What Is World Food Day & How It Affects You

[1] Beautiful tomatoes that everyone would buy. Compare to the misshapen tomato below, that no one in a first-world country wants to buy (photo courtesy FAO). [2] Misshapen produce, although tasting just like normally attractive produce, is thrown away (photo © U.C. Davis). [3] Fruits with surface blemishes are not acceptable in first world countries,…
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How To Stop Food Waste For Earth Day & Every Day

With so many people going hungry in the U.S. (much less, worldwide), it’s shocking how much food we waste. It’s not just us, the consumers. It’s the whole food chain, from “ugly” produce left to rot in the field, to problems with transportation and storage, to foods thrown out by grocers, foodservice, etc. In fact,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Waste Less Food

Some sources say that about one-third of food worldwide is wasted. Fresh fruits and vegetables that go bad lead the list. A report on FoodProductionDaily.com finds that the average American household throws out 14% of its food purchases: $590/year for a family of four, more than $43 billion/year combined. Sodexo, one of the world’s largest…
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