One-Third of Food Is Lost or Wasted: What Can Be Done

In America, approximately one-third of food gets wasted or lost in processing. Not only is this adding to overall waste and loss of money, but it is such a waste of perfectly healthy food. The amount we waste could fill up an immense amount of humans in need of food. In an attempt to fix this, there have been some efforts to help other countries try to preserve vegetables and other foods to benefit them. At the end of the day, this awful waste is simply America in a picture, in my opinion.

The fact that we waste so much money, resources, and food a year ($1,484 a year in food loss) is a statement of America. Not only are we digging ourselves a deeper hole, but we are wasting products that other countries would be grateful for. In my opinion I see no need for the waste of food and I know at my house, we try to not throw away anything because of the waste of money it is.

Maybe for 5 seconds we could focus on topics like this instead of climate change.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 4, 2017 at 6:01 AM

    I agree with your opinions completely. i always see this being an issue at homes, schools, and even my work. One of my responsibilities at work is to clear tables in the dining room when people are doe eating an dthe ammount of food that i have to scrap and throw away is insane. This is a huge issue reguarding money, food, and time that could be used for a greater good.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 6, 2017 at 2:11 PM

    I couldn't agree with your opinion more. The people who live in America are the ones who give the country it's image. I work in a restaurant and the amount of food I see wasted is immense sometimes...sometimes it's still a whole plateful of food that people just toss away. All the food could go to people who actually need it in the world. This is a sad topic to think about how some people can just throw it all away when it could help a person's life.

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