Study Finds Half of All Food Produced Worldwide is Wasted

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And you thought $20 billion worth of wasted food was a lot. According to a new policy brief issued by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Stockholm International Water Institute and the International Water Management Institute, huge amounts of food -- close to half of all food produced worldwide -- are wasted after production.

The current food crisis we are facing is not one of production, the author...