We are creating a food crisis: • One-third of all food produced worldwide is wasted (UN data). • In the US, 40% of food waste goes to landfill, where it creates 30m metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year*. • *More than Cuba’s total annual CO2 emissions in 2024. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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