Reusing our food (Choice 2)

28% out of the 46% of Organic waste is food!

There are two paths that as a world we can choose to follow when it comes to feeding our looming estimated population of 9 billion. Choice 1: Finding alternate food sources, like the ones I mentioned in my previous post. Or choice 2: Finding ways to reuse leftover unexpired food. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, food waste makes up about 28% of our landfills. 28%! That's more than 1 out of 4 pieces of pie! 

I already talked about different alternate food sources so now we will discuss choice 2. The other day I found this excellent advertisement from an organization called Food Recovery Network. Here is an except from their website:

"Food Recovery Network unites students on college campuses to fight waste and feed people by donating the surplus unsold food from their colleges and donating it to hungry Americans. Founded in 2011, FRN has grown to include chapters at more than 90 colleges and universities in 25 states, DC and Puerto Rico that have recovered over 340,000 pounds of food. Each chapter works with on-campus dining halls and other, off-campus eateries to divert food from the landfill to community members in need, while also raising awareness on issues of food waste and hunger in America. By May 2015, Food Recovery Network aims to be on 150 campuses and to have donated 610,000 pounds of food."

Who, do you ask, benefits from these donations? Exactly the people who deserve to: the homeless, people who cannot afford to buy food, and many more. 

This is a very smart way to approach our potential famine problem and we should all support this organization and other ones like it.

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Gourmanda