• Food and beverages

    • Your choice of what to eat and drink has global consequences. Here is a brief introduction to some of the things that are going on 'behind the scenes'.

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  • Food wasted

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  • tons of food lost or wasted
  • globally, this year

    • A mind-blowing potential

    The food wasted by the United States and Europe alone could feed the world 3 times over.

    Food waste = water waste

    Food production requires water. In the United States, food waste accounts for 25 percent of the country's water use. Throwing food away is like leaving the tap running in the country where the food was produced - and an increasing number of areas are suffering from water shortages.

    We must re-connect with the effects of our consumption

    Some people show alarming levels of ignorance with regard to food-related issues. In a survey, most urban consumers who were interviewed did not realize that meat and dairy come from living animals that use natural resources.

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