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A THIRD of food produced worldwide goes to waste, UN report reveals
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 12:08 EST, 12 September 2013
| Ted Thornhill
Posted on 09/12/2013 7:03:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The food the world wastes produces more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the United States, the United Nations said in a report.
Every year, about a third of all food for human consumption—around 1.3 billion tonnes (1.4 tons)—is wasted, along with all the energy, water and chemicals needed to produce it and dispose of it. Almost 30 percent of the world’s farmland, and a volume of water equivalent to the annual discharge of the River Volga, are in effect being used in vain. …
In the industrialized world, much of the waste comes from consumers buying too much and throwing away what they do not eat. In developing countries, it is mainly the result of inefficient farming and a lack of proper storage facilities. …
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: climatechangehoax; food; foodproduction; foodwaste; globalagenda; un
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:03:29 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Which is probably the lowest rate in history.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:04:46 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: Olog-hai
Often when growing up I wanted to mail my leftovers to those starving kids in China that my parents were always warning me about.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:07:17 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Henceforth, the Office of the President shall be known as IMPOTUS)
To: Olog-hai
Much of the wasted food is “free”... In US new Skool lunchrooms
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:08:32 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: NonValueAdded
I are older. We were lectured about the starving Armenians.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:08:51 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
To: Olog-hai
Nature doesn't waste anything. Something ate it.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:10:11 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: NonValueAdded
A few more years of obama and kids around the world will be told about the starving kids in America.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:10:44 PM PDT
by
barmag25
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:14:08 PM PDT
by
Forrestfire
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Calvin Coolidge)
To: NonValueAdded
Okay, okay, I left the broccoli in the frig last week until it spoiled ...
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:16:09 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: NonValueAdded
Especially those damned Lima beans!
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:20:55 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Olog-hai
A third goes to waste... because Michael Moore eats it.
11
posted on
09/12/2013 7:21:11 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(Obama is pure evil.)
To: mylife
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:28:24 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: NonValueAdded
Me and my siblings WERE the starving kids other kids were told about.
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:29:16 PM PDT
by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: Rocky
In Michael Moore’s case that is” goes to waist”!
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:29:31 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: Olog-hai
And that’s just in Michael Moore’s house!
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:30:04 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Olog-hai
I think the third that they are talking about is the food used to produce ethanol!!!!
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:30:53 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Progressives when they fail blame others and do the same thing again expecting different results)
To: Olog-hai
No doubt... Just check out the public school cafeteria trash cans...
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:31:33 PM PDT
by
lyby
("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
To: Olog-hai
So what are they proposing, centralized food distribution?
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:32:35 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: mylife
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:34:40 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Henceforth, the Office of the President shall be known as IMPOTUS)
To: hoosierham
Blech!!
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posted on
09/12/2013 7:37:51 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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