Elie: Created page with "Food waste in rich developed countries, contributes to hunger in much poorer countries. * Food waste shrinks the global food supply, which raises food prices. The poorest of the poor are the first to suffer. {{talk|TODO: illustrate examples: Net food exporter country vs net food importer country: Food wasted in either one has effectively the same net effect on the world}} ==Why this is important to know== * Debunk the old "Who cares if we waste food, we..."

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Created page with "Food waste in rich developed countries, contributes to hunger in much poorer countries. * Food waste shrinks the global food supply, which raises food prices. The poorest of the poor are the first to suffer. {{talk|TODO: illustrate examples: Net food exporter country vs net food importer country: Food wasted in either one has effectively the same net effect on the world}} ==Why this is important to know== <small> * Debunk the old "Who cares if we waste food, we..."

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[[Food waste]] in rich developed countries, contributes to [[hunger]] in much poorer countries.
* Food waste shrinks the global food supply, which raises food prices. The poorest of the poor are the first to suffer. {{talk|TODO: illustrate examples: Net food exporter country vs net food importer country: Food wasted in either one has effectively the same net effect on the world}}

==Why this is important to know==
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* Debunk the old "Who cares if we waste food, we have a surplus!"
* Understand that it's not enough to simply redirect food to feed the ''local'' poor in first-world countries - it's a good start, but there's far more food going to waste than that.
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==See also==
* [[Redirect unsold food]]

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