#46: Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Respect those who tend to the earth.

If you read nothing else in this review, know that "best by" codes on food are bullshit. Sell-by does not equal "It goes bad on THIS DAY". The food does not know what day it is! Smell it! Learn what a food 'gone wrong' looks like.

Also RESTARAUNTS CAN DONATE FOOD TO CHARITY, THE GOOD SAMARITAN ACT SAYS PEOPLE CAN'T SUE THEM IF THEY GET SICK.

From our job force, to our health care, we're a broken country filled with people who do not know better, or put too much faith into rich people to make it better.

Today's problem is food waste - Americans waste a startling amount of food, nearly 40% of what we grow and produce.

The filmmakers break down what we can do to alleviate food waste with an inverted pyramid. In Japan, a company is importing scraps to feed their livestock.

An interesting idea is presented - using food in some of its pre-what you know of them stages, using all parts of a crop - cauliflower, for instance, is 60% big bushy leaves that no one eats and 40% the white stuff.

They hit upon a lot of topics, some more in depth than others;




Food deserts - interviewing people who lived city-ish suburbs with a lack of good grocery stores.

Daily Table, a store taking leftover fresh foods from other grocery stores and selling them cheaply in an easily accessible location.

Toast Ale, in Britain (America's older sibling) making beer out of bread. You know, stuff like that comes from grain, but I didn't think you could do it from the bread if it got to that point.

It's informative. There's focus on a variety of people. That's about it. Oh, and the irony of feeling awkward with Mario Batali showing up in a damn documentary.