I am directly speaking to you that buys your food that you eat, from the modern and large markets or stores.
“There is nothing you ate your whole life that didn’t come from violence”.
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Just like we spoke last time, about the fur that just looks so good on that coat,
It is the same story line with the food we are eating these days!
All those avocados, ripe bananas, pineapples, matooke you cook and enjoy come a very long and painful way!
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So many people are in forced labour, growing all that food that is always on those stalls in time.
Think about it; how does all that food manage to get to the shelves on time?
Or, how long it gets to spend on those shelves?
Most times this food isn’t fully ripe for harvest, and it has a horrible taste compared to food you would eat in Uganda, for example.
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Then, how about all that food that we never get bought out from the shelf?
Is it ever given out to the hungry and needy?
I’ve been told that,
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“Each year, 119 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States. That equates to 130 billion meals and more than $408 billion in food thrown away each year. Shockingly, nearly 40% of all food in America is wasted!”
What level of violence do we need to get to, if we aren’t already?
Personally, I am of the view that the least we can do is eat all the food we have bought.
Whatever we have failed to eat must never end up on the garbage trucks and sites.
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I know you know someone that doesn’t have enough to eat; give it to them in the utmost discretion!
I love you so much already, but I promise to love you twenty times more if you do that!
Great post! Thanks for sharing!
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Ow wow! Never thought about that! Well, here’s to buying local!
Great post!
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We never really realize just how much we have until we see how little someone else does. Especially when it comes to access to good food. It’s even worse when we waste it. Thanks so much for sharing! Very eye opening as always!
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We are very careful about only buying what we will eat. We have a compost bin in the backyard for food waste that we use in our garden. Once per month, I do “pantry week” where we aren’t allowed to buy any more food but have to come up with meals using up perishables we have in the refrigerator/freezer/pantry to try to cut down on food waste, too.
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Agreed! We should never waste food to begin with. There’s too many people without and if anything, we should contribute to those that need it.
Maureen | http://www.littlemisscasual.com
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I absolutely hate wasting food. It drives me nuts even when my husband over orders.
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Since I was a child I was taught to clean my plate everytime I eat and not waste food. I hope more kids will be trained that way at an early age so as not to waste the efforts of our farmers.
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I agree with you. In this generation that practice couldn’t be observed anymore. We could just start this at home because there are a lot of people out there that are suffering.
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This is certainly an eye-opening article on where our food comes from. Unfortunately we don’t have a lot of choice around me where to purchase food. But, we do have a choice on the activist work we want to be involved with!
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Honestly, this is true nothing comes easy and worked hard and painful for anything we eat.
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Thinking about food sources and where and from whom it comes from is important. We try hard not to waste food in my family. Leftovers are stretched into many extra meals. When I’ve walked by large buffets at different places I often think about all the food waste.
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thats why we do not waste food. There is so much hardwork put into everything that we buy and eat.
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That’s why as early as possible I am teaching my kids not to waste food. Since my dad is a farmer so we really understand how hard it is and important it is to not waste food
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The food we waste in this world both angers and shocks me. I work for a particular well know and VERY rich company that wastes TONS of food every month. They send their area managers out to dive into the bins out the back to make sure we’re wasting the food we say we’re wasting due to being close to out of date, bought and left behind etc. It’s disgraceful. Staff aren’t even allowed to take it home and make use of it if it’s still in date but the package is just slightly damaged.
😳😳😳 what the hell?
Food wastage is indeed a matter of concern. That’s a thought provoking post indeed.
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I always but fruits and veggies local but this post really had me thinking. SUch a sad thougth of all the hard labor that goes into the food that is wasted.
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Thank you for this post! I worry about food waste too. I try to be careful with food and I always donate all the kid’s stuff.
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One thing for sure, we try our best not to waste food. we know there’s a lot of hard labor that goes into work when it comes down to our food
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