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> A perplexing 40 percent of food in the U.S. goes uneaten I hate when people bring up food waste like it's a bad thing. What would be the ideal amount going u
by Igelau 5y ago
> A perplexing 40 percent of food in the U.S. goes uneaten
I hate when people bring up food waste like it's a bad thing. What would be the ideal amount going uneaten? A 40% surplus sounds like a great buffer. Zero food waste isn't some ecological utopia; it's a scarred hellscape where people are cracking open bones for marrow and killing each other for a loaf of bread.
- MauranKilom 5y agoIf it could be reduced to, say, 5-10%, you'd be able to cut food production by 25% to feed the same population. The strange part is that whoever is doing the throwing away is already incentivized by the potential reduction in wasted investment. I don't know what food is included in those statistics though - I assume most of it comes from past-due-date food thrown out in stores.