What did you learn about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator? Now imagine that you could translate what you learned into an effective societal policy on food- what would it be? And how would this policy effect the need to alleviate world hunger?
925 million people on earth do not have enough to eat according to the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization]. That's almost 1 in 7 inhabitants of our planet!
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Food waste
In the U.S., we waste 80 million tons of food annually; this is horrendous and needs to change. A big part of food waste comes from restaurants. The average restaurant can waste up to 75,000 pounds of food annually, and only 1.4% of this food is donated. If restaurants could find a way to decrease their food waste by having an option with smaller proportions whenever possible and donating the majority of the food that isn’t consumed, we could reduce food waste and hunger. Doing this would be very beneficial because it conserves resources like land, water, labor, and energy while also giving food to the people in need.
I agree. I believe that the restaurants should resort to a better way of getting rid of extra food by donating or giving them away instead of just throwing away perfectly good food. For example, I have seen a video show Dunkin’ Donuts employees throwing away perfectly good donuts at the end of the shift when they should donate or give them away to reduce the food waste. Food waste is bad and it’s not helping the environment.