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We produce more resources than we could ever consume in the least sustainable ways possible. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (5 children)

right? i sounds great until you realize oh shit… logistics exist… all those perishable goods don’t just magically appear on people’s plates… 2.3billion people’s worth of food waste for 7.7bn people is honestly bloody miraculous tbh… can we do more to reduce food waste in our rich nations? sure… would that help feed people in areas of famine? unlikely

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  • [–] 34 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    did you know that when there’s an overproduction of food, rather than selling it, it just gets thrown away?

    for example, if dairy farmers make more than their quotas allow, they are expected to simply throw their milk down the drain. thousands of liters of perfectly fine milk, completely wasted. and this sort of waste is not exclusive to dairy farms either

    under capitalism, so much of food waste is entirely preventable, if not deliberately caused! just by ending this practice, ending the intercontinental shipping of perishable food (which means that, yes, you in europe, north america or australia would have to give up bananas, so sad) and turning supermarkets into food banks rather than stores (so no pretty displays of food outside fridges), i bet that we could save tons of food from getting wasted

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    But think of the prices! Imagine if supply weren't artificially detached from demand, thus driving down commodities prices and CRASHING THE ECONOMY!?!?! And by economy I obviously mean my own profit margin.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    The pretty displays of food are essentially a rounding error. The majority of food waste is caused through 1. crop spoilage, 2. supply chain inefficiency, 3. consumer overbuying.

    If you ignore societies where there was starvation, you will always see that there is significant food waste. You mention capitalism as being a big cause of food waste, but millions of tons were also wasted in communist countries for reasons 1 and 2 above.

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