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The Big Waste: Why Do We Throw Away So Much Food?
2015-05-18 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: A glaring paradox of the U.S. food system is that while no country produces food as efficiently, no country wastes as much. Every year, 30 to 40 percent of what is grown and raised in the United States is thrown away or rots between farms and kitchens. Thats a startling 133 billion pounds of food -- more than enough to feed the 800 million people worldwide who face hunger every day. THE FILMMAKER Karim Chrobog an award-winning Washington, D.C.-based filmmaker, has worked on numerous documentaries...
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