Just How Inefficient is Our Food System?
source: http://ow.ly/166fgi
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America, a new study suggests, wastes 40% of its food supply annually. Published in the Public Library of Science, the research indicates a dramatic increase over the last decades, up from 28% in 1974.
The full post outlines some of the nuance behind those figures, but the final number is no less shocking.
http://ow.ly/166fgi
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AsperGirl
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That's because it's so much crap, it's not worth eating. Junk calories and junk food isn't just in fast food restaurants anymore -- probably 60% of supermarket shelves are full of junk. It pays to buy organic, whole foods. Real food is more expensive than the junk, factory farm stuff, but it's worth eating.
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AsperGirl
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artemis6
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In my son's first grade class for lunch (only 3 kids had hot lunch ) Large rice crispy treat -w/snap crackle and pop on it - corn dog and small celery stick . I have seen barrels of food waisted from various eating establishments . No one should go hungry . Not in the states , at least .
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artemis6
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pjacobs51
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We could, no doubt, feed a whole other country with the food we throw away.
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Dmoneymeden
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A lot of people (including me the poor college kid) usually buy unhealthy foods cause that is all that they can afford. Most healthy foods cost more and spoil quicker leaving the bad(unhealthy food) the best option.
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Dmoneymeden
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ras_menelik
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Wasted Food is Making Us Fatter
It's not an intuitive thought, but food waste is actually contributing to our obesity. Researchers argue that the obesity epidemic in the United States is the result of a "push effect," meaning people eat more of the foods that are bad for them because they are readily available and heavily marketed.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/america-wastes-40-percent-of-its-food-su... - 2 years ago
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