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We are already throwing massive amounts of food away. "Getting food from the farm to our fork eats up 10 percent of the total U.S. energy budget, uses 50 perce
by cheshire_cat 10y ago
We are already throwing massive amounts of food away.
"Getting food from the farm to our fork eats up 10 percent of the total U.S. energy budget, uses 50 percent of U.S.
land, and swallows 80 percent of all freshwater consumed in the United States. Yet, 40 percent of food in the
United States today goes uneaten. This not only means that Americans are throwing out the equivalent of $165
billion each year, but also that the uneaten food ends up rotting in landfills as the single largest component of U.S. municipal solid waste where it accounts for a large portion of U.S. methane emissions." [1]
[1] https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/wasted-food-IP.pdf https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/wasted-food-IP.pdf
- esrauch 10y agoThere are some advantages to being over provisioned though: it is more resilient to disruption and downturns for one.