables are rejected simply because they're not perfect, but spoilage during transportation is slight because of refrigeration

perfect produce requires a lot of chemical spraying because most imperfections are caused by insects

 

[robert l. bentham]

here probably 50% of the fruits and vegetables are rejected simply because they're not perfect, but spoilage during transportation is slight because of refrigeration

perfect produce requires a lot of chemical spraying because most imperfections are caused by insects

grandma taught me to "cut around" the bug holes... and we did...

 

[metalman]

grandma taught me to "cut around" the bug holes... and we did...

see anything with bug holes in the grocery store? no one will buy it unless it looks perfect, if it has a blemish it ends up in the trash

 

[robert l. bentham]

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see anything with bug holes in the grocery store? no one will buy it unless it looks perfect, if it has a blemish it ends up in the trash

It's not a technical problem - it's a social problem.

ahem... cough cough..