Just Eat It

5. What are the stages of food waste (where is food wasted)?

1.At the farm 2. on the road 3. At the market

2. How much is wasted globally?

1/3

8. How much produce is lost in the field during harvest or after the sorting process to pack up for stores?

1/3

11. The advent of industrial agriculture is about surplus; we want to store extra for lean times. The problem nowadays is that rich countries have _____________% of the food we actually need.

150-200

14. How much of all energy consumption in the US is embedded in the wasted food?

4%

1.How much food in U.S. that is raised/grown is wasted?

40%

18. Water used to make 1 burger = 1 ______ minute shower

90

24. In the US, how much of the food waste goes to the landfill?

97%

17. As far as resources used, what kind of food is most wasteful?

Dairy products

23. What are some things that should be done with food before we throw it out?

Feeding people (donate food), if we can't feed people, we should try to feed animals whether that be chickens, cows, etc, create energy from it, composting. Only if we can't do any of the above should we be throwing it out.

16. As far as tonnage, what kind of food is wasted the most?

Fruit and veggies

3. Where did a study in NY find that most food waste occurred?

Households

13. What kind of resources are used to raising/growing food?

i couldn't find this answer

6. Besides the food, what is else is wasted when we fail to eat the food that is produces?

The labor it takes to grow and package the food

10. What is an advantage of farm to table?

There is very little opportunity for the food to go bad. You have a lot more opportunity to use that vegetable.

4. Why don't food banks accept all the wasted produce?

They don't have the capacity or the infrastructure to manage the amount of fruit that we could possible give them

20. Why are 60% of consumers wasting food?

They throw out food prematurely because they don't understand what the dates are telling them. It's been shown that a million tons of food is wasted in the UK in people's homes because of the dates. Those dates are indicators of quality and not safety

9. What can smaller farms do with the produce that is left?

Use is as compost for their farm land

12. In essence, what is the environmental impact of wasting 1/3 of our food?

Wasting 1/3 of our land

22. If food is biodegradable, why is it bad to throw out?

When all of that waste is aggregated and it decomposes without air in the landfill. That anaerobic condition is what creates methane.

19. Was there a time when we were asked to NOT waste food?

World War 2

7. What are reasons good food is wasted?

If they don't look aesthetically pleasing, a weird size, a different color

15. How much water is embedded in the wasted food?

It could meet the house hold needs of 500 million people

21. Are all foods federally regulated to have expiration dates?

No. the only food that is federally regulated is infant formula