Waste : uncovering the global food scandal /
Stuart, Tristram.
Waste : uncovering the global food scandal / Tristram Stuart. - 1st American ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2009. - xxii, 451 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-431) and index.
In "Waste," Stuart points out that farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets, and consumers in North America and Europe discard between 30 and 50 percent of their food supplies--enough to feed all the world's hungry three times over. Traveling from China to New York, from Pakistan to Japan, Stuart encounters grotesque examples of profligacy--but also inspiring innovations--to the global food crisis.
9780393068368 (hardcover) 0393068366
2009030964
Food industry and trade--Waste minimization.
Food industry and trade--Waste disposal.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
TD899.F585 / S78 2009
363.8
Waste : uncovering the global food scandal / Tristram Stuart. - 1st American ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2009. - xxii, 451 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-431) and index.
In "Waste," Stuart points out that farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets, and consumers in North America and Europe discard between 30 and 50 percent of their food supplies--enough to feed all the world's hungry three times over. Traveling from China to New York, from Pakistan to Japan, Stuart encounters grotesque examples of profligacy--but also inspiring innovations--to the global food crisis.
9780393068368 (hardcover) 0393068366
2009030964
Food industry and trade--Waste minimization.
Food industry and trade--Waste disposal.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
TD899.F585 / S78 2009
363.8