A Crime Against Humanity

An international study reveals a shocking statistic: close to 50% of the world's food is wasted. Somewhere along the line or "food chain" -- pun intended -- from the agricultural fields to our mouths, it is damaged, lost or thrown away, for a variety of reasons. The thing I find most troubling is the waste that we as consumers indulge in on two accounts. First, people buy more food than they reasonably need. So, they end up throwing some of it away every month, either because it goes bad or because they get "fed-up" with it and don't want to continue eating it in a short period of time. Second, people order too much food or the portions are too big when eating out, and they are unable to finish it, so it gets thrown away also.

Though we may have no control over what goes on in other parts of this food chain, we do have the ability to stop the waste on our end as consumers. All it takes is moderation and thoughtfulness. If we don't stuff ourselves day in and day out, there will be that much more food for other people who otherwise would go hungry.

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