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  • FT.com / Reportage - The scandal of food waste

    From the page: The scandal of food waste By Tristram Stuart Published: July 3 2009 22:08 | Last updated: July 4 2009 00:37 When I was in my mid-teens, the staff at my school kitchens would hand over 25 gallons of food to me each day. They set aside peelings and uneaten dishes - all the... more

    Reviewed by Lotus1150 Sep 16, 10:14am ( 15 reviews ) • ft.com

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  • Rated by AStumbleMeister on Sep 18, 11:22am

    Shameful.

  • Rated by RobinEaston on Sep 17, 11:55am

    From the page: "It was only years later that I read the words of John Locke, expounding the idea that if people let food perish in their possession they lose the right to own it:"

  • Rated by brechindave on Sep 17, 11:13am

    I was just preparing my tirade when Lord Haskins launched into his own: sell-by dates were absurdly strict and, by his estimation, an incredible 70 per cent of all food produced was wasted. I nearly fell off the park bench we were sitting on. This was the highest figure I had heard, and it was coming not from a campaigner but from a senior member of the food industry. My hunch about the scale of the problem was confirmed. What a disgusting waste - a good argument for a more organised approach to feed our nation and the world. On my way to raid a supermarket bin as we speak.

  • Rated by Wavehunter on Sep 17, 7:48am

    In the developed world 50% - perhaps as much as 70% - of food is wasted. Meanwhile, the World Food Programme reports stocks at a 20-year low, with the number going hungry surpassing a billion people for the first time ever. Things are particularly desperate in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia. We talk about the food crisis and population crisis as if they are other people's problems. In truth, the crisis is the waste inherent in our lifestyles and in the systems of production and distribution we sustain. John Locke: "If the fruits rotted, or the venison putrefied, before he could spend it, he offended against the common law of nature, and was liable to be punished..."

  • Rated by geoglyph on Sep 17, 6:30am

    freeganism has always facinated me - but i don't have the guts for it :P

  • Rated by Ariadelle on Sep 17, 5:38am

    WoW!! What a waste..a shame...Thanks gorgeousgeorge1 for sharing this.

  • Rated by Barrie501 on Sep 17, 5:14am

    The scandal of food waste. Thanks to gorgeousgeorge1 for this.

  • Rated by bec-hi on Sep 16, 1:24pm

    a scandal.............