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Future of Food Waste Prevention

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1Discolored... and 2deformed. This food may not be the prettiest to look at, but it is... perfectly 3edible.

“When you think about the amount of resources that it takes to produce this food and then to not have it become nutrients that that is so 4wasteful.”

Instead of wasting away... all that ugly -- or 5surplus produce -- from farms around California -- goes back to those in need. Roman Pinal -- organizer for “Campesino a Campesino” or ‘farm-workers to farm-workers’ -- says they feed hundreds of families in their community.

“I think it’s hunger, preventing food waste and bringing some healthy food to to farmworker families.”

Over on the east coast... Arlington County wants to make 6composting as easy as taking out the trash. It’s the first in Virginia to offer residential curbside composting pick-up. Erik Grabowsky leads the Solid Waste Bureau.

“So it’s our version of a top soil product and you can see how rich it looks.”

He tells me -- nearly 80 percent of households are participating and the program -- isn’t even a year old.

“I think that’s 7fabulous. It’s not 100%, but it’s very good.”

Here’s how to work. You collect 8food scraps -- like orange peel. Once a week ... a crew comes to pick up your “green cart” curb-side -- just like trash day. But it doesn’t end up in a 9landfill. It ends up here. This is a composting facility. These scraps go through a journey. In these aerated bunkers -- micro-organisms break them down ... and in about 60 days... it ends up as “compost.” In other words -- 10fertilizer.

Article from: https://cnn.ybmnet.co.kr/cnn_class/2408