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Ag Secretary to America: Stop Wasting Food, Cut Back Portions
pjmedia.com ^ | 10/4/16 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 10/04/2016 12:31:42 PM PDT by ColdOne

WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said America needs to stop wasting food, even if that means teaching people to cut back on the amount of food on their plates.

Speaking at the National Press Club on Monday, the former Iowa governor said long-term food insecurity "is a challenge, because we're going to have to increase food production -- I've seen anywhere from 50 to 70 percent in the next 35 years -- to meet a growing world population."

"But the first step, and the one way the USDA can provide help and assistance to meet this need, is to expand on the -- on the issue of food waste," Vilsack said. "A third of the food that we grow, raise and produce in this country is never consumed the way it was intended. It's wasted."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: agsecretary; bho44; bhoag; bhousda; foodpolice; foodportions; foodsupply; foodwaste; nannystate; usda; vilsack
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To: ColdOne
It was probably the bear talking.

Vilsack photo vilsack1.jpg

21 posted on 10/04/2016 12:38:12 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg)
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To: ColdOne

Sport to Ag Secretary: Kiss my ass


22 posted on 10/04/2016 12:38:23 PM PDT by sport
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To: ColdOne
Ag Secretary to America ...
America to Ag Secretary - go EFF yourself.
23 posted on 10/04/2016 12:39:25 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: ColdOne
I have to agree with him on this. Just have a look at the portions served in restaurants. Bigger is better I guess. And at buffets...most slobs don't even finish what they take. There is an obesity problem in this country. Portion size control is the first thing that needs to happen to reverse the trend. Go to Golden Corral and just watch with a critical eye.

A serving of protein (meat) is the size of a deck of cards. A serving of baked potato isn't supposed to be 8 inches long and smothered in butter and sour cream. Try a red Bliss potato with margarine and plain yogurt.
Dessert? What's that?

24 posted on 10/04/2016 12:40:07 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: ColdOne

I recommend contraceptives in all food aid shipped world wide, as well as for people on food stamps. It’s not that there isn’t enough food, it’s that there are too many useless eaters.


25 posted on 10/04/2016 12:40:23 PM PDT by Jack Black (Dispossession is an obliteration of memory, of place, and of identity)
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To: ColdOne

Lawyers and the government are the biggest reason so much food is wasted.


26 posted on 10/04/2016 12:41:59 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: ColdOne

Sounds similar to the line the nuns used on us back in the 1960s - There are Chinese children starving so you’d better clean your plates!

Of course, sometimes we had no idea what were eating, esp the weekly mystery meat! We would have been happy to send that to those poor kids.


27 posted on 10/04/2016 12:42:06 PM PDT by Breyean
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To: ColdOne

Why does the USA have to meet the growing world population again?


28 posted on 10/04/2016 12:43:02 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: ColdOne

Sooo, can carbohydrate credits be far behind?


29 posted on 10/04/2016 12:43:07 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: glock rocks

Clean you plate. Don’t you know there’s poor children in China starving?

It’s not about portion size it’s about cleaning your plate and not wasting food. I agree there’s too much waste. I posted just a couple days ago on that particular soap box. American might as well throw money out the window as it’s the same as throwing food in the garbage. If you can’t eat it all, eat it later, give it to the dog or freeze it. But don’t leave it to be trashed.

There’s also no reason to let food rot in the fridge. You worked to earn the money for it and you drove to the grocery store and spent time there for what? To throw it in the garbage? That’s ridiculous.


30 posted on 10/04/2016 12:43:15 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

That’s why we have doggy bags. You don’t do leftovers but expect others to go without them? And since when is a baked potato meant to be a certain length?!


31 posted on 10/04/2016 12:43:16 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: glock rocks

This is why we can’t have nice things.


32 posted on 10/04/2016 12:43:30 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: oh8eleven

Propose desalination plants across Africa coast. You can then plant everything you want, he rid of all the carbon and prevent Africa from sinking.


33 posted on 10/04/2016 12:44:11 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Lester Holt — Clinton House Boy.)
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To: ColdOne

I wonder how much food from a typical White House, State Department or embassy dinner or party goes into the trash can. All the federal government departments which entertain can cut back on their food portions and waste first before lecturing the rest of us.


34 posted on 10/04/2016 12:44:15 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Dacula

My thoughts exactly that pig.


35 posted on 10/04/2016 12:45:14 PM PDT by angcat (TRUMP!)
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To: oblomov

36 posted on 10/04/2016 12:45:35 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: ColdOne

What percentage of the taxpayer-funded hot breakfast and hot lunch programs in the public schools are thrown away? Let’s start there. Then cut back all the EBT funds by 30%, since there is obviously so much food waste occurring.


37 posted on 10/04/2016 12:46:17 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Portion size control is the first thing that needs to happen to reverse the trend.

And WHO defines: portion?

Bloomberg tried it in NYC with the size of soda that could be sold. Went over like a fart in church.

No thanks I KNOW whats best for me...PERIOD.

38 posted on 10/04/2016 12:46:45 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Jack Black

Contraception without consent: the way Forward to Progress!

You are making our dear leader Mrs. Sanger so-o-o proud.


39 posted on 10/04/2016 12:47:36 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Are you suggesting that there should be government regulations/mandates as to portion sizes that can be sold in a free market as for restaurants and grocery stores?

What is the correct amount of food we should each be allowed?


40 posted on 10/04/2016 12:48:31 PM PDT by NEMDF
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