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About 40 Percent Of All Food In The United States Is Thrown In The Garbage
Michael Snyder theeconomiccollapseblog.com Could that headline actually be true? Do Americans waste about 40 percent of all the food that we produce? That sounds like an absolutely crazy number, but it is actually quite accurate according to a study conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council. What the NRDC discovered is that approximately 40 percent of our total food supply is either thrown into dumpsters by grocery stores, is discarded by restaurants, never gets harvested on our farms, or is thrown into the garbage by consumers in their homes. Even though 47 million Americans are on food stamps and millions of children go to bed hungry in this country every single night, we continue to waste approximately 263 million pounds of food every single day of the year. One day people will look back and regard us as probably the most wasteful society in the history of the planet. So where does all of that food go? Well, according to a recent Seattle Times article, "food waste" takes up more space in our landfills than anything else does...
The expired food that gets wasted is one of my personal pet peeves. I don't do this a lot, but today I am going to share a personal story with you. Earlier today I was out running errands and I decided that I wanted to pick up some mini-cupcakes from Safeway that I just love. I do try to eat a healthy diet, but I do also like a treat from time to time. So I got over to Safeway, and I noticed that the only mini-cupcakes that they had out were ones with chocolate frosting, but I wanted ones with vanilla frosting. So I went up to the bakery counter and there was nobody there, but behind the counter I saw a stack of several containers of vanilla cupcakes. I waited until the bakery lady got back and I asked her if I could have them. I was astounded when she very firmly told me that I could not buy them. She said that it was against regulations. I implored her to sell them to me. I explained that I had come over to Safeway just to buy them and I didn't care if they were a little old. Again she very firmly told me that I could not buy them. I could not understand this. I knew that the cupcakes were just going to be thrown out, so I asked to speak to her manager. After a few moments her manager came over and I was once again told very firmly that under no circumstances would I be able to buy the cupcakes. So needless to say, I left the store with a sad look on my face and without any cupcakes. Now of course I probably didn't need the cupcakes anyway. They are not healthy for me. But big chains such as Safeway throw away massive amounts of very good food as well. The level of the waste that goes on is absolutely astounding. Meanwhile, the number of Americans that are dealing with hunger and malnutrition grows with each passing day. I want to share with you an excerpt from a recent article authored by Jason Ford entitled "I Work On The Breadline"... Doesn't that just break your heart? People are living like that, and yet America discards 263 million pounds of food every single day. Something is fundamentally wrong with the way our system works. So what is society going to do as the number of hungry people continues to grow in this country and around the world? Well, according to ABC News, some scientists plan to feed them with flour made out of bugs...Are you ready for a "protein-rich flour" made out of grasshoppers?
I know that I am not.
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