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There's No Excuse For How Much Food You're Wasting
Solutions for reducing food waste abound. U.S. lawmakers, investors and consumers just need to start taking them seriously.
Remember to compost.
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“Dump potatoes in the rivers … Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth,” John Steinbeck wrote in “The Grapes of Wrath.” “There is a failure here that topples all our success.”
Steinbeck’s lament against food waste is eerily relevant today, as supply-chain disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic have continued to force farmers to euthanize hogs they can’t sell and bury excess potatoes.