Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Feed The World With Wasted Food - Tristram Stuart

Many people around the world are hungry, but National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tristram Stuart explains that it's not for a lack of food being produced. Stuart explains that humans currently produce enough food to feed 12 billion people, which is way more than the 7 billion people alive now, but we waste up to 33% of the food we grow. The solution to this frustrating problem, partially, lies in supermarket standards and supply chains. Any "ugly" fruit - a small apple, or a crooked carrot - that is grown might be left to rot or be fed to animals, rather than being directed to people who would be happy to eat that food. Stuart illustrates this problem by staging "Feeding the 5000" events where companies and grocery stories donate food that would otherwise be discarded to feed people who need it.

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