#My state was estimated to have 44% food waste and the second highest rate of children without adequate nutrition in the country excuse me | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

rotzaprachim · 1 year ago

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The continual work cycle of well a lot could be done about this. If we could swallow the pills that

a) food wastage is money for corporations. It’s still good that’s been purchased by a grocery store or again by home use. There’s a profit margin that comes from excess and inefficiency. (True of many other materials. There are massive incentives for producers of many products *not* to design maximally efficient systems because it leads to overpuchasing at some level

b) it’s Better for people to eat food for free (or wear clothes for free etc etc) than for it to get thrown out

#My state was estimated to have 44% food waste and the second highest rate of children without adequate nutrition in the country excuse me #While I screaaaaammm #Also one of the areas where. Fuck the government obviously #But I don’t think people click quite how little power the gov has relative to corporations in these matters #The continual cycle of oh there are definitely ways to fix this #But being lower waste and more efficient and equitable in ways that save people and even small businesses money #Would still cut into the amounts and margins in the first place

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