Reducing our environmental impact
The severe global consequences of food waste for climate, water and land use, and biodiversity were recently highlighted and analyzed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO report finds that 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a by-product of global food waste, are released into the atmosphere every year. To put this into perspective, this is more than the entire global shipping industry and results in an estimated $750 billion annual economic burden (excluding fish and seafood).
Increased production and release of greenhouse gases has been amplified from human activity and, as a result, rapidly increases the natural greenhouse effect. Since the industrial era, the over-production of greenhouse gases, primarily CO2, has contributed to increased global temperatures and severe environmental detriment.
Evaluating our current practices for agriculture, food production, and…