Take the Ugly Food Challenge
In the industrialized world approximately 40% of harvested food never is eaten. Think about that. The limited resources of water and fertilizer, along with the expensive chemicals that protect plants from pests and pathogens, plus labor, fuel and other inputs... all of that wasted because food is not eaten. My entire life I've been grateful for food. I've been thankful to have access to so much, and glad to have options that the vast majority of people do not. A mound of wasted produce, enough to make me soup for life. Wasted nutrition for those who would love access to produce, even if it is slightly imperfect. It is heartbreaking what we throw away, especially what is discarded at the retail level. A 1995 USDA report say that 5.4 billion pounds of consumable food are added to landfills. There are many solutions on many levels. However, change is most likely to occur if solutions are simple and implementable. Over the years I've made a point to b