Food Shortages

[LoreD]

I think the days of stores, growers, and families dumping food that isn't "perfect" are over.

I watched a documentary that showed 75% of the peach crop rotting on the ground because the peaches weren't perfectly shaped". And all of the videos of dumpster divers pulling mountains of good food out of the dumpsters.

With the farmers' water being shut off in the west to supply chain issues; I don't think that we are going to be wasting food anymore. And all those ugly peaches will be showing up in our stores soon.

These days we can't throw away 40% of our food anymore.

 

[Lou]

Some states and countries have passed laws against throwing food out.
And I think a lot of companies are looking at alternatives.

I saw a documentary about this subject a while back and now I can't remember the name of it.
It will probably come back to me or maybe someone here will remind me.

There is an app called OLIO that I have downloaded but honestly, I rarely remember to use it. It is supposed to help us, " Share more, care more, and waste less"

Also one of my favorite news sites, VOX, covers this topic pretty regularly.

we also have a few thread here on the VF where we have shared ideas on reducing waste.

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