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  2. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

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    Food recovered by food waste critic Robin Greenfield in Madison, Wisconsin, from two days of recovery from dumpsters [1]. Food loss and waste is food that is not eaten. The causes of food waste or loss are numerous and occur throughout the food system, during production, processing, distribution, retail and food service sales, and consumption.

  3. Food Recovery Network - Wikipedia

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    Food Recovery Network (FRN) is a national nonprofit that mobilizes 6,000 college students, food providers, and local businesses in the fight against climate change and hunger by recovering perishable food across the supply chain that would otherwise go to waste and donating it to organizations that feed people experiencing hunger. As one of the ...

  4. Sustainable food system - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable food systems start with the development of sustainable agricultural practices, development of more sustainable food distribution systems, creation of sustainable diets, and reduction of food waste throughout the system. Sustainable food systems have been argued to be central to many [1] or all [2] 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

  5. Food rescue - Wikipedia

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    Food rescue, also called food recovery, food salvage or surplus food redistribution, is the practice of gleaning edible food that would otherwise go to waste from places such as farms, produce markets, grocery stores, restaurants, or dining facilities and distributing it to local emergency food programs. The recovered food is edible, but often ...

  6. Questions about food - Barcelona Forum - Tripadvisor

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    Not customary to ask to take leftovers but the practice is being encouraged officially (by the government) to reduce food waste. To take (it) away is "para llevar". I'll leave it to a Spanish native-speaker to give you the most elegant phrasing. 2.

  7. Compost - Wikipedia

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    Compost is a mixture of ingredients used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil 's physical, chemical, and biological properties. It is commonly prepared by decomposing plant and food waste, recycling organic materials, and manure. The resulting mixture is rich in plant nutrients and beneficial organisms, such as bacteria, protozoa, nematodes ...

  8. Food security - Wikipedia

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    Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. The availability of food for people of any class, gender or religion is another element of food security. Similarly, household food security is considered to exist when all the members of a family, at all times, have access to enough ...

  9. Food questions :) - Tanzania Forum - Tripadvisor

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    At the more expensive camps and lodges, they wash their fruit and veggies with filtered water. But not everywhere. You need to be absolutely confident that where you're staying does this, or you'll need to avoid raw fruit and veggies that aren't peeled.