American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
The true cost of what the global food industry throws away.
With shortages, volatile prices and nearly one billion people hungry, the world has a food problem―or thinks it does. Farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets and consumers in North America and Europe discard up to half of their food―enough to feed all the world's hungry at least three times over. Forests are destroyed and nearly one tenth of the West's greenhouse gas emissions are released growing food that will never be eaten. While affluent nations throw away food through neglect, in the developing world crops rot because farmers lack the means to process, store and transport them to market.Country | USA |
Manufacturer | W. W. Norton & Company |
Binding | Hardcover |
ReleaseDate | 2009-10-12 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780393068368 |