Health Sciences 3025A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Parenting, Agricultural Policy, Food Marketing
17 Dec 2016
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The paradox is that we have people who are lacking basic access to food but we have food being thrown away by the masses. Doug rauch the former president of trader joes: he was troubled by the amount of food, especially fresh and healthy produce. That was wasted in the american food system. Especially considering the growing problem of food insecurity. American supermarkets are throwing away 5% of their food, and. He envisioned a store that would get this, otherwise thrown out produce, and sell it for 65-75% less. Food insecurity a lack of access to enough food to fully meet basic needs at all times. Concurrent with the obesity epidemic: low income communities lack access to healthy food. With this growth, there is a higher need for more food. By 2030 the food system will have to increase by 50: today at least one third of all food is being thrown out.
