Very nice site, great information. We read a terrific piece they did on sustainable agriculture locally and abroad and how to fix the food system, which is key, of course, to economic and human survival.
Here's the first segment, and we'll finish it up tomorrow on an article we found on their site that dovetails very nicely with our beliefs...that being, proper use and disposition of natural resources is the absolute key to our future well being--environmentally and economically. We can, and must, get our hands around transforming to clean energy, composting of food scraps, proper construction and de-construction of buildings, a focus on cleaning rivers and oceans, and a long-term solution to balanced growth through out the world.
We will carry more briefs from the World Wide Institute, and look forward to having them on our TV and radio shows: "The Need:
Each year, roughly one-third of the food produced globally for human consumption is wasted, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Across industrialized countries, this amounts to 222 million tons of edible food wasted annually, nearly equivalent to the 230 million tons of food produced per year in sub-Saharan Africa. The United States alone wastes nearly 40 million tons of food annually, enough to adequately feed the approximately 925 million undernourished people in the world.
Uneaten food doesn’t just mean wasted opportunities to feed millions of hungry people, and wasted resources used to produce that food. It also contributes to climate change. Rotting food produces methane, a greenhouse gas that is more than 20 times as potent as carbon dioxide. Food in landfills accounts for 34 percent of the total methane produced in the United States alone. Ultimately, this quantity of food waste is unacceptable if we wish to feed and sustain a global population of more than 7 billion people.
Our Response:
The Worldwatch Institute aims to help address the global hunger challenge by compiling a comprehensive e-publication on food waste and its broader implications. Our extensive research on food waste has been featured prominently in print media including the Arizona Republic, Baltimore Sun, Calgary Herald, Chicago Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Des Moines Register, Die Zeit (Germany), Global Post, Houston Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, TIME Magazine, and USA Today. Danielle Nierenberg, director of Worldwatch’s Nourishing the Planet program, has been interviewed frequently on the topic by National Public Radio..."
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