Food Waste In a world where many people are hungry and malnourished, an estimated one-third of all food is lost or wasted! Food Waste Related snapAG Articles Antibiotics in Food Biosecurity Organic Farming Beef Protein and the Environment Global Protein Consumption What are GMOs Organic Soil Management Organic and Synthetic Pesticides Neonics Global Protein Consumption Advanced Plant Breeding Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics – What and Why? Vaccines Animal Welfare or Rights Transporting Farm Animals Pig Housing The Myth of Factory Farms Intensive Livestock Operations Dairy Cows Chicken Housing Hormones Today’s Farm Soil Horticulture in Canada Aquaculture in Canada Water Management Farm Animals Animal Breeding Agriculture and Land Use Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases Environmental Farm Plans Conservation Tillage Carbon Sequestration Protein and Nutrition Food Safety Food Waste Grass-Fed and Grain-Finished Beef Pesticides on Food Organic Food Eggs Dairy in Your Diet Milk Pasteurization Gluten Food Additives GMOs and the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Organic Pest Management Conventional or Organic Fertilizer Fertilizer Use Fertilizer Irrigation Grain Farm Technology Glyphosate Pesticides and the Environment Pesticides – What and Why? Plant Breeding and Food Security Genetics and Farming Genetic Engineering and Human Health History of Plant Breeding Bees Bioplastics Crop Byproducts Eating Local Food Processing Food Security Invasive Species Regenerative Agriculture Robotics in Agriculture Supply Management Urban Agriculture Urban Pesticides Websites to Investigate This Topic Further All About Food Best Food Facts The Real Dirt on Farming World Hunger Education Service Footnotes Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (2017). “Food Loss and Food Waste.” FAO. (2017). “Sustainable Food Value Chains Knowledge Platform.” FAO International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Food Program. (2015). “The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015: Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Food Security and Nutrition.” Martin V. Gooch & Abdel Felfel. (December 10, 2014). “$27 Billion” Revisited: The Cost of Canada’s Annual Food Waste. FAO. (2013). Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources Summary Report. Brian Lipinski et al, World Resources Institute. (June 2013). “Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment Two.” FAO. (2017). “SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction.” VCM International. (2013). FAO. (2017). Waste Reduction Action Plan (WRAP). (2017). United Nations. (June 7, 2016). “UN Announces First-Ever Global Standard to Measure Food Loss and Waste.” References Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (2017). “Food Loss and Food Waste.” FAO. (2013). Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources Summary Report. FAO. (2011). Global Food Losses and Food Waste. www.fao.org/docrep/014/mb060e/mb060e00.pdf FAO. (2017). “Sustainable Food Value Chains Knowledge Platform.” FAO. (2017). “SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction.” FAO International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Food Program. (2015). “The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015: Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Food Security and Nutrition.” Gooch, Martin V. & Felfel, Abdel. (December 10, 2014). “$27 Billion” Revisited: The Cost of Canada’s Annual Food Waste. Lipinski, Brian et al, World Resources Institute. (June 2013). “Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment Two.” United Nations (UN). (June 7, 2016). “UN Announces First-Ever Global Standard to Measure Food Loss and Waste.” VCM International. (2013). Waste Reduction Action Plan (WRAP). (2017). Photo Credits "Flea beetle damage to canola seed pod", Page 2 – Shanna Schroeder Tags food food waste health transportation food processing farm greenhouse gas resources global warming climate change weeds disease insects conservation environment food insecurity food system land use sustainable