The World Wastes Tons of Food. A Grocery 'Happy Hour' Is One Answer. - The New York Times - 0 views
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About one-third of the food produced and packaged for human consumption is lost or wasted, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That equals 1.3 billion tons a year, worth nearly $680 billion
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The figures represent more than just a disastrous misallocation of need and want, given that 10 percent of people in the world are chronically undernourished.
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From 8 to 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are related to food lost during harvest and production or wasted by consumers
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