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Home   »  OLD SITE  »  Newsletters  »  MAY 2008 NEWSLETTER

Food Waste in the Face of Hunger

Did you know that Americans waste an astonishing 27% of our available food, contributing to the global food crisis, global warming from methane emissions, and profligate energy use? According to the US Dept. of Agriculture, saving just 5% of the wasted food could feed 4 million people per day! Unfortunately, literally millions of tons of taxpayer-subsidized school lunches are sent to the landfill. Read two articles about food waste and what you can do that will save money, energy, and pollution:

Read the Toronto Star article: "Conspicuous Disposal -- How We Waste Food"

Read the New York Times article, "One Country's Table Scraps, Another Country's Meal"

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