The Moral Challenge of Food Waste

from Mike Poteet at Ministry Matters:
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Eulogy for a hamburger

The burger I ate was the best: thick, juicy, and huge. Restraining my impulse to gobble it whole, I saved some to eat later. But I didn't remember it until a week later. It was at the back of the fridge, soggy and smelly. "Darn, I loved that burger!" I declared-- hoping, I guess, my eulogy for the burger might absolve me of guilt as I tossed it into the trash.

That half-eaten burger was a small contribution to an American crisis. Researchers estimate that the United States wastes 30 to 40 percent of its food supply. Some of that food, like my burger, we eat only part or none of before tossing; some never even reaches consumers. But it all confronts us with economic, environmental and ethical challenges.
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