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U.K. grocer embraces 'wonky' veg to trim waste | MNN - Mother Nature Network
mnn.com
"Walmart's British cousin Asda gets serious about selling funny-looking vegetables."
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mirasingh Are there any US grocers who are doing this?
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sugardetoxme Not that I know of. We're so late to the game. I'm wondering if an organization, particularly a non-profit, can help lead that challenge. Maybe @NRDC? Would be easier than for ordinary citizens to...
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katewilson I for one would be interested in joining that petition!
Here’s How to Solve World Hunger
nationalgeographic.com
"About a third of the planet’s food goes to waste. That’s enough to feed two billion people." Here at Foodstand, we are big believers in reducing and eliminating food waste. You better believe we w...
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JenniferEmilson Totally agree!! Why wait for November?!
What happens to leftover food in farmers fields?
About 7-10% of the food grown in this country never leaves the farm for a variety of reasons; some is missed during harvest and some is deemed too cosmetically challenged to be sold. Considering th...
France becomes first country to force all supermarkets to give unsold food to needy.
independent.co.uk
Given that 1 and 4 children in the U.S. Goes to bed hungry and 48 million Americans live in food insecure households, this is a HUGE precedent. I hope that U.S. Can follow France's lead. #NoFoodWaste
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DietID_TeamDietitians It's so insane that this isn't happening already everywhere
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sugardetoxme Hopefully this is the first of many. Given that Obama is tackling food waste, I would imagine this becomes a policy as long as grocery stores are not held liable for any "tainted" food
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Udi http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/best-enjoyed-by/ This podcast gives a bit of the crazy history for how we got to where we are on this in the US