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Food Waste Part2
Food Waste Part2
Part 2:
How Food Waste affects EVERYONE
How big is the
food waste problem
in Canada?
How much food do
we waste in Canada?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKQPL16WjHs
When we waste food,
what else is wasted?
Money
Land
Fuel
Water
Time Electricity
When we waste food,
we waste water.
10
Why were 20 apples lost?
(Remove 3 “apples.”)
How many tubfuls of water were wasted?
1½
At the Processing and Packaging Plant
Some bruises, stems and cores were removed from some apples so that they
could be included in fruit trays and apple cider.
Only 1 apple was lost at this station.
(Remove 1 “apple.”)
How many tubfuls of water were wasted? 1/2
At the Grocery Store
The apples looked “perfect.” But, people didn’t buy all the fresh apples at
the same time. And the grocer had ordered too many.
After a while, some of the apples started to look dull. Their colour changed.
Their bruises began showing.
People did not buy these apples because they
didn’t look “perfect.”
Twelve apples didn’t sell, and the grocer
threw them out.
(Remove 12 “apples.”)
How many tubfuls of water were wasted?
6
In Homes
People looked forward to eating the apples that they
had bought.
However, 28 apples were wasted.
Why?
Maybe too many apples were bought and weren’t
stored properly, so some didn’t get eaten for a long
time. They began to look “ugly,” and were thrown out.
(Remove 28 “apples.”)
How many tubfuls of
water were wasted?
14
How many of the 100 apples were lost or wasted?
36 or 36 %
32 tubfuls or
2,240 litres
In people’s homes
Not a happy ending, is it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv7OHfpIRfU
WE can help reduce
food waste.
How?
Keep it fresh
We can reduce our food waste by
keeping food fresher longer using
proper storage techniques.
We can keep different foods fresh
longer if we store them properly
Part of an apple
fridge (lemon juice,
wrapped)
Bananas
counter
Fresh vegetables
fridge
Frozen vegetables
freezer
Where would you store these foods?
Lettuce
fridge (ziplock bag)
Fresh tomatoes
counter
Bread
counter,
fridge or freezer
Honey
counter
Eggs
fridge
By the way, food scientists are helping
reduce food waste.
They have developed an apple that
DOESN’T TURN BROWN!
Take the
FOOD WASTE PLEDGE!
FOOD WASTE PLEDGE
I pledge to:
Take what I will eat and eat what I take for meals and snacks!
Help pack my own lunch so I don’t end up with things I won’t eat.