- Author: Pam Devine
Published on: August 10, 2011
What got me started on this contribution is a book I recently read, called “Hungry Planet” by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio. It photo-chronicles what an average family from different regions around the world eats in a week. Fascinating reading, but not the topic of this blog, just the inspiration.
I’m writing about food waste, specifically fresh fruits and vegetables. First let’s look at the facts. In a 2011 Food and Agriculture-commissioned report, it was found that “Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year—approximately 1.3 billion tons—gets lost or wasted.” The report does distinguish between loss and waste, pointing out that losses, which occur in production, harvest,...
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