Food Waste
The article “Food waste: Is America throwing away food too soon?” by Sean Rossman brought light to an epidemic we face in our country today, food waste. I couldn’t help but nod my head in agreement while reading, as everything the author discussed was accurate. This got me thinking, and I came to the realization that my family is a part of the problem and were oblivious to it. We throw away food all the time and don’t see anything wrong with it. However, my point of view on the situation changed, and I learned to show more gratitude toward food. As someone who is living in poverty and barely getting by, I am fortunate enough to never go without a meal. And hearing that this food being thrown away could feed less fortunate people was a wakeup
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It was frowned upon especially during the period where the Inca, Maya, and Aztec civilization existed. The three made use of what they had and weren’t picky as survival was their main priority. There was a specific thing I remembered during a lecture in class regarding a section in the textbook about the potato and that the Inca refused to peel them due to the skin being the most nutritious part and having nowhere to store the waste. The potato skin is an afterthought currently, and then we wonder why people aren’t getting enough dietary fiber, Vitamin D, and calcium in their diet. Now I wonder, what caused the practice of preserving food to become an afterthought and basically nonexistent? Just because we’re more efficient in how we grow and produce food doesn’t give us the right to abuse the luxury. Look at the produce industry, they’re known to be a repeat offender of this when they toss their product into the garbage when it’s perfectly fine. If they aren’t pleased with the appearance of something, such as a bruised tomato the company would rather get rid of it in favor of donating that tomato which would aid bringing down the percentage of waste we produce every year. It’s simple really, but people somehow still manage to prove that they’re selfish and don’t care about anyone else. I would like to think that nearly everyone would do the right thing, which would be to donate the
It was frowned upon especially during the period where the Inca, Maya, and Aztec civilization existed. The three made use of what they had and weren’t picky as survival was their main priority. There was a specific thing I remembered during a lecture in class regarding a section in the textbook about the potato and that the Inca refused to peel them due to the skin being the most nutritious part and having nowhere to store the waste. The potato skin is an afterthought currently, and then we wonder why people aren’t getting enough dietary fiber, Vitamin D, and calcium in their diet. Now I wonder, what caused the practice of preserving food to become an afterthought and basically nonexistent? Just because we’re more efficient in how we grow and produce food doesn’t give us the right to abuse the luxury. Look at the produce industry, they’re known to be a repeat offender of this when they toss their product into the garbage when it’s perfectly fine. If they aren’t pleased with the appearance of something, such as a bruised tomato the company would rather get rid of it in favor of donating that tomato which would aid bringing down the percentage of waste we produce every year. It’s simple really, but people somehow still manage to prove that they’re selfish and don’t care about anyone else. I would like to think that nearly everyone would do the right thing, which would be to donate the