Climate Adaptation
Smashing Eggs, Dumping Milk: Farmers Waste More Food Than Ever
- ‘The rigidity of our food system’ is leading to trashed crops
- Impact on food security could be devastating for millions
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Food waste is taking on a new meaning in the pandemic era.
Dumped milk in Wisconsin. Smashed eggs in Nigeria. Rotting grapes in India. Buried hogs in Minnesota. These disturbing images have stirred outrage around the world. But here’s the surprising part: the world may not actually be wasting more than normal, when a third of global food production ends up in landfills.