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Wasting food
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Nearly 1/3 of the food which is produced on a global scale every year, or about 1.3 billion tons, gets thrown away or is wasted, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Given the limited natural resources, it would make much more sense to try to make the use of foods more effective and limit the waste of food, rather than endlessly trying to expand its production in order to feed the ever growing population of the planet.
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talk_politics Nearly 1/3 of the food which is produced on a global scale every year, or about 1.3 billion tons, gets thrown away or is wasted, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Given the limited natural resources, it would make much more sense to try to make the use of foods more effective and limit the waste of food, rather than endlessly trying to expand its production in order to feed the ever growing population of the planet.
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