Monday, November 2, 2015

Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

Stuart, T. Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal". New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2009. Print. 


Chapters 4 & 5

- In the U.S. there are no federal laws requiring date labelling on food, except for some baby foods
- the government prefers instead to focus on educating the public about how to treat food safely
- dating some food is required by more than twenty states
- this causes cacophony within the United States

- People buy more food than they can possibly eat
- "Good Mother Syndrome" - always wanting to make sure food is plenty & choice
- the way we feed children determines how much food we waste
- unconscious of food wasting

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