WASTED! Film about Food

[chrischris]

Anyone seen this film?
Food is being wasted like mad it seems...

This presents a huge business oppurtunity, as long as people eat food and energy is needed for transportation.
Know that in some places food waste is turned into Methane aka natural gas and used as fuel.

how do you feel about food wasting?

 

[Vcore89]

You might be interested in reading this [I'm about to begin]
Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World by Josh Tickell

and this one [read awhile back--literally from Food to Plate]
India's Organic Farming Revolution: What It Means for Our Global Food System by Sapna E. Thottathil

 

[Ronaldo]

Today will not let the FREE Taco Bell Locos Taco go to waste

 

[Vcore89]

Today will not let the Taco Bell Locos Taco go to waste

Pledge to Supreme-sized it for always?

 

[Ronaldo]

Pledge to Supreme-sized it for always?

Nah, would not want to waste.............................................sour creme

 

[Vcore89]

Nah, would not want to waste.............................................sour creme

It's gotta be the full monty, not some bland reduced-fat sour creme, etc., Mtn Dew will take care of the rest.

 

[ollinger]

Would urge you to get rid of pets. Every medium to large sized dog requires about two acres of land and considerable energy to produce the food needed to sustain it.

 

[r2473]

I only eat Spartan black gruel.

On Sundays I treat myself and flavor it with salt.

 

[chrischris]

To get rid of your pets , like a dog or cat , its just too much too ask from people .. they may often be lonely and could well overeatt instead if their dog or cat was not there to comfort them. .. dont you agree?

IMo, to eat what you buy seems to make sense from a $$ point of view , besides the harm done on top of that.

 

[Ronaldo]

Neighbor had a chicken coop with nearly two dozen chickens. Notice the chickens have flown the coop and it is gone.
He has a half dozen goats now. Guess he don't need the eggs. Pets make a great meal

 

[Sentinel]

India's Organic Farming Revolution: What It Means for Our Global Food System by Sapna E. Thottathil

My niece was telling me how milk farmers/producers were pouring milk on a road in South India (rather than sell it at a low price) since the demand supply was exceeding the supply demand.

Huge amounts of milk just being poured out while people go hungry !

 

[donquijote]

As much as I like the purpose it is serving, I hate watching the movies that I know before watching.

 

[Ronaldo]

My niece was telling me how milk farmers/producers were pouring milk on a road in South India (rather than sell it at a low price) since the demand was exceeding the supply.

Huge amounts of milk just being poured out while people go hungry !

Locally, a gallon of milk is near $1/gallon, a dozen eggs as low as 25 cents/dozen. Heard and read stories of dumping milk for several years. May be surprised by the dumpsters full of bagels and baked goods discarded daily.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a...-43-million-gallons-of-excess-milk-2016-10-13

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Would urge you to get rid of pets. Every medium to large sized dog requires about two acres of land and considerable energy to produce the food needed to sustain it.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Cattle farming is an incredible waste of planetary resources, and an extremely inefficient way to produce protein for humans (and pets). This is a huge issue that China is now grappling with, as there is an exploding middle-class that is consuming far more meat than the country could ever produce. Top government officials realize the country needs to find alternate choices that will satisfy the population in a sustainable way.

Quantis Joins Impossible Foods on Planet-Saving Mission to Revolutionize Food
10 | 09 | 2018
Silicon Valley startup Impossible Foods has published its 2018 sustainability report, Mission:Earth, charting its progress and challenges in the pursuit of its mission to make the global food system more sustainable — one bite at a time.

Groundbreaking research and cutting-edge technology — paired with a passion to protect, preserve and restore Earth’s essential natural resources — is what drives Impossible’s work creating plant-based meat products. This science-driven approach goes well-beyond product development, it’s also at the heart of the company’s sustainability activities. To better understand the benefits of its product and develop a resilient sustainability strategy based on facts, Impossible Foods decided to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) to capture its environmental impact. Quantis provided the company with the right tools and necessary training to perform the LCA on their own, offering support throughout the process and verifying results.

Since the initial LCA, Impossible Foods has tweaked its recipe and beefed up production to meet growing demand, building a new factory in Oakland, California. To reflect these changes and stay on top of the science, the company is now working with Quantis to update its footprint information, as well as produce and validate a comparison with the footprint of the beef burgers Impossible Foods is looking to replace. These actions show the company’s continued commitment to bring its culture of scientific excellence into its sustainability actions.

“We were really impressed by Impossible Foods’ commitment to have the best scientific information available to back-up the statements they wanted to make about their product. Even in a start-up stage where they’re just getting their sales off the ground, they wanted to make sure everything they said about the product had been well studied and justified,” said Jon Dettling, Quantis’ Global Director for Services + Innovation.
https://quantis-intl.com/quantis-jo...-planet-saving-mission-to-revolutionize-food/

Film director Peter Jackson and the New Zealand government are very interested in this.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

It's gotta be the full monty, not some bland reduced-fat sour creme, etc., Mtn Dew will take care of the rest.

I hate full fat sour cream. I only buy the fat free kind. Same thing with milk and cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is more of a 2% thing, that's the perfect balance.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

My niece was telling me how milk farmers/producers were pouring milk on a road in South India (rather than sell it at a low price) since the demand was exceeding the supply.

Huge amounts of milk just being poured out while people go hungry !

This doesn't make any sense. If the demand exceeds the supply, then the supply becomes a more valuable commodity, so wasting the supply really hits the producers in the pocketbook pretty hard. I'm not sure why anyone would intentionally dump product if the demand was so high for it.

 

[Ronaldo]

This doesn't make any sense. If the demand exceeds the supply, then the supply becomes a more valuable commodity, so wasting the supply really hits the producers in the pocketbook pretty hard. I'm not sure why anyone would intentionally dump product if the demand was so high for it.

Wait for the US to dump dairy products, especially full fat sour creme.
https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/canadian-farmers-deny-u-s-dump-allegations/

 

[Vcore89]

My niece was telling me how milk farmers/producers were pouring milk on a road in South India (rather than sell it at a low price) since the demand was exceeding the supply.
Huge amounts of milk just being poured out while people go hungry !

Wait for the US to dump dairy products, especially full fat sour creme.
https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/canadian-farmers-deny-u-s-dump-allegations/

Strictly speaking, it's a geographical food problem due to the uneven distribution of food. Here's a random food for thought, global dairy brands term it measures to minimise excess stock by the regular disposal [nothing to do with expiration dates] of products--in a responsible manner; maybe--which is reflected in financials under provisions for impairment of inventories. A precept of image branding that products should go through select distribution channels and ensure that markets are never sopping with whatever they're touting.

 

[Ronaldo]

Decided to stop wasting chocolate milk today

 

[Vcore89]

Decided to stop wasting chocolate milk today

Not Mtn Dew, um-hmm.

 

[Ronaldo]

Not Mtn Dew, um-hmm.

Nah, Cherry Freakin' Coke today

 

[Sentinel]

Locally, a gallon of milk is near $1/gallon, a dozen eggs as low as 25 cents/dozen. Heard and read stories of dumping milk for several years. May be surprised by the dumpsters full of bagels and baked goods discarded daily.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a...-43-million-gallons-of-excess-milk-2016-10-13

Reminds me of some movie where people are living off dumpsters .... maybe Wakefield (Bryan Cranston).
If there's a place people dump chocolate cake, I'd move in there in a heartbeat !

 

[Sentinel]

This doesn't make any sense. If the demand exceeds the supply, then the supply becomes a more valuable commodity, so wasting the supply really hits the producers in the pocketbook pretty hard. I'm not sure why anyone would intentionally dump product if the demand was so high for it.

Oops, sorry, supply exceeded demand. Typo.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

Not Mtn Dew, um-hmm.

"Mtn Dew is the best soda ever made!!"

 

[Vcore89]

"Mtn Dew is the best soda ever made!!"

During my cycling [uphill] years, Mtn Dew is my secret to flatten even hardest/steepest/toughest climb. Them energy replacement drinks can't touch this.

Peter time!

 

[Ronaldo]

Reminds me of some movie where people are living off dumpsters .... maybe Wakefield (Bryan Cranston).
If there's a place people dump chocolate cake, I'd move in there in a heartbeat !

Panera tosses so many pastries nightly a chocolatier may overlord, overload!

 

[GBplayer]

Only cook the food you require, or eat any leftovers the next day. Never knowingly thrown food away?

 

[Tennease]

I watched a documentary, I can't remember which country it was but there is this company that collect unfinished meals at restaurants and then resell them very cheaply. It sounds gross but it helps reducing wastage.

 

[Ronaldo]

Had a nearby Supermarket bakery that had so many loaves of bread returned to the stores years ago that they gave over 750 loaves per day to pig farmers. Seriously

 

[Big_Dangerous]

Had a nearby Supermarket bakery that had so many loaves of bread returned to the stores years ago that they gave over 750 loaves per day to pig farmers. Seriously

Yeah, sometimes stores end up with a surplus of whatever item, so they have to find ways to get rid of it. I was at one of my local stores yesterday and noticed they had an abundance of 97/3 ground turkey. The best by date is November 10th, so they had prices down to about 2.49/lb.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

During my cycling [uphill] years, Mtn Dew is my secret to flatten even hardest/steepest/toughest climb. Them energy replacement drinks can't touch this.

Peter time!

Haha, I usually take a preworkout type of drink before go for a long ride or do any workout of an hour or more. I usually go in for a scoop of this:

https://www.amazon.com/Evlution-Nut...f_rd_t=40701&refRID=SAPKMXSCZG5TVM8Q1BHQ&th=1

 

[Ronaldo]

Haha, I usually take a preworkout type of drink before go for a long ride or do any workout of an hour or more. I usually go in for a scoop of this:

https://www.amazon.com/Evlution-Nut...f_rd_t=40701&refRID=SAPKMXSCZG5TVM8Q1BHQ&th=1

Ever ck your BP after taking this powder? Or even while riding?

 

[Big_Dangerous]

Ever ck your BP after taking this powder? Or even while riding?

My BP usually runs on the lower side.

 

[Bartelby]

Most food waste is due to the fact that non-normative sized and shaped fruit and vegetables is not sold to the public.

It's also the case that huge supermarkets and long-suply chains means you can't shop small, shop local and shop often.

 

[ollinger]

It's also the case that huge supermarkets and long-suply chains means you can't shop small, shop local and shop often

Actually, big business is resulting in people grocery shopping MORE frequently -- due to online shopping, growing exponentially in the grocery business, especially among millennials, who often have food deliveries almost daily.

 

[Deleted member 716271]

Just threw out a stale hot dog and half a diet coke while reading this thread. You mad?

 

[ollinger]

Just threw out a stale hot dog and half a diet coke while reading this thread. You mad?

no.....at least it wasn't actual food

 

[Deleted member 716271]

no.....at least it wasn't actual food

Shouldn't you be worrying about your patients?

 

[Ronaldo]

Actually, big business is resulting in people grocery shopping MORE frequently -- due to online shopping, growing exponentially in the grocery business, especially among millennials, who often have food deliveries almost daily.

Know a tennis player that shops daily and only eats fresh food, nothing frozen. Two hour trek daily

 

[dominikk1985]

You can't avoid food waste completely but some planning ahead of your meals does help. Many people buy big packs that they can never use before it turns bad.

I'm also not a fan of this cynical comments like "other things are much worse". You cant be perfect regarding the environment but at least have some reason and try to be good at least in one regard. If you say " but if you drive and have pets the other stuff doesn't matter anyway" then nothing changes. You have to start somewhere and if you are not willing to stop driving but you eat organic food that is fine too.

If everyone saves 5-10 percent in any environment field (whether it is gas, electric power, food or whatever) that is a good start.

Really the worst people are the cynical people who say you are not perfect either so I will just do nothing. We live in an industrialized society and environmental change is going to be a very slow process. It is not important how much is done but more that you start at all and try to get a little better over time.

 

[Topspin Shot]

You can't avoid food waste completely but some planning ahead of your meals does help. Many people buy big packs that they can never use before it turns bad.

I'm also not a fan of this cynical comments like "other things are much worse". You cant be perfect regarding the environment but at least have some reason and try to be good at least in one regard. If you say " but if you drive and have pets the other stuff doesn't matter anyway" then nothing changes. You have to start somewhere and if you are not willing to stop driving but you eat organic food that is fine too.

If everyone saves 5-10 percent in any environment field (whether it is gas, electric power, food or whatever) that is a good start.

Really the worst people are the cynical people who say you are not perfect either so I will just do nothing. We live in an industrialized society and environmental change is going to be a very slow process. It is not important how much is done but more that you start at all and try to get a little better over time.

Organic food is not better for the environment.