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Bill USA

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Fri Feb 7, 2014, 06:10 PM Feb 2014

Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill

Last edited Fri Feb 7, 2014, 06:45 PM - Edit history (1)

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http://election.democraticunderground.com/101683845

"... [font size="3"]40 percent of food in the United States today goes uneaten. ... Moreover, almost all of that uneaten food ends up rotting in landfills where it accounts for almost [font size="4" color="red"]25 percent[/font] of U.S.[font color="#EE4433"] methane [/font]emissions. [/font]


... this is posted for those who have expressed concern about how our our crops are being used.

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Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill (Original Post) Bill USA Feb 2014 OP
this is interesting Walmart's food waste goes to farmers poopfuel Feb 2014 #1
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