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We Waste $165 Billion of Food Every Year!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Wed Aug 22 20:34:23 2012
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:34:22 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | Something very twisted is happening - it's been happening for a long time. But we're reaching the point where we can't allow it to continue because it's putting us all at risk.
A study out today shows that Americans waste about 40 percent of our food. Try to picture all the food that we grow and import to feed a population over 300 million. Then take 40 percent of it and put it in a big, rotting pile. That pile represents a massive waste of energy, water and time. It also gives off a massive amount of methane, a greenhouse gas more powerful than carbon dioxide.
How are we able to throw away $165 billion worth of food every year, while, in 2008, 1.29 billion people survived on less than $1.25 per day? Where's that "efficiency" those who worship at the altar of "free markets" always preach about?
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</center> <!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Something very twisted is happening - it's been happening for a long time. But we're reaching the point where we can't allow it to continue because it's putting us all at risk.<br />
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A study out today shows that Americans <b>waste about 40 percent of our food</b>. Try to picture all the food that we grow and import to feed a population over 300 million. Then take 40 percent of it and put it in a big, rotting pile. That pile represents a massive waste of energy, water and time. It also gives off a massive amount of methane, a greenhouse gas more powerful than carbon dioxide.<br />
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How are we able to throw away $165 billion worth of food every year, while, in 2008, <b>1.29 billion people survived on less than $1.25 per day</b><b>?</b> Where's that "efficiency" those who worship at the altar of "free markets" always preach about?<br />
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