Food Print -Waste

Food Print

Waste

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Food Waste

While we are using up resources for animal agriculture, we are also wasting a significant portion of the food produced in the US.

-US Department of Agriculture

Food Waste

• Food waste is estimated at between 30-40 percent of the food supply

• That’s approximately 133 billion pounds of food

• A total of $161.6 billion loss

• 141 trillion calories per year

Multiple Choice

How much food produced is wasted?

• none

• 1/3

• 3/4

Food Loss/Waste

• Globally, food is lost or wasted at about the same rate

• Food loss = food that spills, spoils or is lost before it reaches the consumer. This is typically due to problems in storage, packaging and processing.

• Food waste = quality food that is not consumed. This most often takes place once food has reached retail or the consumer.

Multiple Choice

What is it called when we throw away our food?

• Food loss

• Food waste

Methane Gas

• Food loss/waste account for 8.2 percent of the total human-made greenhouse gas emissions.

• It ends up in landfills, where it generates methane

• 34 percent of all methane emissions in the US come from landfills.

Multiple Choice

Landfills produce which kind of gas?

• Methane

• Oxygen

How can YOU help?

• only buy what you need

• use fresh fruit and vegetables before they go bad

• make leftovers into a new meal

• use ingredients over many meals

• freeze uneaten food to eat later

• shop more often

Multiple Select

What are some ways to waste less food?

• Only buy what you need

• Eat fresh fruits and vegetables before they go bad

• Freeze uneaten food to eat later

• Throw food away

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