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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: REWND: You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad
Description: Globally, one-third of food produced every year is wasted. That’s enough to feed about 2 billion people — twice the number of people who are undernourished. The global food system also accounts for a whopping one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. These two problems — waste and emissions — are intricately linked: Climate disruption exacerbates food insecurity. And industrial food production contributes to the climate crisis. When food is wasted, it’s also a waste of land, water and energy.In this episode, we talk with experts about how to fix the broken system and hear from some of the peopl...