Waste : uncovering the global food scandal
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Waste : uncovering the global food scandal
W.W. Norton & Co., 2009
1st American ed
- : hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-431) and index
Summary: In "Waste," Stuart points out that farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets, and consumers in North America and Europe discard between 30 and 50 percent of their food supplies--enough to feed all the world's hungry three times over. Traveling from China to New York, from Pakistan to Japan, Stuart encounters grotesque examples of profligacy--but also inspiring innovations--to the global food crisis