10-12 FB Saving Food

 This country is in a financial world of hurt and everybody is pointing fingers. I actually heard some of Obama’s people blaming the economy on Mitt Romney. How is that possible? Here’s something under Obama’s watch. A recent report said that the US healthcare system wastes $750 billion a year. Now that’s a government agency. I’ll be right back to tell you about how we are wasting something else precious… Not money but food.

 Here are  staggering statistics for you in view of unemployment, inflation and economic hurdles that beleager us all: The average American family of four ends up throwing away an equivalent of up to $2,275 annually in food...Food waste is the single largest component of solid waste in U.S. landfills...Just a 15 percent reduction in losses in the U.S. food supply would save enough food to feed 25 million Americans annually. With those numbers in mind, I thought I would talk to somebody who is in the know...Dana Gunders, Natural Resources Defense Council project scientist with the food and agriculture program underscores that food waste is unacceptable.  “The population is growing, we are looking at a population of 9 million or so in 2050 and the estimate by the food and ag organization of the U.N. is that we are going to need 70% more food to feed the population. So we are looking at increasing food demand and the most obvious place to start is the food that we are already growing.”