Have you ever let a piece of fruit grow moldy in your refrigerator, simply because you forgot it was there? Have you ever thrown away a can of soup because it was past the “best by” date stamped on the label? Did you ever wonder what happens to all of the produce in the supermarket that goes unsold, or what your favorite restaurant does with all of their leftovers at the end of the day? It goes to waste, along with 40% of the food in the United States that ends up in a landfill or is left to rot in the field. That is why, I think the magnitude of the global food waste issue is astounding, yet it pays little attention to the news and mainstream focus. The analysis was made that showed how people waste almost half of all food produced—more than 1 billion tons annually (Finn, 2014). And yet almost 1 billion global citizens are hungry of the same or lesser tons of food wasted. Finn (2014) mentioned how feeding 9 billion global citizens by 2050 is a huge challenge. However, Finn (2014) emphasized feeding global citizens as a huge opportunity to create new stages of innovations and community collaborations to stop hunger, while developing hunger-free environment for future generations.
Finn, S. M. (2014). VALUING OUR FOOD: MINIMIZING WASTE AND OPTIMIZING RESOURCES. Zygon: Journal Of Religion & Science, 49(4), 992-1008. doi:10.1111/zygo.12131
