Food Waste, Quick Overview

Everyone from farms to households contributes to food waste, with discarded food having wasted water, land, energy, and labor. This video highlights how industry standards, such as cosmetic requirements for produce and overproduction driven by profit incentives, contribute significantly to the problem. It encourages viewers to see food waste not just as an individual issue but as a systemic one shaped by corporate and policy decisions. (ReFED; 2021; 2’)

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