WA (VS hon’) TASK It is a common observation that industrialized countries generate huge amounts of food waste every day and many commentators argue that this state of affairs is both impractical and immoral. Write an opinion article to a local newspaper in which you attempt to raise awareness regarding this issue, First, describe ways in which food is commonly wasted (L2). Then, offer opinions and suggestions as to how we could help to alleviate the problem od waste (L3) print nse Food waste issue is one of the top topics that industrialized countries and new generation must deal with in the years to come, if we want to preserve our planet and fight hunger in the developed nations. Let us explore some of the facts that generate this world problem and the ways to find a possible solution. Industrialized countries generate huge amounts of food every day, more |, than we need te réach our daily needs. Precisely, the Food industry inthe —- | United States generates three times the daily nutritional needs of a human. Sadly, almost thirty percent of this food end up being through out. There are many reasons to explain that, one of them occurs even before it enters the supermarkets, because of the food standards, an apple, for example, must have the right colour and size to be sold in the market, if not, itis discarded ending up directly $6 the landfill. On the other hand, farmers of industrialized | countries sometimes are unable to harvest their crops or killing it because the fluctuation in the market prices, that makes the cost of labor to harvest higher than the value of selling it, and end up rotting. ~~ Several actions can be made to prevent food wasted in developed countries. First, food business should offer a second market to the not standard fruit with lower prices and substantial discounts making them more attractive to the public. Second, we must incentive the nearby market, that reduce the taxes of the distributors, and lowers the prices | s products just fom the _ farmers to the buyers. And finally, all the food that inevitably just end up in the land fills can be composted, generating new recycled ways of energy using the methane that it generates or turning it in to a valuable soil. in conclusion, wasted food is a growing problem in our society, but also an untapped opportunity in the within years to come. The possible solutions to face it will probably change other issues like greenhouse effect or hunger in developing countries. Lid N4rl