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.

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