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.

Food Waste Policy | Food Waste Reduction Alliance

FWRA’s objectives are to reduce our environmental footprint while helping those suffering from hunger. To meet these objectives, we are focused on three strategic goals:

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[shyvas]

“This is the vault at the end of the world where all the existing seeds on the planet are kept. It is located in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway, about 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole. Opened in 2008, this underground warehouse is designed to preserve 4.5 million seeds of crop plants from around the world, acting as insurance against the loss of genetic biodiversity caused by natural disasters, conflict and climate change.

So, in case the world is ever destroyed and you are the only survivor, you know where to go."

 

[Lou]

Oh, yeah. the Seed Vault is pretty cool. I'm not sure but I think they mostly have seeds for crops.
but for those of you in England you might go check out some of the seed banks there.

The Millennium Seed Bank in Sussex is pretty cool. it also has wild plant seeds.

it was dismantled in 2010 but it would have been nice to visit the Seed Cathedral at the UK pavilion during Expo 2010


The US has a lot of seed banks, too. but they are just functional and there are no tours (as far as I know)

Interesting, if you google US seed banks you get a lot of hits for cannabis seeds.

Millennium Seed Bank | Kew

As we celebrate MSB25, discover how the Millennium Seed Bank is combatting biodiversity loss and climate change through scientific research while restoring habitats with our global partners.

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UK pavilion at Expo 2010 - Wikipedia

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