A War Against Wasted Food - 1 views
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Christina Mattson on 30 Jan 12How habbits will be hard to break and will take time. Followed by wasting habbits and how they affect us.
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Veronica Guzman on 31 Jan 12Should be interesting!
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Christian Castanon on 02 Feb 12Just as much we try hard to recycle paper, organizations are trying to do the same by helping food not being wasted. They are forming donations to food banks for the undernourished.
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Jorge Castillo on 05 Feb 12Most foods are thrown away while still being fully edible because of cosmetic blemishes or overstocking. Food industry alliance are planning a 3 year initiative to reduce the tremendous amount of food waste. The environmental consequences are endless.
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Blake Damron-Gurule on 06 Feb 12The Grocery Manufacturers Association is conducting a plan to donate more food instead of throwing it away. They are being financed by the Food Marketing Institute to help with transportation and the restoration of food. They will begin by conducting surveys in regards to why the food is being thrown out in the first place then act on their findings.
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kacie r on 20 Feb 12According to the most recent available statistics, more than 30 million tons of food was dumped in landfills in 2009, making food by far the most abundant material there by weight, the federal Environmental Protection Agency says. (That calculation excludes industrial, construction and hazardous waste.) This amounts roughly to 200 pounds a year for every man, woman and child in the United States.
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maria buelna on 28 Feb 12Currently 50 million households suffer from food insecurity, meaning that family members cannot always meet their basic food needs. .