READ THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT... "Wasting food means wasting money in a big way both at the household level and in busineses throughout the supply chain. T here is little awareness of the amount of food that is lost and wasted along the entire food supply chain during production, distribution, consumption and disposal. Yet the economic, social and environmental implications of this enormous food loss and waste is staggering, continues to grow and represents a real threat. Awareness about food waste goes to the heart of being a more conscious consumer. Unsustainable consumption depletes resources beyond regenerative capacity and causes serious negative environmental impacts. The global food system has profound implications for the environment and producing more food than is consumed only exacerbates the pressures; overfishing, for example, contributes to declining numbers of fish (some 30 per cent of marine fish stocks are now considered over-exploited). Roughly one-third of ...
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