At a time when so many of us are thinking about those "less fortunate than us" -- and how in the world we can possibly help them ...
Americans are still breaking our own records, in our "just throwing it out" wasteful ways ...
Watch John Oliver's Sobering Look at U.S. Food Waste
by Ryan Reed, RollingStone -- July 20, 2015
[...] According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, "as much as 40 percent of the food produced in the U.S. never gets eaten" and "Americans throw away $165 billion worth of food every year," roughly "20 pounds per person every month." That's enough waste to annually fill 730 football stadiums. How is that possible in a country where so many go hungry? A recent USDA report found that "in 2013, 49.1 million people lived in food-insecure households.""At a time when the landscape of California is shriveling up like a pumpkin in front of a house with a lazy dad, it seems especially unwise that farmers are pumping water into food that ends up being used as a garnish for landfills," Oliver cracks. [...]
"Small businesses should get tax incentives to donate food, so we have to find a way to pass that," Oliver says. "But even if we do, it will be one small part of what needs to be a much bigger solution -- from resolving to eat uglier fruit to taking expiration dates with a pinch of salt [...]
How big is a football stadiums, anyways? THAT much food -- could fill more than a few "food-insecure" tables.