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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2898504" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>miraculous free market efficiencies</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect?utm_content=buffer45e1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" target="_blank">Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests</a></p><p></p><p>"</p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests </strong></span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/food-waste" target="_blank">Food waste</a> is often described as a “farm-to-fork” problem. Produce is lost in fields, warehouses, packaging, distribution, supermarkets, restaurants and fridges.</p><p></p><p>By one government tally, about 60m tonnes of produce worth about $160bn (£119bn), is wasted by retailers and consumers every year - one third of all foodstuffs.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect?utm_content=buffer45e1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#img-2" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect?utm_content=buffer45e1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#img-2" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1879a5793476db03faa74bc89788168a73a717f1/0_0_2200_1467/master/2200.jpg?w=300&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=ba11b5a081157e5d4af7929aa8534f9a" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=180444840287&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2016%2Fjul%2F13%2Fus-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_fb%26page%3Dwith%3Aimg-2%23img-2&picture=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.guim.co.uk%2F1879a5793476db03faa74bc89788168a73a717f1%2F0_0_2200_1467%2F2200.jpg" target="_blank"> Facebook </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Half%20of%20all%20US%20food%20produce%20is%20thrown%20away%2C%20new%20research%20suggests&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2016%2Fjul%2F13%2Fus-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_tw%26page%3Dwith%3Aimg-2%23img-2" target="_blank"> Twitter </a> <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?description=Half%20of%20all%20US%20food%20produce%20is%20thrown%20away%2C%20new%20research%20suggests&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2016%2Fjul%2F13%2Fus-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect%3Fpage%3Dwith%3Aimg-2%23img-2&media=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.guim.co.uk%2F1879a5793476db03faa74bc89788168a73a717f1%2F0_0_2200_1467%2F2200.jpg" target="_blank"> Pinterest </a></p><p>Edible food dumped by vendors in a New York market. There is a demand for ‘blemish-free produce’ in the industry. Photograph: LA Times/Getty</p><p>But that is just a “downstream” measure. In more than two dozen interviews, farmers, packers, wholesalers, truckers, food academics and campaigners described the waste that occurs “upstream”: scarred vegetables regularly abandoned in the field to save the expense and labour involved in harvest. Or left to rot in a warehouse because of minor blemishes that do not necessarily affect freshness or quality.</p><p></p><p>When added to the retail waste, it takes the amount of food lost close to half of all produce grown, experts say."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2898504, member: 56035"] miraculous free market efficiencies [URL="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect?utm_content=buffer45e1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer"]Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests[/URL] " [SIZE=6][B]Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests [/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/food-waste']Food waste[/URL] is often described as a “farm-to-fork” problem. Produce is lost in fields, warehouses, packaging, distribution, supermarkets, restaurants and fridges. By one government tally, about 60m tonnes of produce worth about $160bn (£119bn), is wasted by retailers and consumers every year - one third of all foodstuffs. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect?utm_content=buffer45e1d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#img-2'] [IMG]https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1879a5793476db03faa74bc89788168a73a717f1/0_0_2200_1467/master/2200.jpg?w=300&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=ba11b5a081157e5d4af7929aa8534f9a[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=180444840287&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2016%2Fjul%2F13%2Fus-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_fb%26page%3Dwith%3Aimg-2%23img-2&picture=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.guim.co.uk%2F1879a5793476db03faa74bc89788168a73a717f1%2F0_0_2200_1467%2F2200.jpg'] Facebook [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Half%20of%20all%20US%20food%20produce%20is%20thrown%20away%2C%20new%20research%20suggests&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2016%2Fjul%2F13%2Fus-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect%3FCMP%3Dshare_btn_tw%26page%3Dwith%3Aimg-2%23img-2'] Twitter [/URL] [URL='http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?description=Half%20of%20all%20US%20food%20produce%20is%20thrown%20away%2C%20new%20research%20suggests&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2016%2Fjul%2F13%2Fus-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect%3Fpage%3Dwith%3Aimg-2%23img-2&media=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.guim.co.uk%2F1879a5793476db03faa74bc89788168a73a717f1%2F0_0_2200_1467%2F2200.jpg'] Pinterest [/URL] Edible food dumped by vendors in a New York market. There is a demand for ‘blemish-free produce’ in the industry. Photograph: LA Times/Getty But that is just a “downstream” measure. In more than two dozen interviews, farmers, packers, wholesalers, truckers, food academics and campaigners described the waste that occurs “upstream”: scarred vegetables regularly abandoned in the field to save the expense and labour involved in harvest. Or left to rot in a warehouse because of minor blemishes that do not necessarily affect freshness or quality. When added to the retail waste, it takes the amount of food lost close to half of all produce grown, experts say." [/QUOTE]
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